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KUALA LUMPUR: All seven districts affected by water cuts in Malaysia, including Kuala Lumpur, have had their water supply “completely restored,” water concessionaire Air Selangor said on Wednesday morning (September 9).
“Air Selangor would like to thank consumers for their patience during this unscheduled interruption of the water supply … Always use water wisely,” the company’s head of corporate communications Elina Baser said in a statement.
Customers can find the latest water supply information on Air Selangor’s mobile app, social media pages or website, it added.
The Klang or Shah Alam, Petaling, Kuala Langat, Hulu Selangor, Kuala Selangor, Gombak and Kuala Lumpur regions had experienced an unscheduled interruption in their water supply since September 3, affecting around 1.2 million people. consumers.
The outage was caused by the shutdown of Sungai Selangor phases 1, 2 and 3, as well as the Rantau Panjang water treatment plants, due to contamination at the plants’ raw water source.
At a press conference on September 4, Air Selangor CEO Suhaimi Kamaralzaman said that it would take at least four days to resume the water supply.
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On the same day, Selangor’s Chief Minister Amirudin Shari said that one of the factories behind the cause of the pollution in Rawang had been closed by authorities for two weeks.
The factory is alleged to have released solvent at Sungai Gong, which flows into Sungai Sembah, one of the main rivers in Sungai Selangor.
The prime minister said the next day that the factory had been instructed to vacate the land.
Selangor Police Chief Noor Azam Jamaludin said that four factory managers detained as suspects in the case would be sent to preventive detention for six days from September 5 for further investigations. On Monday, two more factory workers, ages 20 and 57, were sent to preventive detention for six days.
Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission said Tuesday that it had begun investigations into the contamination of Sungai Gong to determine whether there were elements of corruption in the incident, including among law enforcement officials.
