Ling says the Bandar Kota Tinggi health clinic is expected to be completed next year.
THE demand for treated water is expected to jump to 3,300 million litres per day (MLD) by 2040, says executive councillor Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh.
The state works, transportation, infrastructure and communications committee chairman said the existing 48 water treatment plants in Johor have a combined capacity of 2,352 MLD.
“This year on average they will produce 2,037 MLD.
“However, projections estimate that demand will increase to 2,700 MLD by 2030, 3,000 MLD by 2035 and 3,300 MLD by 2040,” he said in his speech during the state assembly sitting at Bangunan Sultan Ismail in Kota Iskandar.
Mohamad Fazli was responding to a question from Datuk Jefridin Atan (BN-Kukup) regarding the status of new water treatment plant projects and assurance of clean water supply until 2030.
He said the demand for treated water in Johor is expected to continue rising due to population and industrial growth, as well as developments such as the Johor–Singapore Special Economic Zone and the expansion of data centres.
“This rising demand highlights the urgent need for new water supply infrastructure development in Johor.
Mohamad Fazli says demand for treated water is rising due to population and industrial growth.
“To ensure an ample and sustainable supply of treated water, the state and federal governments are in the midst of completing several water treatment plant projects,” he said.
Mohamad Fazli said a special committee had been established to monitor the progress of projects involving water sources, the supply of treated water and flood-mitigation initiatives in the state.
Meanwhile, Johor health and environment committee chairman Ling Tian Soon said the Bandar Kota Tinggi health clinic is expected to be completed next year.
“When construction is completed and the clinic begins operations, a portion of outpatients will be transferred from the Hospital Kota Tinggi outpatient department.
“This measure will help reduce congestion caused by high patient volume and ageing infrastructure at the hospital,” he said in response to a question from Norliza Noh (BN-Johor Lama).
He said several other measures were being implemented in addition to the construction of the health clinic.
“Among them is the implementation of a hospital cluster initiative with Hospital Sultan Ismail and Hospital Mersing which enables the sharing of specialist resources and patient care services,” he said.
Ling added that Hospital Kota Tinggi was currently undergoing upgrades which were expected to be completed by the end of the month.
