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Tan urged the public to visit water treatment plants to learn more about the treatment process so that they would value water.
“By knowing the complicated process of water treatment and that it costs a lot of money to treat water, we hope the public will treasure the clean water that is supplied to them,” he said.
Tan said such visits could be held not only for school children but also working adults.
He said the treatment plants were open for public visits.
“Anyone interested to visit the plants can contact Syarikat Air Johor (SAJ) for arrangements,” he said.
Tan was speaking to reporters after the closing ceremony of the World Water Monitoring Day at the Kota Tinggi Waterfalls recently.
The Malaysia Water Association councillor Prof Dr Zulkifli Yusop, who was also present said the awareness of water conservation in the country was still at a very low level.
“We hope to receive more help from the government and NGOs in organising such awareness programmes,” he said.
He added that another possible factor, which caused Malaysians to waste water, was its cost.
He said the water bill was usually deemed insignificant, compared to the other utility bills because the amount is very small.
“Our water is cheaper than most of the countries including Indonesia and India,” he said.
About 360 students from Pahang, Kedah, Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor participated in the event that was launched on Oct 21 in Kuantan.
The primary school students had the opportunity to learn how to test the quality of water according to the temperature, pH level and dissolved oxygen.
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