6 things you never knew you could do to save a river

Here are some easy tips for making your drinking water safe. Stop polluting rivers with your trash is one.

Rivers connect us in many ways. For one thing, they're the source of water for most communities. In Malaysia, 97% of our tap water comes from rivers. However, many of our rivers are heavily polluted due to unsustainable development and improper management of these rivers. As of 2012, only 58% of Malaysian rivers are still clean, 35% are slightly polluted, and the remaining 7% are polluted. Pollution threats to our rivers are on the rise, therefore, all parties have to take care of these waterways to avoid adverse effects such as health problems, or a decline in the amount of freshwater available for consumption.