Klang to get second water treatment plant by end of next year

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KUALA LUMPUR: A second water treatment plant for Klang is being constructed to boost water security, says Air Selangor.

Its acting chief executive officer Abas Abdullah (pic) said the Rasau water treatment plant is being built. It will produce 700 million litres per day by the end of 2025.

“This will add additional water reserve margin, especially to the Klang region, which currently receives supply solely from the Sungai Selangor water treatment plant.

“The move will also reduce the risk (of water disruptions) in the Klang region,” he said at a press conference here yesterday after releasing the Air Selangor Sustainability Report 2023.

Earlier, Abas said the water reserve margin in 2023 rose to 15.34% from 12.02% in 2022.

This was due to an additional supply of 275 million litres per day from Langat 2 Western Corridor starting in August 2023.

The increase in distributable capacity of 250 million litres per day from the Sungai Rasa water treatment plant from November last year was also a factor behind the higher margin.

Air Selangor also wants to reduce non-revenue water (NRW), which is water loss from leaks, incorrect metering of water and stolen water.

Abas said that in 2023, the NRW rate was at 27.75%, a decrease of 0.01% from 2022.

Air Selangor has set a target of reducing the rate to 25% by 2030.

Abas also announced that Air Selangor recorded RM2.82bil in total revenue in 2023.

This was an increase of 15.1% from RM2.45bil recorded in the previous year.

Air Selangor, he noted, is the largest water service provider in the country, serving 9.3 million consumers in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

Air Selangor head of operations, capital planning and work, Ainul Azhar Mohd Jemoner, said the water operator plans to complete four water treatment plants by 2030 to increase the water reserve margin to 20%.