KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — The disrupted water supply in the Klang Valley will be restored in stages starting from midnight today or tomorrow morning, Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) said today.
Syabas said the Sungai Selangor Phase 3 (SSP3) water treatment plant handled by Syarikat Pengeluar Air Sungai Selangor Sdn Bhd (Splash) is now operating at an average capacity of 830 million litres per day (JLH), adding that the water supply is being pumped to the Bukit Tadun balancing pond and will subsequently be channelled to the main systems as part of the restoration process.
“We target the restoration of supplies will begin in stages this midnight, or early tomorrow morning depending on the pressure at the distribution system. Subsequently, the restoration of supplies will happen in stages depending on the geographical location and altitude of the customer’s premise,” it said in a statement today.
While saying that updates of the water supply restoration status would be provided from time to time, Syabas said its call centres were inundated by a high volume of calls that were causing long waits for customers.
The company advised the public to seek information on the water supply disruption through alternative methods by visiting its website www.syabas.com.my, using the mySyabas smartphone app, or visiting Air Selangor’s official Facebook page.
Those who require water tanker assistance can send a text message to 15300 by keying in “Tanker
On March 1, Syabas had announced that the SSP3 water treatment plant would be undergoing a 10-hour shutdown for emergency repairs, which would result in water disruption for residents in Petaling Jaya, Klang, Shah Alam, Gombak, Hulu Selangor and Kuala Lumpur for up to three days from March 6.
But on March 6, just as the SSP3 plant was about to resume operations after the emergency repair work was completed ahead of schedule, a surge vessel system burst which caused injuries to several personnel, resulting in the current extended water disruption in the Klang Valley.
