Water security and its challenges for Malaysia

Malek, Marlinda Abdul; Nor, Mat; Leong, Y P

doi:10.1088/1755-1315/16/1/012123

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“…This situation is what we call the need for water demand management to provide better management by reducing water usage rather than just increasing supply. Water security can be defined as "sustainable access on a watershed basis to adequate quantities of water, of acceptable quality, to ensure human and ecosystem health" [27]. There are three popular definitions of water security.…”

Section: Urban Water Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Effective dashboards for urban water security monitoring and evaluation

Zainuddin

Yahya

Moung

et al. 2023

IJECE

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This paper reviews the factors affecting effective dashboards for urban water security monitoring and evaluation. Urban water security is a constantly evolving field influenced by several factors, including changes in climate, ecosystems, socio-economic status, and human beings. Although urban water security has been discussed in some parts of the literature, there has been minimal literature review that focused on the factors of urban water security and the effective dashboards for monitoring and evaluation. Using systematic literature review (SLR) and preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis (PRISMA), this paper reviewed 143 articles. The result shows growth in the environmental informatics landscape since the last ten years when the first article on the urban water management dashboard was published. The visual design was the most frequently discussed factor for dashboards, followed by user customization. It also shows that this topic can go deeper to integrate both factors and design an effective environmental dashboard. The discussion identified three potential opportunities for future research in water security and informatics: i) exploring other dimensions of effective dashboards, ii) considering more research on the environmental dashboard, and iii) investigating the real-life application of dashboards in urban water security.

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Section: Urban Water Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Effective dashboards for urban water security monitoring and evaluation

Zainuddin

Yahya

Moung

et al. 2023

IJECE

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“…In Malaysia, the water services face issues which need to be tackled immediately for it to be viable and sustainable (Malek et al, 2013). Currently the approach embedded in the water management system and its transformation towards "Integrated Water Resources Management" (IWRM), is still in a state of inertia.…”

Section: Sustainable Water Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating The Usage of Domestic Water for Good Health and Well Being

Ahmad¹,

Aziz²,

Zainon³

et al. 2022

IJARAFMS

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All life depends on water. It is one of the most important natural resources and a core of sustainable development as it is critical for socio-economic development. Given the rapid pace of economic development and urbanisation, the United Nation Development Programme has identified water scarcity as one of the major environmental issues that require urgent attention. Hence, on 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were officially launched with a collective effort to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainability. Specifically, goal number six (6) of SDG is to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. This highlights the importance of water issue. As for Malaysia, the water issue has long been extensively discussed by the government since the 8th Malaysia Plan (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005). Average Malaysian uses between 220 and 240 litres of water per day, which is higher than the recommended usage of 165 litres by World Health Organisation (WHO). Accordingly, the objectives of this research are to assess domestic water consumption behaviour in Malaysia and to further investigate their perception towards sustainability of water resources. Using questionnaire survey, the result indicates that majority of the respondents realise that the water consumption is high and they still believe that Malaysia has enough water supply. Therefore, the result of this study will contribute to the effort in ensuring a long-term balance between available water resources and water demand. Accordingly, initiatives can be created to assist in reducing the water usage until the target usage of 180 litres per capita per day can be achieved. It also provides policy makers with input and direction for them to design a holistic model on water demand management. This in turn will help in sound movement towards establishing a resilient and sustainable water resources.

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“…In 2004, Global Water Partnership (GWP) stated that Malaysia is one of the countries that have presented some measures towards IWRM Plan implementation [6] and has adopted and continuously implemented IWRM principles in the development and management of its water resources. However, Malek et al (2013) noted that in Malaysia, the transformation of the existing water management systems from "sectorial" approaches towards IWRM is still in the state of inertia [7]. Since there is no formalized and authorized framework for monitoring the progress of IWRM implementation among the various stakeholders involved, it is difficult to claim whether the current status of IWRM is effective.…”

Section: B Problems On Iwrm Implementationmentioning

confidence: 99%