Diesel pollutant forces taps to dry up


  • Nation
  • Monday, 22 Jul 2019

Nosing around: A Syabas officer collecting a water sample from Sungai Batang Kali.

PETALING JAYA: The Sungai Selangor Phases 1, 2 and 3, and Rantau Panjang water treatment plants were shut down following the detection of diesel pollutant in Sungai Selangor, just two days after an odour pollution forced more than a million consumers to experience an abrupt water cut.

The list of affected areas is the same as previously listed.

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