Sabah Water Supply Improvement Plan
Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: Sabah, Malaysia
Source: The Straits Times
Sabah faces chronic water shortages with only 80.5% access to treated water, worsened by infrastructure collapse such as a landslide causing transmission tower failure. The Sabah government plans to corporatise the Water Department and add 18 new water supply projects to improve efficiency and increase capacity, aiming to resolve water issues by 2050. Opposition party Warisan proposes a new water
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Water Supply and Storage, Hydro, Government
- Location
- Sabah, Malaysia
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- The Straits Times
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Taiyo status | Prospective |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | Sabah faces chronic water shortages with only 80.5% access to treated water, worsened by infrastructure collapse such as a landslide causing transmission tower failure. The Sabah government plans to corporatise the Water Department and add 18 new water supply projects to improve efficiency and increase capacity, aiming to resolve water issues by 2050. Opposition party Warisan proposes a new water dam in Lahad Datu and suggests importing water from Sarawak as short-term measures. |
Original sector | Water Supply |
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Country | Malaysia |
State | Sabah |
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Source | The Straits Times |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Water Supply and Storage, Hydro, Government |
Article published date | 2025-11-16 |
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