THE Selangor government through its Raw Water Guarantee Scheme will build a dedicated infrastructure to channel raw water to water treatment plants in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya in a more systematic manner.

State Infrastructure and Public Amenities, Agriculture Modernisation and Agro-Based Industry Committee chairman Izham Hashim in a statement today said the move is part of the state government’s efforts to improve the quality of raw water resources in Selangor. 

He said the facility will house a pump that can handle 3,000 litres of water per day, raw water pipelines, and an automatic water control gate for Sungai Selangor. 

Izham said the project is expected to be ready at the end of the year and once completed, it will enable raw water supply to continue even if there are problems with the quality of raw water sources. 

“The scheme, which was introduced to tackle the issues of water pollution and insufficient raw water in Selangor, comprises several components, including heavier punishments for offenders under the Selangor Water Management Authority Enactment 1999 (Amendment 2020).

“It also covers 24-hour surveillance and monitoring in sensitive areas in the Sungai Selangor and Sungai Langat river basins, and pumping alternative raw water sources from the Hybrid Off River Augmentation System (Horas) 600 reservoir in Sungai Selangor and Pond C in Sungai Semenyih,” he said. 

Izham said Air Selangor detected high levels of ammonia in the Sungai Selangor Fasa 1, Sungai Selangor Fasa 2, and Sungai Selangor Fasa 3 water treatment plants at 7am on Thursday. 

However, he said, the immediate activation of the scheme has helped prevent disruptions to the operation of the three main water treatment plants in the state. 

According to him, 500 litres of alternative raw water per day was pumped to Sungai Selangor from Horas 600, followed by the channelling of 384 litres of alternative water per day from the KL Larut water resource pond. 

“The alternative raw water pumping is aimed at increasing the dilution rate in the river and lower ammonia concentrations.

“As of this morning, 516 million litres of alternative raw water has been channelled to Sungai Selangor and it has successfully controlled and curbed the pollution,” he added. – Bernama, February 4, 2023.