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W.A.T.E.R. PROJECT
The W.A.T.E.R (Working Actively Through Education & Rehabilitation) Project by GAB Foundation, in partnership with Global Environment Centre (GEC) commenced in December 2007. The W.A.T.E.R Project is a pioneer initiative to educate the public about the importance of water and why and how we should conserve and protect its source: our rivers.
This 3-year project focuses on Sungai Way, a tributary of Sungai Pencala, which eventually flows into Sungai Klang. Its water quality has been classified as Class IV (out of 5) and its main sources of pollution are solid and liquid waste from residential, commercial and industrial areas. In the third year, it is envisioned that a working model of Community Participation in River Management will be developed through this project and that we will be able to apply the same methods at other river basins nation-wide. The project aims to:
- Improve the water quality from Class IV-V to III-IV and enhance the aesthetic value of the river
- Increase awareness & inculcate the ownership among communities to help reduce pollution
- Develop a community participation model elsewhere in Malaysia for large scale implementation
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RIVER CARE
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