SHAH ALAM, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) in a statement here today clarified that it did not refer to the Economic Planning Unit's (EPU) National Water Resources Study (NWRS) conducted in 2000, in its projection of water supply and demand for Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.
Syabas chief operating officer Datuk Ir Lee Miang Koi said its projection was based on actual supply and demand which reflected a 3.5 percent yearly increase for the next five years.
Lee was commenting on the statement by Selangor Tourism, Consumer Affairs, and Environment committee chairman Elizabeth Wong that the prediction of next year's water crisis for the Klang Valley and Putrajaya was inaccurate because it relied too much on the NWRS by EPU in 2000.
Wong was reported to have said that the existing water treatment plants' capacity was sufficient to meet the rising demand for water, especially in Selangor. Lee emphasised that Syabas' projection showed the current capacity was not sufficient to meet the 3.5 percent yearly increase in demand until 2014.
Lee also denied Wong's allegation that Syabas had not reduced Non-revenue Water (NRW) to acceptable levels.
He said Syabas managed to reduce NRW from 42.78 percent to 32 percent as at end of 2008 but could not continue to do so following the freeze on capital expenditure by the National Water Services Commission.
The freeze was part of the Selangor state government's plan to restructure the water supply sector in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.-- BERNAMA
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