Unscheduled water cuts in Selangor due to odour pollution

PETALING JAYA: Water supply to 463 areas in Selangor has been disrupted following odour pollution detected at the Jenderam Hilir Raw Water Pump Station intake.

Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) corporate communication head Elina Baseri said the Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant was temporarily shut down at 12.15pm on Saturday (April 30) for cleaning.

"As zero TON (threshold odour number) readings for the odour pollution were recorded at 4pm, Sg Semenyih WTP has resumed its operations to begin the water flushing process.

"Clean and treated water supply is expected to be distributed in stages from 12.30am Sunday (May 1)," she said.

The affected areas include five Air Selangor regions, namely Petaling (172 areas), Hulu Langat (54 areas), Sepang (194 areas), Putrajaya (23 areas) and Kuala Langat (20 areas).

According to Elina, alternative assistance through water tankers was mobilised to consumers, with priority given to critical premises and added that Air Selangor is making all efforts to minimise the impact of disruption on the affected consumers.

"Consumers can also refer to all our official communication channels such as the Air Selangor application, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or call the Air Selangor Contact Centre at 15300 to keep up with the updates," she said.

The full list of affected areas can be viewed at Air Selangor's official social media accounts.