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River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre (REDAC) is the first research centre at the USM Engineering Campus which was accorded the status of Higher Institution Centre of Excellence or HICoE for service on 9th October 2014 with a niche area on Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management. REDAC has been active in research and consultancy projects on Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management since 1997. Among the project sponsors are Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Ministry of Education (MoE), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry (MoA), Department of Irrigation and Drainage (JPS), Prime Minister’s Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) and Public Works Department (PWD).

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IAHR CONGRESS TO ADDRESS ISSUES ON MANAGING WATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

KUALA LUMPUR, 14 August 2017 - Issues on managing water for sustainable development will be the main discussion point in the 37th World Congress of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR 2017), which was officially launched today.

The Congress, attended by nearly 1,130 participants from 60 countries, was officially graced by the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

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Zahid in his opening speech said, managing water is a dynamic issue, simply because water is a finite and irreplaceable resource that is fundamental to human well-being.

"Therefore keeping abreast with the latest knowledge and technology in water management is crucial, in fact the most crucial of all things today.”

"Studies showed that smart water management is a pre-condition of sustainable development," he added.

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