No threat of Sungai Dua water treatment plant shutdown


GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) said on Wednesday (July 13) that there was no threat of the Sungai Dua Water Treatment Plant (LRA), near here, being closed as claimed in several Facebook uploads and messages.

PBAPP, in a statement on its Facebook page, said it was aware of several Facebook messages and uploads that had gone viral, claiming that the high turbidity of raw water from Sungai Muda, Kedah on Wednesday could cause another work stoppage at the Sungai Dua LRA.

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