Build pipelines to bring water from Machap Dam to Simpang Renggam, says Dr Maszlee

KLUANG, 26 Mac -- Kelihatan air yang dilepaskan daripada empangan Machap, hari ini. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perdagangan Antarabangsa, Pelaburan dan Utiliti negeri, Jimmy Puah Wee Tse hari ini meninjau paras air terkini yang kembali pulih di empangan Machap susulkan cuaca panas yang melanda Johor ketika melawat empangan tersebut di Machap. --fotoBERNAMA (2019) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KLUANG (Bernama): Simpang Renggam MP Dr Maszlee Malik hopes the Johor state government will consider expediting the construction of pipelines so that water from the Machap Dam could be channelled to residents in Simpang Renggam.

According to Dr Maszlee, the residents' source of water was from Sungai Ulu Benut, which had recorded high ammonia content.

He urged the Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry (KATS) and the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment  and  Climate Change (MESTECC) to look into the need to improve the quality of water from the river.

"The operation of the Simpang Renggam water treatment plant had been disrupted until today after water containing ammonia affected the raw water supply at Sungai Ulu Benut.

"The main problem is that the Ladang CEP1 landfill site is located in an unstrategic area, exposing residents to undesirable risks," he said in a statement Thursday (April 25).

He said although the landfill was closed recently and the closure works were carried out satisfactorily by the appointed contractors, leachate had seeped into the river when the embankments of a discharge pond broke due to heavy rain. - Bernama