KUALA SELANGOR: The Raw Water Guarantee Scheme (SJAM) initiative, which was developed by Selangor government to ensure that there is no disruption to the operation of water treatment plants (LRA) during raw water pollution incidents, will be operational in stages starting October.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the raw water pumping project from the Horas 600 reservoir in Sungai Selangor and the RM320mil reservoir in Sungai Semenyih had now achieved more than 51% progress and was expected to be fully operational early next year.
He said under SJAM, consumers could enjoy a continuous supply of water without interruption even though the pollution of the raw water source was detected in the rivers, by diverting the polluted water and preventing the polluted raw water from entering the LRA.
“Once this project is fully completed, if raw water pollution occurs in the two rivers, LRA such as Rantau Panjang, SSP 1, 2 ,3 and Semenyih will be able to continue supplying water to consumers without being affected by the pollution,” he said after opening the SJAM at Horas 600 here yesterday, Bernama reported.
