463 Selangor Areas Face Water Disruption As Odour Pollution Shutters Treatment Plant

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Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) has announced that the Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant had to be shut down due to the odour pollution detected at the Jenderam Hilir Raw Water Pump Station at 11.10am today.
“Air Selangor is working with Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (LUAS) to identify the source of the raw water pollution along Sungai Semenyih and its tributaries.
“Following the shut down of the Sg Semenyih WTP, a total of 463 areas in five Air Selangor regions, namely Petaling (172 areas), Hulu Langat (54 areas), Sepang (194 areas), Putrajaya (23 areas) and Kuala Langat (20 areas) ) are expected to experience unscheduled water supply disruptions,” said Air Selangor Corporate Communications head Elina Baseri in a statement today.
She said consumers can get the list of areas affected by this water supply disruption through the Air Selangor website as well as the Air Selangor application.
In addition, Air Selangor has activated the Emergency Response Plan (ERP) to provide emergency water supply assistance to the affected consumers.
“Air Selangor understands the consumers’ need for clean water, especially during the increase in Covid-19 cases and is making all efforts to minimise the impact of disruption to the affected consumers.
“Air Selangor will provide updates progressively from time to time through all mediums, especially the mass media,” added Elina.
She said consumers can also refer to all official communication channels such as the Air
Selangor application, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or call the Air Selangor Contact Centre at 15300. - Mkini

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