BUTTERWORTH: The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) is investing some RM1.185bil to implement important water supply projects over the next five years in an effort to provide reliable and efficient water supply services.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, who is also PBAPP chairman, said the projects involved eight main components, including three new ones with all of them listed under the PBAPP 2030 Water Contingency Plan or better known as WCP 2030.
"The five projects are targeted to be completed between this year and 2028, which will optimise and increase PBAPP's water treatment capacity and its implementation will also enable Penang to take advantage of three new additional sources of raw water on the mainland, namely the expansion of the Mengkuang Dam, Sungai Kerian in Seberang Perai Selatan and Sungai Perai," he said at a press conference here on Saturday .
Chow said this month, PBAPP added three new projects or components in the WCP 2030 portfolio with an additional projected cost of RM343mil which involved the installation of a 1,800mm distribution pipeline along 13km from LRA Sungai Dua to Butterworth by 2024. "The three projects will facilitate and enhance the pumping of more treated water from the Sungai Dua LRA in Seberang Perai to the island and although most of the WCP 2030 project is located in Seberang Perai to meet water demands on the mainland, we will also supply more treated water to the island to reduce the risk of water shortage, especially during the dry season.
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