Selangor water supply under threat

PETALING JAYA: River pollution caused water treatment plants in Selangor – the country’s richest state – to shut down 42 times last year, disrupting supply to thousands of consumers for 2,838 hours.

According to the state’s main water concessionaire, Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas), the plants in Sungai Semenyih and Bukit Tampoi had already been shut down six times so far this year.