Frequent water disruptions and extremely low levels at treatment plants are causing anxiety among consumers in the Klang Valley.
Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) corporate affairs executive director Abdul Halem Mat Som said there were complaints from residents in Petaling, Klang and Hulu Langat.
“Although treatment plants in the state are operating at optimum level, it is still not enough.
“We have been receiving complaints from many unhappy consumers recently and something needs to be done soon,” he said.
Asked if a new treatment plant would ease the situation, Abdul Halem said it was not his decision to make.
“But if you ask me what the water situation is now, it is the same as June 22 when our CEO (Datuk Lee Miang Koi) took reporters on an inspection of a water supply centre in Hulu Langat.”
Last week, Lee showed media representatives the drastically low water level at the treatment plant.
Syabas had previously said that the average water demand from May 17 to June 21 was 4,329.19 mld (million litres per day) compared to the average from Jan 1 until May 16 at 4,228.87 mld an increase of 2.37 per cent.
Among the treatment plants that have been operating beyond their design capacity are Sg Selangor Phase 2 (SSP2), Sg Langat, Sg Semenyih and Sg Batu.
The Selangor Government and Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (LUAS), meanwhile, have refuted statements made by Syabas, saying that there was enough treated water supply in the state.
LUAS director Md Khairi Selamat said the dams that supplied water to households in Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, Hulu Langat and Sepang were still overflowing.
