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Assistant Minister of Public Utilities (Electricity and Telecommunications) Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi said this was crucial especially in achieving the tasks that the government had entrusted them.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of Sarawak Water Supply Retreat 2012 at Kingwood Hotel on Thursday night, he said modernisation of water supply did not focus on production alone, but the sustainability and security of water resources.
“Water authorities must make an effort to know what is going on in their areas, and this is part of the water supply management,” he pointed out.
He praised the 2012 retreat as being timely because of the current water shortages.
He said the retreat was a good platform for the authorities to get together, brainstorm and do their best in coming out with better ideas and solutions.
“Our main task is to achieve the target of supplying treated water to all, especially in the rural areas.
“We know it is very difficult to achieve, especially when the National Key Result Areas (NKRA) proposed a high percentage for us to achieve. Nonetheless we will try to achieve it,” he said.
He also said that the Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is a key indicator of water operators’ efficiency.
He said water supply management should be done holistically using modern technology and system and should not be a one-off effort.
He also said besides NRW reduction, water authorities should promote awareness of the value of the resource to the public.
“Motivate and convince them to avoid water wastage and to conserve water in their everyday chores,” he advised.
Organising chairman Alice Jawan Empaling said there were 70 participants from four agencies at the retreat.
They successfully came out with 12 resolutions covering all fields in modernisation of water supply.
Also present at the event were Assistant Minister of Public Utilities (Water Supply), Datuk Sylvester Entri Muran; permanent secretary to the Ministry of Public Utilities, Ubaidillah Abdul Latip and political secretary to the Chief Minister Abu Seman Jahwie.
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