Water consumption goes up

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PETALING JAYA: Water consumption in the country has gone up even as the national reserve margin is among the lowest since 2008 and seepage from leaky pipes continue. Latest data from the National Water Services Commission (SPAN) showed consumption per capita in Peninsular Malaysia and Labuan has spiked to 230 litres per capita per day (LCD) last year, up from 226 litres (LCD) in 2018 and 222 LCD in 2017. The reserve margin – the difference between the production capacity of water treatment plants and the usage – was at 12.7% in 2018, the lowest since 2008. Last year, it crept up to 12.9%. The United Nations set the daily water requirement at 165 litres per person every day. In 2018, seven states recorded an increase in non-revenue water (NRW) from loss and seepage through faulty and leaky pipes – Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Terengganu, Perlis and Selangor. “The level of our NRW…