Sabah approves second water intake for treatment plant in drought-hit Papar

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor visiting the Jetama alternative water intake in Kampung Kabang, Papar.

KOTA KINABALU: A new water treatment plant under the Emergency Water Supply Scheme (EWSS) has been approved for the Papar district.

Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor instructed the state water department and private water producer Jetama Sdn Bhd to build a second water intake to boost the existing intake at Kampung Limbahau after a drought emergency was declared in the Papar district last week.