The plan to ration water supply to homes in stage one and three in Selangor, and the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya will be continued until March 31 or longer.

The assistant general manager, Department of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs of Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas), Priscilla Alfred, said there had been no increase of water flow in the Sungai Selangor due to the hot weather and absence of rainfall for the past few days.

“However, Syabas is still waiting for further decision from the Selangor state government on the water rationing,” she said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur today.

She said the water rationing in all affected areas in stage one and three would be continued according to schedule.

She added that hopefully, consumers would take a serious view on the water situation in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.   

She said the rationing plans for stage one and three in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya were implemented on Feb 27 and March 10 this year.

            

The third stage of the water rationing involves a combination of both the second and third plans.

“The first stage of the water rationing plan was implemented following the closure of the Cheras Batu 11 and Bukit Tampoi water treatment plants due to the ammonia contamination in the Sungai Langat involving several places in Hulu Langat, Kuala Langat and Sepang,” said Priscilla.

She added that Syabas was informed by the operator of the plant, Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd, that the Cheras Batu 11 treatment plant which had begun operations since March 17, had stopped operations since 2pm today, March 25.

“This follows the increase in ammonia level at the Cheras Batu 11 treatment plant since yesterday due to reduced rainfall in the last four days.     

“The ammonia reading up till 2pm on Tuesday, March 25 was at 4.2 parts per million (ppm), which is above the level permitted by the Health Ministry,” Priscilla said.

She added that up till 2pm on March 25, the Bukit Tampoi treatment plant was still operating as usual as the ammonia was still at the permissible level.

“Meanwhile the stage three of the water rationing plan had been carried out in Gombak, Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Selangor, Hulu Selangor, Klang and Shah Alam.

“This follows the reduction of raw water released from the Sungai Selangor Dam and the Klang Gates Dam as was decided by the Selangor state government,” she said.   

- Bernama