SEBERANG PERAI, May 15 — Water supply has resumed for about 400,000 consumers in Seberang Perai and parts of Penang island today. Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow said...
SEBERANG PERAI, May 15 — Water supply has resumed for about 400,000 consumers in Seberang Perai and parts of Penang island today.
He said water supply is back to normal for 90 per cent of water consumers in Seberang Perai and Penang island.About 40,000 water consumers are still affected and facing low water pressure or no water supply. He said when the Penang Water Supply Corporation first detected the issue, they expected the water supply to resume to normal only on Wednesday.He said what happened at the Sungai Muda barrages that led to the drop in water level at Sungai Muda was beyond the state’s control.
“I would like to suggest that the National Water Services Commission conduct a full investigation on this mishap as it has affected 400,000 consumers in Penang,” he said.“Not only 400,000 Penang consumers were affected but 250,000 consumers in Kedah were also affected,” he said.“We hope SPAN order all relevant authorities in Penang and Kedah to check all the systems in all the barrages to see if anything needs to be replaced or upgraded as preventive maintenance,” he said.
He said Mengkuang Dam will only be used during emergency such as yesterday when they had to release water from the dam after water level at the river dropped.
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