Lessons from rationing

Source: The Star

Published on 24th April, 2014 by CHRISTINA LOW

A photo of a car wash. In times of rationing washing of cars should be kept at a minimum or use a bucket of water.

MANY of us do not realise it but we waste water every day from the minute we wake up. The recent water crisis and rationing in Selangor and parts of Kuala Lumpur has forced us to realise the importance of water and using it wisely.

The fourth phase of water rationing began on April 4 and affects 1,340,231 households or 6.7mil people in the Klang Valley.

Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) director Md Khairi Selamat said in spite of the rationing, water usage had not gone down by much.

“We thought consumers would use less water and we could save more water for the dams but there was only a 7% reduction in usage,” said Md Khairi, adding that many people might have been storing water excessively.

He added that consumers must learn to change their