THE Water Department is keeping an eye on Taman Penampang Phase 2 to mitigate the problems caused by the low pressure of the incoming supply to the property.
The District Council has called on rate-payers in one part of Penampang to refrain from treating their toilets as dustbins as this is partly contributing to the sewerage woes in their neighbourhood
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Published on: Tuesday, May 18, 2021
By: Sidney Skinner
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DOE officers taking samples of the discharge from the treatment plant.
The Department of the Environment (DOE) is checking on the quality of the fluids being released from a sewage treatment plant into a drain near Taman Penampang Phase 2.
This follows a Penampang rate-payer’s misgivings about the presence of sewage in the drain.
He said a strong ammonia-like smell could be detected from the structure.
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He feared that effluent might be overflowing from the treatment plant to the neighbourhood.
The individual expressed his concerns in a letter to Hotline and sent the same correspondence to the DOE.
Published on: Thursday, April 22, 2021
By: Sidney Skinner
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The drain runs near several neighbourhoods, a primary school and one part of Donggongon.
The District Council plans to upgrade the sewage treatment plant which services Taman Penampang Phase 2 and Taman Suria to minimise the nuisance posed by the stench coming from the facility.
A Council spokesman said the agency had received an allocation for this purpose from the Works Ministry.
“We are in the process of sorting out some of the details for the refurbishment effort,” he said.
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“Once this is done, a tender will be called.”
He said the Council intended to have a new sewage-pump installed as part of this work.