Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) has welcomed the federal government's decision to allow the Selangor government to operate the Sungai Labu water treatment plant (WTP), construction of which was completed recently.
Its executive chairman Tan Sri Rozali Ismail said, with the plant coming onstream, an additional 105 million litres of water daily (MLD) would be availabe for distribution by March 2013 to some of the areas currently supplied by the Sungei Semenyih WTP.
"Stage 1 of the Sungai Labu WTP commenced operations on March 20 with supply capacity of 45MLD and among the areas receiving the supply include KLIA, the F1 circuit and other areas in Sepang, besides Sungai Pelek, Bagan Lalang, Tanjung Sepat and Kundang," he said in a statement here.
He said total capacity for Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya following the Stage 1 operation had risen to 4,371 MLD from 4,326 MLD previously while reserve capacity was expected to increase from 106.8 MLD and 151.8 MLD.
"This clearly shows that the Federal Government is serious and committed towards resolving water issues faced by Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. The efforts made have also shown that the interest of the consumers are given priority above all else.-- BERNAMA
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