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background of dispute
The water agreement was made in 1962 and ended in 2061. Based on
the aggrement, Singapore can import every day up to 250 million gallons
of unprocessed water -- giving 60% for Singapore water need -- from the
Johor River at a price of 3 cents per 1,000 gallons. Singapore then had to
sell part of the treated water back to Malaysia at a price of 50 cents per
1,000 gallons.
According to Mahathir, the selling price of Singapore processed water is
too expensive. The agreement he called as obviously ridiculous.
Previously, the Johor state government had proposed that the Johor River
water purchase price be raised 1,600%, or 48 ringgit per 1,000 gallons.
The Johor River is the main river in the Malaysian state of Johor. The river
is 122.7 km long with a catchment of 2,636 km² and flows in a roughly
north-south direction, originating from Mount Gemuruh and then empties
into the Johor Strait.
The Johor River basin occupies about 14% of the Johor State
of Peninsular Malaysia. The river and tributaries are important sources of
water supply not only for the state itself but also for
neighbouring Singapore