Making Sure Our Taps Will Never Run Dry

By Regina Hoo

March 2019 FEATURE
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Teluk Bahang Dam.
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World Water Day – March 22 – is about addressing the reasons why so many people are left without clean water.Datuk Ir. Jaseni Maidinsa.Penang faces a predicament of its own: it is a water-stressed state with limited raw water resources; the Muda River is its most precious resource, supplying 80% of the state’s water, pumped from the Lahar Tiang Intake through the Sungai Dua Canal; and its water catchments, stretching 62.9km wide, make up the remaining 20%.1But despite the odds...

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Regina Hoo

is the deputy editor of Penang Monthly.


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