PETALING JAYA: The four water treatment plants that were shut down on Thursday (Sept 3) because of odour pollution have yet to resume operations, says Air Selangor.
Air Selangor said in a statement that as of 8.30pm Friday (Sept 4), the odour pollution recorded was one TON (threshold odour number).
This was the same level recorded at 2.30pm Friday.
The plants can only resume operations when a reading of 0 TON is recorded for three consecutive times.
Earlier, a message has gone viral on social media and messaging platforms, claiming that a reading of 0 TON was recorded at several locations close to the water treatment plants.
On Thursday, Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (Luas) said an unidentified solvent had made the water source in Sungai Selangor odorous.
Subsequently, odour sampling was conducted near the Sungai Gong industrial area, which is believed to be the source of the problem.
Sungai Gong is a tributary of Sungai Sembah, which is the main tributary of Sungai Selangor located about 17km from the Rantau Panjang Water Treatment plant.
Air Selangor chief executive officer Suhaimi Kamaralzaman said that it would take at least four days for water supply to be restored, once the four water treatment plants that were shutdown on Thursday, resume operations.
For more information, log on to Air Selangor’s social media pages or log on to their webpage at www.airselangor.com.
Air Selangor said in a statement that as of 8.30pm Friday (Sept 4), the odour pollution recorded was one TON (threshold odour number).
This was the same level recorded at 2.30pm Friday.
The plants can only resume operations when a reading of 0 TON is recorded for three consecutive times.
Earlier, a message has gone viral on social media and messaging platforms, claiming that a reading of 0 TON was recorded at several locations close to the water treatment plants.
On Thursday, Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (Luas) said an unidentified solvent had made the water source in Sungai Selangor odorous.
Subsequently, odour sampling was conducted near the Sungai Gong industrial area, which is believed to be the source of the problem.
Sungai Gong is a tributary of Sungai Sembah, which is the main tributary of Sungai Selangor located about 17km from the Rantau Panjang Water Treatment plant.
Air Selangor chief executive officer Suhaimi Kamaralzaman said that it would take at least four days for water supply to be restored, once the four water treatment plants that were shutdown on Thursday, resume operations.
For more information, log on to Air Selangor’s social media pages or log on to their webpage at www.airselangor.com.
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