Water supply recovering after Sunday's plant shutdown, says Syabas

PETALING JAYA: The recovery of water supply is underway for users hit by the latest shutdown of water treatment plants due to diesel pollution in Sungai Selangor on Sunday (July 21).

Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) in a statement said that the Sungai Selangor Phases 1, 2 and 3, as well as the Rantau Panjang treatment plants, became operational again at 3.30am today (Monday, July 22).

"We are still in the process of increasing and stabilising the water level at our ponds and the pressure in the distribution system for the process of gradually resuming the water supply.

"Water tanker lorries have been sent out with priority for customers and premises with critical and emergency requirements," Kumpulan Air Selangor said in a statement.

Syabas is a member of the Kumpulan Air Selangor Group.

Earlier on Sunday, the Rantau Panjang plant was shut down at around 6pm, while the three phases of SSP were shut down between 8pm and 8.15pm.

The shutdown came just two days after an odour pollution forced more than a million consumers to experience an abrupt water cut.

Syabas urged users to get the latest information either via Air Selangor's mobile application, its website at www.syabas.com.my, its Facebook page (Air Sleangor) or on Twitter (@air_selangor).