Universiti Malaysia Sabah team aid Pitas school with clean water


Side view of the micro water treatment tanks.

KOTA KINABALU: Students of a school in rural Pitas district have reportedly been using polluted water for quite some time due to the school’s sewage system not functioning properly.

There had been reports of SMK Bongkul students suffering from skin irritation among other external issues as the E.coli bacteria level was high in their main water source.

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