Ministry to review water release SOP for Johor’s Bekok Dam, Parliament told


KUALA LUMPUR: The standard operating procedure (SOP) for water release from the Bekok Dam in Johor will be restudied, says Deputy Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii.

“Apart from the Bekok Dam, other dams in Johor such as the Sembrong Dam and Machap Dam are also currently functioning both as flood mitigation and water reserves to nearby water treatment plants,” he said in response to Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (BN-Ayer Hitam) in the Dewan Rakyat Special Chambers on Thursday (June 8).

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