Innovative water distribution eases Penang's extended water cut


GEORGE TOWN: Long queues of people with pails behind a water tank lorry are becoming a thing of the past as engineers come up with innovative solutions to make dry spells more tolerable.

At Taman Sri Bayu in Bayan Lepas, a container lorry arrived with a steel tank carrying tens of thousands of litres on Saturday (April 26) morning, as over 1.4 million Penangites endure a water cut expected to last up to 60 hours in some areas.

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