Water is a major input in the provision of food. Water is also required to meet personal and household needs, for energy and industrial production, and to maintain important water-dependent ecosystems and ecosystem services.
Under the 2022 State Budget, Sarawak will spend an estimated RM91 million to ensure its rural areas are fully provided with undisrupted electricity and clean water supply.
NRW management has been a priority in the Sarawak Government’s water supply initiatives, as it aims to provide clean treated water supply to every household in the State by 2025.
It is one of four major water supply projects that the Government, through the Ministry of Utilities, intends to invest under the 12th Malaysia Plan (2021-2025), in hopes of reducing Sarawak’s NRW to 25 percent in 2025 through a holistic NRW management programme.
Second Minister of Resource Planning & Environment, Minister of Public Utilities and Minister of Industrial Development YB Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah Ali Hasan...