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Real-time water and rainfall data is collected by the telemetry system and based on computational model of the Sarawak River. The predicted discharge and water level are the two main factors in deciding when to operate the barrage gates. All data collection and information will be processed by a sophisticated river analysis software known as ...
Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) Ministry of Transport: State statutory bodies: Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) Ministry of Utilities and Telecommunication: State departments: Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB) State statutory boards: Kuching Water Board (KWB) Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) Sibu Water Board (SWB) State-owned companies: LAKU ...
In 1921 the Kuching Sanitary and Municipal Advisory Board was formed. Following a new legislation, the Board became the Municipal Authority for Kuching on 1 January 1934 marking the early beginning of what would in due course become the local authority for Kuching, known as the Kuching Municipal Board.
A water board is a regional or national organisation that has very different functions from one country to another. The functions range from flood control and water resources management at the regional or local level (the Netherlands, Germany), water charging and financing at the river basin level (France), bulk water supply (South Africa), regulation of pricing and service quality of drinking ...
The Sarawak River (Malay: Sungai Sarawak) is a river in Sarawak, Malaysia.It is an important source of water and transportation for the inhabitants in southwestern Sarawak.
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The name "Kuching" was already in use for the city by the time Brooke arrived in 1839. [9] [15] There are many theories as to the derivation of the name "Kuching".It was perhaps derived from the Malay word for cat, "kucing", or from Cochin, an Indian trading port on the Malabar Coast and a generic term in China and British India for trading harbour. [9]
Surface water stored in reservoirs, such as this reservoir supplying Penang, are the most important source of drinking water supply in Malaysia. Water resources in Malaysia are abundant and available throughout the year. They are estimated at 580 km3/year (average 1977-2001), equivalent to more than 3,000 cubic meters per capita and year.