PETALING JAYA: Eight areas in Hulu Selangor are expected to face an unscheduled water disruption due to flooding on Sunday (Jan 3).
Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) corporate communications head Elina Baseri said the Sungai Selisik water treatment plant was shut down at around 5.40pm Sunday (Jan 3) after water rose to critical levels at the intake of the plant due to prolonged rainfall Sunday. The eight areas expected to face water shortage are Kg Sungai Nilam/ Kg Seri Pagi, Kg Lalang, Rumah Murah PKT 2 Sungai Selisek, Kg Serigala, Kg Orang Asli, Kg Bahom, Kg Sekolah/ Kuarters Klinik and Kg Gesir Tengah.
Shoppers buying containers to store water in case of supply disruptions. Filepic
THE year 2020 saw Selangor battling no less than nine incidents of raw water sources pollution, causing eight large-scale water supply disruptions affecting thousands of households in the state and several areas in Kuala Lumpur.
The whole country was placed under the movement control order due to the Covid-19 pandemic, followed by the conditional and then the recovery movement restrictions.
This was followed by strict standard operating procedures to curb the spread of the virus infection, but it failed to prevent irresponsible parties from polluting raw water sources in Selangor.