With the water supply situation in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya already hovering at critical levels, water contaminated by diesel oil at the Bernam River Headwork water treatment plant in Sabak Bernam has cuased 30,831 homes in Sabak Bernam and Hulu Selangor to experience sudden water cuts.
Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) corporate commnunications and public affairs department general manager Priscilla Alfred told The Malay Mail that a temporary stop work order at the Sabak Bernam plant had to be enforced at 10.40am yesterday morning, and that the plant’s operator, Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd, has yet to resume operations at the plant.
She added that Syabas could not determine when the supply of treated water could be resumed to the affected consumers.
“For the time being, Syabas would provide emergency water supply to the consumers through tanker lorries and existing static tanks according to priority,” she said.
Priscilla said the affected areas in the Sabak Bernam region were the whole of Bagan Terap, Sungai Panjang, Parit 1 up to Parit 12 (Timur, Gambut and Barat), Sungai Haji Dorani Hala Sawah and Laut.
The whole area of Pekan Sabak, Batu 37 up to Batu 40, Sekendi, Sepintas, Jalan Sekolah Sepintas, Tanjung Ketum, Kampung Baru, Tanjung Jawa, Jalan Tengah, Pekan Sungai Besar, Panchang Bedena, Tebuk Pulai, Jalan Taman Pusara, Bagan Sungai Besar, Bagan Sungai Burung and Sungai Pulai.
Also affected were Peket 20 up to Peket 100 Hala Sawah and Laut, Parit 14 up to Parit 8 Hala Sawah and Laut, Pasir Panjang, Batu 23, Sungai Leman, Sungai Nibong, Bagan Nakhoda Omar, Sungai Tengar, Sungai Apong, Parit Baru, Sungai Air Tawar, Sungai Lang, Tebuk Pekan, Teluk Rhu, Tebuk Jawa and Kampung Banting.
She said that for the Hulu Selangor region, the affected area was the whole of Felda Gedangsa.
