Community perceptions on the adoption of stormwater management practices in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: A pilot study

• Main Authors: Awang Nasrizal Awang Ali, Grace Agnes Justin, Nazaruddin Abdul Taha, Mohamad Shakri Mohmad Shariff, Nurmin Bolong
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: e-VIBS, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources 2022
• Subjects: T1-995 Technology (General); TD201-500 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/40937/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/40937/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/40937/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

The current practices have included the BMPs to improve urban stormwater quality while reducing critical flood events and stream erosion. However, uncontrolled development in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, compromises the way water flows. Albeit with MSMA, the community perspectives are also important and should be studied. This work determines the community's perception of the stormwater management practice through a survey. Data collected from 56 respondents (with a varied range of working experiences in the private sector (64%) and government sector (36%)) were descriptively analyzed. With a mean of 2.39, most respondents have knowledge and understanding of stormwater management, despite various working experiences. The findings show that respondents agree that infrastructure developments (<90%) are vital when dealing with stormwater and that proper waste management (79%) should also be emphasized. Then the funding (27%) and enforcement (24%) were highlighted as the main barriers to proper stormwater management implementation. Lastly, with a mean of 3.3, most respondents agreed (39%) and strongly agreed (46%) that there is a need to improve the existing stormwater management practices. Considering stormwater as a valuable green alternate resource, we suggest a sustainable approach to monitoring stormwater quality and flooding events, such as green filtration and IoT integration.