The National Water Services Commission (SPAN) today urged the Selangor government to reconsider giving its approval for the construction of the Langat 2 Water Treatment Plant (LRA2) and its distribution system.
SPAN chairman Datuk Ismail Kasim said this was because Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya would face a water crisis if the project was not ready as planned.
"From our observation, the current margin of water reserve water is putting all consumers at risk of water supply disruption when demand is higher.
"Water in several main ponds in southern Selangor is now at a low level," he said in a statement.
He said average daily water production from all the 34 water treatment plants in Selangor for 2015 was 4,673 million litres, while the total capacity of these plants was 4,781 million litres.
In March, Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali cancelled the Selangor Water Treatment Agreement, claiming the federal government has failed to meet conditions of the agreement.
The cancellation of the agreement had caused delay to the completion of the LRA 2 project, scheduled in 2017.
Ismail said he feared that the existing water supply would not be sufficient to meet future demand if the project failed to take of.
He also said the Hybrid Off River Augmentation System (Horas) project, as well as other projects, were being carried out to increase the source of raw water.
Ismail said these mitigation projects carried out by the Selangor government were only temporary measures to meet water demand in the short term. – Bernama
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