BUTTERWORTH: Over 1.4 million Penangites—about 80% of the state population—woke up to dry taps in landed properties, while those in high-rises relied heavily on their rooftop storage tanks.
The water supply was shut down at 10pm on Friday (April 25), but the rush to fill containers in homes and shops led to extremely low pressure, leaving residents on the fringes of the water grid without water many hours earlier.
