PETALING JAYA, Aug 1 — Water supply at the Sungai Selangor dam continued to drop yesterday, nearing the critical level.
Checks showed the water level at the dam as of yesterday afternoon stood at 33.46 per cent.
Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS) director Md Khairi Selamat said the dam’s water was at a “critical level”.
However, Md Khairi said there will not be any rationing exercise to deal with depleting water supply in the state.
“This is the lowest level ever recorded. But the state has not decided to carry out any water rationing exercise,” he said.
Sungai Selangor supplies water to 1.9 million users in Kuala Lumpur, Gombak, Petaling, Shah Alam and Klang.
Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) corporate communications and public affairs general manager Priscilla Alfred said there had not been water disruption in areas dependent on water from Sungai Selangor.
“The Sungai Selangor dam supplies water to about 62 per cent of users in the Klang Valley. For now, we have not received any reports on water disruptions from consumers in the area,” she said.
Checks with residents in the five districts revealed that there had been no water disruptions.
LUAS said yesterday that two out of eight dams in the state including Sungai Selangor recorded water levels below the minimum of 55 per cent.
The water level at the Sungai Tinggi dam stood at 47.39 per cent, while the highest level was recorded in Batu at 82.99 per cent.
