The Selangor government has been urged to expedite Mitigation Project 2 to optimise the production of treated water and avoid a water crisis in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya by 2016.
National Water Services Commission (SPAN) chief executive officer Datuk Teo Yen Hua said Mitigation Project 2 can increase the capacity of treated water and meet increasing demand of 3.5 percent per annum by consumers.
"Until 2016, water treatment plants in Selangor still have about 390 million litres of unused water that can be distributed to consumers at any time.
"Hopefully the Selangor government can expedite the mitigation project so that the ability to supply water to consumers are not affected," he told reporters after accompanying Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on a visit to Sungai Selangor Dam, here Monday.
Muhyiddin who is also chairman of the Special Cabinet Committee on Selangor Water Issue is scheduled to visit three more water treatment plants in Hulu Langat.
Mitigation Project 2 involves Phase 1 and Phase Three of Sungai Selangor Water Treatment Plant costing RM606 million by federal government to spare consumers in critical areas a water crisis by 2016.
When completed, the projects are expected to optimise water production to 4,581 MLD (million litres daily), compared to 4,400 MLD currently for the benefit of consumers in Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Gombak, Shah Alam, USJ, Klang and Kepong.-- BERNAMA
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