463 S'gor areas face water disruption as odour pollution shuts treatment plant

Air Selangor has announced a shutdown of the Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant due to odour pollution detected at the Jenderam Hilir Raw Water Pump Station at 11.10am today.

Its Corporate Communications head Elina Baseri said Air Selangor is working with the Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (Luas) in trying to identify the source of the raw water pollution along Sungai Semenyih and its tributaries.

“Following the shut down of the Sungai Semenyih plant, a total of 463 areas in five Air Selangor regions, namely Petaling (172 areas), Hulu Langat (54), Sepang (194), Putrajaya (23) and Kuala Langat (20) are expected to experience unscheduled water supply disruptions,” she said in a statement today.

Elina advised consumers to check Air Selangor's website or application for the list of affected areas. 

In addition, Air Selangor has activated the Emergency Response Plan (ERP) to provide emergency water supply assistance to affected consumers.

“Air Selangor understands the consumers’ need for clean water, especially during the increase in Covid-19 cases and is making all efforts to minimise the impact of disruption to the affected consumers.

“Air Selangor will provide updates progressively from time to time through all mediums, especially the mass media,” she added. 

Elina said consumers can also refer to all official communication channels such as the Air Selangor app, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or call its contact centre at 15300. 

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