Air Selangor has deployed 85 tankers to areas affected by the water cuts. (Facebook pic)
SHAH ALAM: The Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant (LRA) near here and the Bukit Tampoi LRA in Negeri Sembilan, which had to be closed yesterday, resumed operations today.
Selangor tourism, environment, green technology and Orang Asli affairs committee chairman Hee Loy Sian said raw water from the two LRAs was distributed today after zero threshold odour number (TON) readings were recorded three times in a row.
A statement in Air Selangor’s Facebook account said it started distributing treated water in stages from 6pm.
“With this, we expect all affected areas to receive their full supply by 2pm tomorrow. This will depend on the distance from the plants to the affected areas and also the water pressure.
“At the same time, Air Selangor has set up six water pipes for the public’s access in addition to the 85 tankers being dispatched to supply water to affected consumers,” it said, adding that full information on this could be obtained from
Meanwhile, Hee said the Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (LUAS), state government agencies and other parties involved had implemented mitigation measures at all locations involved in the odour pollution incident that caused the temporary closure of the Sungai Semenyih and Bukit Tampoi LRAs.
“A total of two suction tankers with a capacity of 11 and six tonnes have been used to clean up the remaining liquid. Meanwhile, 45 bags or 1.6 tonnes of activated carbon have been placed in several affected locations to improve the water’s deodorisation process.
“At the same time, three oil booms and one box of oil pads were used as a preventive measure yesterday. This pollution mitigation action is also helped by the release of Sungai Semenyih Dam water of around 360 million litres per day to help increase the dilution rate in Sungai Semenyih,” Bernama reported him as saying.
The Selangor government and LUAS also expressed appreciation to all parties involved, he said, adding that they would continue monitoring the pollution locations closely, as a step towards immediate prevention mitigation if there were any more traces of pollution.
Yesterday, an investigation by LUAS found that the pollution was caused by an accident involving a truck carrying a load of perfume oil that occurred about 6.4 km from the Jenderam Hilir intake and 18 km from the Bukit Tampoi LRA.
