Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said today DAP's Klang MP Charles Santiago need not take legal action against the state for extracting water from unused mining pools as the state is "happy" to reveal its findings on its drinking water safety.

"We are doing tests every week. The Health Ministry, the state, and water concessionaires are all doing tests," Khalid said.

He said the test results were available on the website of the state water management board (Luas).

Upon questioning by journalists, Khalid said he would instruct the executive councillor in charge, Yunus Hairi, to make all the findings public in a statement tomorrow.

"We will even do a workshop to explain how we conduct these tests, so that all the 'water fans' can understand," he added.

He was responding to Klang MP Charles Santiago who threatened to sue the state for failing to disclose the metal concentration in the mining pool water for fear that it is unfit for human consumption.

Mining pool water 'fit for consumption'

Khalid insisted that all the water that the state has used from the mining pools, 20 in total, have been declared as fit for consumption.

“Oh, we test all. If we just use, the concessionaires will lose their licence,” Khalid said.

Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Maximus Ongkili ( right ) defended the move and said all water, before being used in the water treatment plant, is checked thoroughly.

“The studies (by Universiti Malaya lecturers) were maybe done where there is low water concentration. It depends on where you take the samples,” Maximus said.

Khalid also said that the state has run tests on the same mining pond that English daily New Straits Times had collected samples for tests and concluded that it was heavily contaminated by metal, above the permissible level.

“We had gone and tested the lowest levels of water. So far, our findings show it’s safe. Of course, any water will have metal concentration, it’s whether the level is permissible or not,” he added.