Water resources development in Malacca River

Abstract

Water resources have decreased until today. Human activities have become the main factor causing water pollution in the Malacca River. This research study was conducted to determine water resources development in Malacca River. This study concentrated on a quantitative approach with a questionnaire in Likert scale form. The sampling area was Alor Gajah and Malacca Central, targeting 400 local residents as respondents. The analysis involved is descriptive analysis for demographic profile and factor analysis for water resources development in Malacca River. The reliability test based Cronbach’s Alpha is 0.85 for 20 variables. Analysis showed that KMO test is 0.746 and Bartlett’s test is 1457.022 (p<0.05), in which three factors are categorized, namely (1) policy, laws, and regulations for waste pollutants; (2) environmentally friendly programs for water resources; and (3) water pollution in an environmental ecosystem. Results have shown that laws and regulations in the short term will support policy to be successfully implemented by local residents; environmental friendly product will reduce pollutants contaminating the river; and success in achieving policy, law and regulation, and environmental friendly product will reduce water pollution and negative impacts to aquatic animals and ecosystem. In conclusion, moral and ethical values play an important role in supporting these three factors to reduce contamination in the water resources of the Malacca River.