COMMENT  Two main contentions are used by critics of Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim’s management of water in the state. The first is to hold him responsible for water shortages, the second concerns mismanagement of the water restructuring deal.

Khalid has been passionate about fixing the water industry from the day he stepped into office.

He recognised right away that the way water was being managed in Selangor was a recipe for disaster, and he realised that the restructuring and de-privatisation of the water industry was the only viable comprehensive solution to Selangor’s water problems...