S’gor raw water demand exceeds reserves

SHAH ALAM: Existing raw water supply in Selangor has become increasingly limited with consumer demand having exceeded its reserves.
State Infrastructure and Public Utilities Committee chairman Zaidy Abdul Talib said demand currently stands at 3.5% annually as compared to the state's water supply reserves at 3.4%.
"This increasingly thin reserves, indirectly, will only limit the state government's ability to provide immediate assistance to the public in the event that unforeseen incidences like prolonged dry season, faulty equipment at treatment plants and water pollution occur," he said at the state assembly, here, today.
Zaidy was responding to a question on Selangor's rationale to build the Semenyih 2 and Labohan Dagang water treatment plants.
The Taman Templer assemblyman said the building of the two plants was also necessary to accommodate the delay in the completion of the Langat 2 water treatment plant project.
"Through this two plants, it will help increase the distributable capacity of water to consumers while waiting for the completion of the Langat 2 project," he said.
Zaidy said the Semenyih 2 plant is expected to be completed by December 2017 with a capacity of 100 million litres per day (mld), while the Labohan Dagang plant is expected to be completed by December 2018 with a 200mld capacity.
He said the state government is striving to achieve its target of 15% water reserves to ensure the state would not have to go through water rationing.