Ensure Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation For All

Kuala Lumpur City Hall works with agencies and stakeholders to promote job creation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability among communities, while also providing access to quality education through early education facilities and social welfare provisions such as care centers for the disabled, senior citizen activity centers (PAWE).

Kuala Lumpur Overview SDG 6

SDG 6 aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Safe drinking water systems and adequate sanitation that effectively disposes of human waste will be essential to ensure Kuala Lumpur grows sustainably. Kuala Lumpur has provided their residents with innovative water treatments. Their sewage treatment plants are equipped with high technology and smaller plants in Kuala Lumpur are rationalized and transformed to regional plants. Water quality in KL rivers is actively monitored by The Department of Environment. Furthermore, Friends of Rivers was established to promote the initiatives undertaken by the communities, associations and individuals to cultivate a sense of belonging on the river and the environment. However, Kuala Lumpur can provide significant opportunities for more integrated and sustainable water use and waste management play by improving water quality through environmental protection measures, improvement of local infrastructure and adopting sustainable wastewater management.

Policy and Frameworks

Current Kuala Lumpur policies and frameworks to enable the acceleration of sustainable city

Kuala Lumpur 2024

  • SV1.1BPreserve KL's natural assets and biodiversity, including rivers and water bodies, to promote sustainable water management
  • SV1.2AMaintain 36 potential lakes and ex-mining ponds with a total area of 343.16 hectares as open spaces and recreational areas in Kuala Lumpur
  • SV1.2DUse Water Sensitive Urban Design for KL's drainage systems to integrate eco-friendly urban drainage as part of the ecological network
  • SV2.4AImplement water reuse via rainwater harvesting from sewage treatment plants and explore new technologies for storing rainwater and natural water

Target

Targets set by Kuala Lumpur to reach the 2030 agenda.

Water  QualitIndex

  • Rivers in Kuala  Lumpur to achieve  Water Quality  Index of Class IIB

Non Revenue  Water Rate  (NRW)

  • AIRSelangor  reduce its  Non-Revenue Water (NRW) rate  to 25% in 2025

Water  Consumption

  • Water consumption in  Kuala Lumpur is 165  litres/day/capita by  2030

Kuala Lumpur Overview SDG 6

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