MALAYSIA has traditionally sought its supply of water from sources referred to as surface water which include rivers and dams.

Currently, surface water accounts for more than 98 per cent of the national public water supply and the high level of dependence on surface water needs to be diluted due to the impending climate change.

THE proposal to turn the Batang Padang district in Perak into a "fruit and vegetable valley" will appear on any working paper as viable.

But can the State government actually achieve it?

The district, on the state's southern  region, is already noted for its starfruit and seedless guava.