Raw water guarantee scheme fully operational in 2024 - S'gor MB

 

A scheme developed by the Selangor government to ensure there is no disruption to water treatment plants (LRAs) will be operational in stages, starting in October.

Under the Raw Water Guarantee Scheme (SJAM), Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said consumers can enjoy a continuous supply of water even if pollution is detected in rivers by diverting and preventing the polluted raw water from entering the LRA.

He said the raw water pumping project from the Horas 600 reservoir in Sungai Selangor and the RM320 million reservoir in Sungai Semenyih has now achieved more than 51 percent progress and is expected to be fully operational early next year.

“Once this project is fully completed, if raw water pollution occurs in the two rivers, LRAs such as Rantau Panjang, SSP 1,2,3, and Semenyih will be able to continue supplying water to consumers without being affected by the pollution,” he said.

He was speaking after officiating the SJAM at Horas 600, in Kuala Selangor today.

Amirudin said the initiative was part of the state government’s efforts to deal with incidents of pollution of raw water sources which occurred in previous years and had affected 1.6 million Air Selangor account holders.

“Based on our experience in managing the pollution of raw water sources, we were able to identify the source of the pollution within 12 hours, but there were incidents that required a longer time.

“However, our goal is to avoid a work stoppage of more than four hours because if the work stoppage is more than four hours, there will be disruption to user accounts,” he said.

In the meantime, in order to deal with the El Nino phenomenon, Amirudin said Selangor currently has raw water in dams and reservoirs of at least 95 percent which is capable of meeting the needs of domestic and industrial users, for four to six months.

- Bernama