Conserve: With hot and dry months ahead, and with water levels in two key dams significantly lower, people in Penang are being told to ration water.
GEORGE TOWN: Penang is on water alert as the water level of its two key dams on the island are significantly lower than normal due to low rainfall last year.
Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) chief executive officer Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa said the effective capacity of the Air Itam Dam and Teluk Bahang Dam were at 62% and 39.5% respectively as of Tuesday.
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