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Environmental Protection towards FreshwaterResources for Consumer Quality of Life with Tort Laws:Special Focus on Negligency

Abstract

Fresh water water resources are prone to change. Pressures on water resources are increasing mainly as a result of human activities and until now not only threatening fresh water resources and environment but it also affect the quality of life and prosperity to the end users. This can be addressed by using Tort law. Tort law is divided into several sections, including aspects of negligence, nuisance, trespasses and hard liabilities. This paper discusses specifically on the use of Tort law and focuses on the aspect of negligence in relation to the environmental protection of fresh water resources for the well-being and quality of life of end users. This paper also identifies cases and actions related to environmental protection of fresh water resources through the use of Tort law by focusing on the aspect of negligence in Malaysia. Finally, this paper touches the above mentioned laws as an instrument for environmental protection of fresh water resources based on the end user requirements to protect their rights and interests from being interfered by pollution.