The water quality at Sungai Selangor improved Tuesday allowing water supply to be back to normal in most areas in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
State water concessionaire Syabas said areas which faced disruption, including low water pressure, would receive the normal supply by noon on Wednesday.
Syabas said the turbidity level of the river, which supplies water to 60% of the Klang Valley, improved dramatically on Tuesday.
“Syabas has been notified by the operators of the treatment plants that the turbidity level, recorded at 6,000 NTU (neplelometric turbidity unit) on Dec 5, had dropped to 300 NTU, which is the normal level,” said CEO Datuk Ruslan Hassan in a statement.
The statement said the four affected water treatment plants resumed operating at full capacity of 2.68 billion litres of water a day from 1am Tuesday.
“However, as a result of the decrease in production capacity (on Dec 5), we expect consumers in affected areas to face problems of low water pressure and supply disruptions, particularly in high-lying areas and those located towards the end of the water distribution network.
“Water supply will fully resume in stages by Dec 7 (Wednesday),” he said.
With the improvement in water quality, Syabas had downgraded the situation from “code red” to “code green” at 11am Tuesday.
The Sungai Selangor Phase 1 and Sungai Selangor Phase 3 treatment plants are operated by Splash, while the Sungai Selangor Phase 2 and Rantau Panjang treatment plants are operated by Puncak Niaga.
Syabas is tasked with the distribution of treated water.
On Monday, Syabas warned that some three million people in the Klang Valley may expect water cuts due to the sudden turbidity of Sungai Selangor water plants in Ijok.
The murky waters had caused production to drop by 60% at the four plants, said Syabas.
Syabas can be contacted at 1-800-88-5252.
