22 rivers very polluted, Dewan Rakyat told

22 rivers very polluted, Dewan Rakyat told

17 are in Johor, three in Penang and one each in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Kelantan, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment says.

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KUALA LUMPUR:
A total of 22 rivers nationwide have been categorised as very polluted or Class IV, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

It said that based on a report by the Department of Environment (DOE), 17 of these rivers were in Johor, three in Penang and one each in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Kelantan.

“Class IV water is only suitable for irrigation. But no river monitored by the DOE has reached Class V,” said the ministry in a written reply to a question from Normala Abdul Samad (BN-Pasir Gudang) in the Dewan Rakyat today.

The ministry said the “Love Our River” campaign from 1993 to 2004 had created awareness on the need to look after the rivers and boost river water quality.

It said the effectiveness of the campaign had contributed towards measures by the DOE to boost the quality of the country’s rivers.

“A total of 58 rivers recorded better quality water in 2004 compared to 32 in 1993,” the ministry said.

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