Access to Treated Water by State & Strata
Data as of 2022Annual access of households to treated piped water by state and strata.
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How is this data produced?
In Malaysia, all public and private operators of water provision services must be licensed by the National Water Services Commission (SPAN), and must report key performance indicators as specified in the terms of the license issued by SPAN. This dataset represents part of that reporting, and is compiled from the transactional operational records of water supply companies across Malaysia. Official data on the number of households from the Department of Statistics (DOSM) is used as the target population, or the denominator for calculating percentage coverage.
It should be noted that:
- Data for Sarawak includes LAKU Management Sdn. Bhd. (Bintulu, Miri & Limbang, Sibu Water Board, Kuching Water Board and Sarawak Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB). Figures for the rural areas of Sarawak exclude partly treated portable water supplied by the other agencies such as Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, Ministry of Health and private water supply.
- Data for W.P. Kuala Lumpur and W.P. Putrajaya are subsumed under Selangor.
What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?
This data shows the proportion of households with connected water supply. This is different from access to the public water supply system, as households may choose not to have a connected water supply, and instead use alternative sources such as ground water. This phenomenon is especially prevalent in Kelantan.
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Dataset description
Annual access of households to treated piped water by state and strata.
Variable definitions
- Date
- State
- Strata
- Access (%)
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
date (Date) | Date | The date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with MM-DD set to 01-01 as the data is at annual frequency |
state (Categorical) | State | One of 16 states, or Malaysia |
strata (Categorical) | Strata | Either overall ('overall'), urban ('urban') or rural ('rural') |
proportion (Float) | Access (%) | Proportion of households with access to treated piped water, expressed as a percentage |
Last updated:
01 Sept 2024, 12:00
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Data source(s)
- SPAN
- NRES
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This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.data.gov.my/water/water_access.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=water_access&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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