SELANGOR Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari has announced a new scheme called the Raw Water Guarantee Scheme (SJAM) developed by the Selangor government to ensure the water treatment plants (LRA) will remain uninterrupted and will be operational in stages starting in October.
According to the Gombak MP, consumers could enjoy an uninterrupted supply of water under SJAM even though pollution of the raw water source was detected in the rivers by diverting polluted raw water from entering the LRA.
Amirudin said the raw water pumping project from the Hybrid of River Augmentation Storage 600 (HORAS 600) reservoir in Sungai Selangor and the RM320 mil reservoir in Sungai Semenyih has now reached more than 51% completion and is projected to be fully operational early next year.
“Once this project is fully completed, if raw water pollution occurs in the two rivers, LRA such as Rantau Panjang, Sungai Selangor Phase (SSP) 1, 2, 3 and Semenyih, will be able to continue supplying water to consumers without being affected by the pollution,” he said after officiating the SJAM at HORAS 600 today (May 18).
“Based on our experience in managing the pollution of raw water sources, we were able to identify the source of the pollution within 12 hours, but there were incidents that required a longer time.
“However, our goal is to avoid a work stoppage of more than four hours because if the work stoppage is more than four hours, there will be disruption to user accounts.”
He explained that the initiative was part of the state government’s efforts to address prior years’ incidents of water contamination, which had affected 1.6 million Air Selangor account holders.
In addition, Amirudin stated that Selangor has a reservoir level of raw water sources in dams and reservoirs of at least 95% to deal with the El Nino phenomenon and the reservoir water level is capable of covering the needs of household and industrial users for four to six months. – May 18, 2023
Main pic credit: Bernama
