SHAH ALAM, Sept 5 — Water supply in Sepang, Kuala Langat, Putrajaya regions, following the temporary shutdown of the Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant (WTP) due to an odour pollution incident, has been fully restored at 7am today, says Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor).
Air Selangor in a statement this morning, also announced the water supply recovery in another two affected regions, which are Hulu Langat (92.6 per cent) and Petaling (81.4 per cent).
It also stated that the water supply recovery in the 463 affected areas has reached 92.2 per cent.
“Water supply in all 463 affected areas is expected to fully recover at 6am, on Monday (September 6).
“The water supply recovery period differs from one area to another according to the location and distance of consumers’ premise,” it said.
Air Selangor also advised consumers who get supplies to let the taps run until the water is clear before use.
“Air Selangor hopes that consumers who have received their water supply will use water prudently to allow the recovery process in the other affected areas to run smoothly as scheduled,” it said.
Latest updates from time to time are available on the Air Selangor application, website www.airselangor.com as well as Air Selangor social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
On Friday, Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) had received a report from Air Selangor of the odour pollution up to 2 TON (Threshold Odour Number) detected at the River Monitoring System (RMS) Kg Sungai Buah at 4pm.
It forced a temporary shutdown of the Sungai Semenyih WTP, which led to unscheduled water supply disruptions to 463 areas in five Air Selangor regions.
The five regions are namely Petaling (172 areas), Hulu Langat (54), Sepang (194), Putrajaya (23) and Kuala Langat (20).
