Snippet 7 : River of life

The Klang riverfront is perhaps Greater KL/KV's most under-utilised natural asset. The river has low water quality and listed among polluted river in Malaysia. There is several attempt was done to improve the condition of the river but not produce satisfactory result.

As such, under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), The River of Life (RoL) is initiated aims to transform the Klang River into a vibrant and liveable waterfront with high economic value. This transformation is divided into three components: river cleaning, river masterplanning and beautification and river development.

The objective of the River Cleaning is to clean and improve the water quality of 110km along the Klang and Gombak River from its current Class III – Class V water quality (not suitable for body-contact) to Class IIb (suitable for body-contact recreational usage) by year 2020. It not an easy job as it involve big water catchment with various activities and on top of that the area is continuously in develop trend.

Lead by Department of Irrigation and Drainage, it involved other government agency and municipal to execute what we call total make over to ensure it can be materialized.

1. Sewerage Department - implement Regional Central Sewage treatment plant

2. Department of Irrigation and Drainage - River beautification

3. Department of environment - Enforcement on the pollutant discharge into the river

4. Local authority - Control loophole of DOE (restaurant and other commercial)

5. Solid waste authority - Improve collection rate/reach at the area.

Once the quality is successfully improve, the next step is to proceed with river beautification program. The objective of the River Beautification is to Masterplan and Beautify 10.7 km of Klang and Gombak river to increase the economic viability of the area. The River Beautification component is led by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, through the collaborations of 13 departments and agencies within and beyond Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur.

The final will be about how to use the feature as people/tourist attraction.

for more information refer to http://app.kwpkb.gov.my/greaterklkv/entrypoint-project-river/