Monday February 12, 2007
Selangor’s big water plan
KUALA LANGAT: Selangor has prepared a massive logistic plan to bring water to people if a drought were to hit the state next month.
The preparation includes getting ready 150 water tankers, restoring water pumps and filter system as well as building concrete platforms at retention ponds and underground water sites.
State Infrastructure, Public Services and Rural Development Committee chairman Datuk Abdul Fatah Iskandar said the state Water Supply Monitoring Committee had a meeting earlier to draw out strategies to tackle water supply problems in the event of a drought.
He said the committee and Selangor water concessionaire Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) would monitor the water supply and logistic issues closely.
“Currently, Syabas has 50 water tankers on standby, and later this week it will be getting another 100 tankers, most of them from oil palm plantations,” he told reporters here yesterday after giving out Chinese New Year ang pows and mandarin oranges to 130 underprivileged people in his Sijangkang constituency.
Abdul Fatah, who is also state Water Supply Monitoring Committee chairman, said the 150 tankers should be sufficient but Syabas would rent more tankers should the need arise.
He said the state Drainage and Irrigation Department and Lembaga Urus Air Selangor would oversee retention ponds and other water sources which have been declared safe for use during drought.
Water-filtering machines would be placed at the ponds, he said.
Abdul Fatah said the state government had also identified four underground water sites in Kuala Selangor and Kuala Langat as alternative sources in case the state needed more water.
With all the logistic preparations, Abdul Fatah said the state had no plan to channel water from other states.
A state-level campaign to conserve water would be launched by Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Khir Toyo on Feb 22 in Shah Alam.
Apart from that, Abdul Fatah said that he and his officers would personally monitor water usage by the public and advise them on how to conserve water.
He also urged the public to report any broken pipes in their areas immediately to help save water.
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