Landscape view of Langkawi, Kedah.
ALOR SETAR: Rising demand for water supply in the wake of more development in Langkawi may give rise to a critical water problem in the resort island by 2020.
Deputy Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said the state water company, Syarikat Air Darul Aman (Sada), had proposed that more water be channelled from the Kedah mainland to the island, whether via the construction of a water treatment plant or the upgrading of existing plants.
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