85 water tankers mobilised following odour pollution incident - Air Selangor

 

A total of 472 areas in five regions managed by Air Selangor were said to be experiencing unscheduled water supply disruptions since 7am yesterday following the temporary closure of the water treatment plants. - Pic credit Facebook Air Selangor

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 85 water tankers were mobilised to provide water supply assistance to affected users following an odor pollution incident at the Jenderam Hilir Raw Water Pump Station involving the Sungai Semenyih and Bukit Tampoi water treatment plants.

Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) in a statement said priority was given to critical premises such as hospitals, clinics, dialysis centres and funeral ceremonies throughout the period of unscheduled water supply disruption.

A total of 472 areas in five regions managed by Air Selangor were said to be experiencing unscheduled water supply disruptions since 7am yesterday following the temporary closure of the water treatment plants.

They involve 172 areas around Petaling, Hulu Langat (54 areas), Sepang (196), Putrajaya (23) and Kuala Langat (27).

Air Selangor said it was also conducting periodic tests to measure the quality of water affected by pollution caused by spilled perfume essence on the road.

"A collective effort to deal with the pollution incident is being carried out by Air Selangor, the Selangor Water Management Board (Luas), the National Water Services Commission (Span) and the Department of Environment (DOE) so that the water treatment plants can resume operations as soon as possible.

"Air Selangor will inform of developments related to this incident from time to time through all mediums, especially the mass media," it said in a statement.

Customers may refer to the 'Air Selangor' application, as well as the company's official Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts for the latest information, or alternatively contact the Air Selangor Contact Centre at 15300.

Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari yesterday apologised to the people for the unscheduled water supply disruption ahead of the Christmas celebration.

Amirudin, in a posting on his Facebook, nevertheless stressed that the Selangor state government is sparing no efforts to restore the water supply as soon as possible. — BERNAMA