Sg Semenyih water treatment plant reopened in under four hours
The Sungai Semeyih water treatment plant resumed operations at 12.30pm yesterday, less than four hours after it was shut in response to a diesel odour pollution incident.
Selangor Tourism and Environment Committee chairperson Hee Loy Sian said after receiving information from Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd regarding odour pollution at 8.45am, Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (Luas) investigated a factory doing maintenance work on heavy machinery.
Hee said the investigation found there was a...
The Sungai Semeyih water treatment plant resumed operations at 12.30pm yesterday, less than four hours after it was shut in response to a diesel odour pollution incident.
Selangor Tourism and Environment Committee chairperson Hee Loy Sian said after receiving information from Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd regarding odour pollution at 8.45am, Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (Luas) investigated a factory doing maintenance work on heavy machinery.
Hee said the investigation found there was a discharge of effluent containing washing water, including liquids like oil which was suspected to have entered Sungai Semenyih.
The estimated distance of the pollution location was 1.5km from the upstream inlet of the treatment plant.
“Therefore, Luas activated the yellow code based on the Water Resources Pollution Emergency Manual for a thorough investigation.
“The prevention initiative was enhanced by Luas placing four bags of activated carbon powder and an oil boom to prevent waste oil from entering Semenyih River," he said in a statement yesterday evening.
Hee said Luas also conducted static monitoring starting at 2pm, where an hourly odour test sampling showed the river water condition looked normal and the Threshold Odour Number (TON) was zero.
According to him, the Sepang Municipal Council said the factory doing heavy machinery maintenance would be sealed and Luas lodged a police report at the Section 15 police station in Shah Alam regarding the incident.
"If convicted of an offence under Section 79 (1) of the Luas Enactment 1999, a minimum fine of RM200,000 and a maximum of RM1 million and imprisonment of not less than three years can be imposed," he said.
Hee said yesterday's diesel odour pollution was a different incident from that which occurred on Wednesday, which involved foamy water pollution in Kampung Rinching Tengah in Semenyih.
He said that was successfully addressed by Luas before it affected water treatment plant operations.
- Bernama
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