I read this report
Conserve water from now, Klang Valley folk warned with some anger. In my mind, when the 'new' State government offered free water to all the residents of Selangor as a reward for getting voted into power, I wrote to The Star, stating that the limited resources of the State and country should not be "hijacked" for political expediency. The letter was not published, and I did not expect it to be. Now, even at the beginning of the drought season, we are warned to conserve water in the Klang Valley. Just as an aside, the new water policy providing cheap water to all in Selangor may be partially responsible for the mushrooming of many "snow wash" car washing stations operating (most probably without licence) in PJ. It does not take anyone long to figure out that the amount of water needed to 'snow wash' one car. My guesstimate would be, enough drinking and washing water daily for at least 10 small families.
In addition to advising residents not to wash cars and water gardens using hoses but to use buckets, it would be also timely for the authorities to suggest the following:
- Do not take showers for longer than 5 minutes
- Maintain all pipes and cisterns at the TOILETS of all food outlets, restaurants, public places, places of worship, wholesale markets and construction sites, and ensure they the function properly and do not leak.
It is unfortunate that as our valuable resources continue to dwindle through increased usage and lack of supervision, our politicians continue to make "knee jerk" decisions that do more harm than good to our environment in the long term. When will we ever learn?
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