Sunny Langkawi running dry

Never-ending water woes: A resident waiting for his turn to fill up his containers in a housing area in Langkawi.

LANGKAWI: The idyllic, sun-bathed island of Langkawi may be surrounded by pristine waters, but its residents are seeing their taps run dry.

The northern region, as a whole, has been affected by the El Nino weather phenomenon, which has resulted in weeks without rain, but the island has suffered worse with extremely low pressure in the water supply grid.