Water Pollution In Malaysia 2019 Statistics

Most of the victims were school students 110 schools located near the river were subsequently closed.

Water pollution in malaysia 2019 statistics. Malaysia has departments like the department of environments to take charge of the water quality problem. This study reviews the state of river water quality and sources of river water pollution in malaysia. The compendium of environment statistics ces malaysia 2018 presents statistics on environment for the period 2013 2017 2018 namely air water land and population. Environmental protection expenditure recorded an annual growth rate of 4 0 per cent to rm2 7 billion.

Compendium of environment statistics malaysia 2018. Water is a critical ingredient in all social and economic endeavours. Myseea psut water account 2015. Data collection was done from two rivers namely balok and tunggak rivers from 2018 2019.

Residents vent anger as water supply disruption in malaysia s klang valley enters third day oct 6 2020 3 15 pm malaysia river pollution cuts water supply to more than 300 000 people. Malaysia registered total water abstraction of 14 791 millions of cubic metres. The compilation of the statistics includes environmental conditions impacts of human activities on the environment and actions taken to minimise the impact. Though malaysia is endowed with abundant water resources the country is experiencing increased demand for water in recent years.

The department of environments is responsible for tracking the water quality in malaysia using water quality index and national water quality standards. The 2019 kim kim river toxic pollution is a water pollution incident that occurred on 7 march 2019 caused by illegal chemical waste dumping at the kim kim river in pasir gudang of johor in malaysia the illegal dumping released toxic fumes affecting 6 000 people and hospitalising 2 775. Wednesday 17 june 2020 1200 report on the survey of environmental protection expenditure 2019.