Water supply may return earlier than expected

Gruelling task: PBAPP workers replacing one of the two blue-coloured 1.2m control valves at the water treatment plant in Sungai Dua. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUTTERWORTH: Water supply to some affected areas in Penang could resume sooner than expected, with taps running from as early as 6am today.

This is despite a minor hiccup at Sungai Prai, where a clamp on an underwater pipe became dislodged after a fall in water pressure.