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PETALING JAYA: Water supply in 1,279 areas in the Klang Valley will return in stages starting at 3 pm, as the four treatment plants that were closed yesterday have resumed operations, Air Selangor said this morning.
He said that the Sungai Selangor (LRA) Phase 1, 2 and 3 water treatment plants and the Rantau Panjang plant resumed operations in stages starting at 2.40 am after reading 0 TON (odor threshold number) three times. followed.
“At 7 am this morning, the four LRAs have completed their washing and pumping activities to ensure that the quality of the water supplied is clean and safe in accordance with the standards set by the Ministry of Health,” it said in a statement.
“Air Selangor is working to stabilize the distribution system before the water supply to users can be restored.”
The closure of the four plants caused 1,139,008 households in 1,279 areas of the Klang Valley to run out of water last night, after another case of odor contamination was detected in Sungai Selangor.
The solvent odor was detected around noon, recording a TON reading of eight.
Earlier this week, the state government approved amendments to the enactment of the Selangor Water Management Authority that provides more severe penalties for polluting rivers used by treatment plants. This included a mandatory jail sentence and a fine of 1 million ringgit.
In September, pollution in Sungai Gong forced the closure of these same water treatment plants, cutting off supplies to more than five million users in the Klang Valley.
Last month, the same water treatment plants were shut down again after odor contamination was detected in Sungai Selangor. The shutdown that lasted nearly a week cut water supplies to 1.19 million homes.
