Kelantan, Sabah, Sarawak and the ‘orang’ Asli villages; • Outlook to achieve developed nation’s status in 2020; • Water and wastewater tariffs; • Mechanism of pricing; • Sludge from water and wastewater; • Politics versus policies in water management; • Regional commitment; • International positioning of water industry • Malaysia to lead the developing nations in improving water supply as discussed in the 2nd IWA Development Congress in Kuala Lumpur • Organisational strengthening and Non- Govermental Organisation (NGO) involvement in development; • Free water policies; • Coordination of research and development - towards commercialisation; • Water safety; • Protection of water source; • Competency requirements as stipulated in WSIA; • Capacity building in the water industry; • Optimisation of sewerage treatment facilities; • Alternative source for future – groundwater potential; • Vision: Drinking water directly from the tap; • Water for the environment; • High per capita consumption; and • Public perception of the industry.
gave the option to the stakeholders to decide on which issues should be of higher priority and needed the attention of the Government.
3.3 Preliminary Assessment The study reviewed various water and wastewater management issues and their related information as listed in key documents. The aim was to gather sufficient information to be used as basis for deliberation with relevant stakeholders. This was done to include references to the previous study reports, conference/workshop proceedings, summary transcripts of interviews with relevant institutional and community stakeholders from which the major findings and recommendations could be extracted and compiled, leading to a synthesised set of summary conclusions and recommendations to be presented in a consolidated report to the ASM. 3.3.1 Key documents to be used The study team had obtained a number of reports for review from various sources. These reports included the followings: • National Water Resource Policy (2012); • WSIA and SPAN Acts; • NWRS; • MWA previous work; and • Regional and global forums.
These issues have different impact on the industry and the significance of each issue need to be further studied. As such, the SC2 Study on the Current Issues and Needs for Water Supply and Wastewater Management in Malaysia
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