Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim is seeing “positive indications” from the federal government for an amicable solution to the impasse over the state government’s proposed water restructuring exercise.

Khalid said the state government will begin talks with high-ranking officers from the Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry by the end of this week to discuss solutions.

NONE "We will consider all avenues in order to reach an amicable solution," he told a press conference after the weekly state executive council meeting in Shah Alam this afternoon.

Khalid ( standing centre in picture above ) had earlier said he had renewed confidence in solving the impasse over the state water resources with the federal government, now that Pakatan Rakyat had been given the mandate to rule Selangor for a second term.

The water issue had made headlines during much of Khalid's first five years as menteri besar, with numerous attempts to take over the state water concessionaires being blocked by the federal government.

This even resulted in the state, through its local councils, in not approving work on the construction of the Langat 2 water treatment plant, a federal project that includes bringing water from Pahang into Selangor.

Khalid also said the state would take legal action against groups responsible for illegal quartz mining activities at the Klang Gates Quartz Ridge in Gombak.

He said the state government had never issued any quartz mining licence and had no intention of doing so as it intended to have the quartz ridge declared an Unesco world heritage site.