Satu CEO: Terengganu has sufficient water supply

KUALA TERENGGANU: Syarikat Air Terengganu Sdn Bhd (Satu) has given an assurance that the water supply in the state will not be affected despite the current hot weather.

Its chief executive officer Abdul Karim Endut said Satu has a production capacity of 1,041 million litres of water per day to cater for 364,000 user accounts through 15 water treatment plants statewide.

“Currently, even though our production is 811 million litres per day, which is an increase from 720 million litres per day last year, we still have 200 million litres of water storage.

“Terengganu is blessed with a large river.

“Even if it dries up, we will get additional water supply from the Kenyir Dam for certain districts, including Kuala Terengganu,” he told reporters after visiting the P. Musang water treatment plant yesterday, Bernama reported.

Abdul Karim, however, reminded the public to continue to be prudent in their daily water usage.

He also said Terengganu is one of the states that recorded the highest per capita water consumption in the country, which is 260 litres per day, exceeding the national average of 240 litres.

“It may be due to the low water tariff.

“In the event that Terengganu is facing a severe drought, there will be disruptions to the flow of raw water.

“There are places or water treatment plants where we need to reduce production so that daily operations can still run,” he said.