Open Letter to DBKL (Kuala Lumpur City Council):Suggest to provide more bubbler（Drinking Fountain) in the city to reduce plastic bottle waste.

Open Letter to DBKL Director Hj. Wan Mohammad

Dear Hj. Wan Mohammad Ghazali bin Nor,

I wish to thank DBKL for providing bubblers near Masjid India area and I would like to suggest such noble innovation should be expanded to the rest of the city. 

London have started to provide public drinking fountain and public toilet since the mid-19 century and many city is following the footstep in the recent years. I have been traveling to Bangkok quite often and notice their city council is installing bubbler (refer to the photo attached) at bus station and area where population is dense. This effectively reduce plastic bottle waste and cut down solid waste in the country. The cost of installation and maintenance of bubbler will see the return from waste reduction in the city and overall public health, although it is difficult to quantify but the effect will be felt immediately. 

Additionally, providing public drinking fountain and toilet also respond to the human right of access to drinking water and sanitation. Urinating in public is a norm in Kuala Lumpur and the effects is both unhygienic and eye sores( refer to the photo attached, a man urinating near Pasar Seni LRT Station). I also urge DBKL to harvest rainwater as supplement to flush public toilet water closet. Basically it is free, just connect the downpipes to a tank (or reuse 55 gallon plastic barrel, cost

For your kind consideration and action.

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