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1998 Klang Valley water crisis

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The shortage was blamed on El Nino despite actual rainfall in the months leading up to February 1998 in Federal Territory not being significantly below average. In fact in November 1997,
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phenomenon. The subsequent water shortage affected almost all the residents in the Klang Valley causing the government to impose water rationing prior to the
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had its highest recorded rainfall. Similarly in October 1997 the Kajang station not far from the Semenyih dam had its highest rainfall in record.
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suffered a substantial drop in water level following the
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Historical rainfall at Gombak (not far from Batu dam)
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The 1998 Klang Valley water crisis
3°15′00.3″N 101°46′05.5″E / 3.250083°N 101.768194°E / 3.250083; 101.768194
water crisis
Malaysia
reservoir
Klang Valley
Klang Gates Dam
Batu Dam
Semenyih Dam
El Niño
1998 Commonwealth Games
Klang Gates Dam
2014 Negeri Sembilan and Selangor water crisis
http://infokemarau.water.gov.my/rp/State/Wilayah.htm
Archived
Wayback Machine
http://infokemarau.water.gov.my/rp/State/TablePDF/W1.pdf
Klang Gates Dam
http://infokemarau.water.gov.my/rp/State/TablePDF/W2.pdf
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Disasters
Malaysia
Health disasters
Air pollution
Haze
1997 Indonesian forest fires
1997 Southeast Asian haze

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