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Analysis of Water Shortage Problems in Malaysia<br />

Muhammad Faris bin Shaharom<br />

Supervisor: Dr. Zuraini binti Anang<br />

Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources)<br />

School of Social and Economic Development<br />

This paper discusses about the analysis of water shortage problems in Malaysia. Water<br />

shortage defined as the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the<br />

demands of water usage within a region. Dependent variable that were used in this<br />

study is water shortage problem while the independent variables are population, river<br />

pollution, rainfalls. The method that were used in this study is Ordinary Least Square<br />

analysis. Results showed that the population, river pollution, and rainfalls were<br />

significant at 10%. Besides, results also showed that there were positive relationship<br />

between the population and river pollution to the water shortage problems. While,<br />

there were negative relationship between rainfalls and water shortage problems. Thus,<br />

the cooperation from government sector and private sector is necessary especially in<br />

R&D activities and law enforcement in order to overcome the water shortage problems<br />

in Malaysia.<br />

1397 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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