MALAYSIA Facing Water Crisis

Malaysia has an annual rainfall of 300 cm while Egpyt only has 51mm a year. Thus Malaysia should not have any problem with water right?? WRONG! 
Frequent episodes of water shortage make headlines every so often. Even so Malaysians continue to waste water, a precious a finite resource.
Not many would believe that Malaysia is facing shortage of water. 

We have sufficient rainfall every year yet we still are in shortage of water, why is that?

Currently, Malaysians use an average of 226 litres of water per person daily, which is way above our South-East Asia neighbours. Singaporeans use 154 litres (and intend to lower it to 147 litres by 2020) while the Thais manage with 90 litres.

Malaysian uses more than they should and many of us do not intend to change this bad habit despite of this crisis.

The picture above shows an example of the wasteful nature of Malaysian consumers.

The state of Selangor will be depending for Pahang for raw water soon. With the Pahang-Selangor interstate water transfer project expected to ensure water sufficiency for the Klang Valley only until 2025. Water shortage is not an unfounded projection. After all, rain does not fall constantly year-round; neither does it always fall evenly across all catchment areas. 

“If Malaysians follow the recommended water usage, they can save up to 28.2cu.m per household, or RM18.33 a month."  says Dato' Sri Peter Chin, Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water

Many thought that water is cheap and care less for this precious resource.
"Why bother saving water when it is so cheap?"was the reply of those asked to save water.
It is true that in Malaysia, water is a low value commodity. In fact, the average Malaysian's water bill is just 10% of their electricity bill. The truth is water prices had been greatly subsidized to all water consumers.
Saving water is also not about whether it's cheap or not but saving water is about the future. T-H-E  F-U-T-U-R-E