Several areas of Penang experience water supply disruptions

Several areas of P.Pinang experienced water supply disruptions

BERNAMA

September 29, 2023
Chow Kon Yeow held a press conference after attending a group marriage registration ceremony in conjunction with the Mid Autumn Festival and National Registration Day at the Penang Chinese Assembly Hall, today

Several areas of P.Pinang experienced water supply disruptions

Chow Kon Yeow held a press conference after attending a group marriage registration ceremony in conjunction with the Mid Autumn Festival and National Registration Day at the Penang Chinese Assembly Hall, today. - Named

GEORGE TOWN: Penang residents are asked to save water for daily use as some areas in the state are facing water supply disruptions following the high level of water turbidity in Sungai Muda.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the high level of turbidity was due to the flood incident in Baling, Kedah and similar incidents had happened before.

"According to the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP), at 3 this morning, the water turbidity of Sungai Muda could still be controlled, but at 5 am, the water turbidity had risen sharply.







"This situation causes the Sungai Dua Water Treatment Plant (LRA) to be unable to treat water from Sungai Muda because the plant is at risk of damage if it receives the water to be treated," he told reporters here today.

He said PBAPP had already announced that the treatment capacity at the Sungai Dua LRA was only 30 percent and it was expected that there would be water disruptions for users today in most areas in the state.

Meanwhile, PBAPP in a statement informed that Sungai Dua LRA is the largest and most important LRA in Penang because it supplies water to approximately 465,004 users.

"When PBAPP detected very turbid water at the mouth of Lahar Tiang, PBAPP had to reduce the abstraction of raw water from Sungai Muda and has caused the production of treated water at Sungai Dua LRA to decrease by 30 percent to 715 million liters per day (JLH) at 9 am from the average 1,019 JLH.

"Therefore, the supply of treated water to 70 percent of consumers has been affected in the George Town area; South of Bukit Dumbar to Balik Pulau (Betong Island, Bukit Penara, Pondok Upeh and Bandar Balik Pulau); Seberang Perai Tengah (southern area of ​​Rumah Pam Bukit Minyak) and Seberang Perai Selatan," according to the statement.