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In a statement published on Air Selangor’s social media, the water provider for the most populous state said that it has to shut down its Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant after contamination was found.
The shutdown will affect five Air Selangor regions, namely Petaling (172 areas), Hulu Langat (54 areas), Sepang (194 areas), Putrajaya (23 areas), and Kuala Langat (20 areas).
The water provider said it will be mobilising 81 water tanks to the affected areas and critical premises.
“Air Selangor will provide updates progressively from time to time through all our official communication channels, such as the Air Selangor application, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, or call the Air Selangor Contact Centre at 15300,” it said in a statement published at 11.21am today, 16 December.
The company did not give an estimation on when the water disruption will end.