Water Supply Disruption Not Due To Sungai Selangor Pollution

SHAH ALAM, March 3 (Bernama) -- Water supply disruptions in several areas in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur had nothing to do with pollution of Sungai Selangor, says Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas).
Syabas Corporate Affairs Senior Manager Abdul Halem Mat Som said the disruption was due to normal cleaning work at reservoirs.
"We only clean reservoirs in areas that have been specified. It's purely incidental that they are in the polluted areas," he told Bernama here today.
Yesterday, Selangor Public Utility and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Datuk Abdul Fatah Iskandar said Sungai Selangor had been polluted, causing pungent smell of water in several areas in the state and Kuala Lumpur last Sunday.
A day earlier, Syabas said several areas in Kuala Lumpur, Gombak, Petaling Jaya, Klang, Shah Alam, Hulu Selangor, Kuala Selangor and Hulu Langat would experience scheduled water supply disruption from yesterday till next Thursday.