Water crisis – the price of populism


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 28 Jul 2019

Water woes: Our discomfort during any water cuts should be enough to warn us of the even worse catastrophe in the looming resource crises to come.

MALAYSIA’S water industry is in “dire straits” says the Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister.

The country is expected to see its water resources reduced by 20%-25% between 2025 and 2030.

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