The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) will have 13 water tankers on stand-by during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri festive season to avoid any unscheduled water supply interruptions in the state during the hot spell.
PBAPP chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan advised consumers to use water wisely during the festive season as the state is still experiencing hot and dry weather which is depleting dam storage reserves. — Picture by Yusof Mat IsaGEORGE TOWN, April 8 — The Penang Water Supply Corporation said today it will have 13 water tankers on stand-by during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri festive season to avoid any unscheduled water supply interruptions in the state during the hot spell .
He said the water tankers were deployed together with 47 static water tanks, with maximum capacities of 2,000 litres each, during that period.“If necessary, this deployment will be expanded with more tankers or extended over a longer period of time, in response to water demand,” he said. As of April 7, the dams’ effective capacity is now at 34.1 per cent for Air Itam, 64.9 per cent for Teluk Bahang, 89.6 per cent for Mengkuang Dam, 38.9 per cent for Muda Dam in Kedah and 86.5 per cent for Beris Dam in Kedah.
“On April 7, the river level of Sungai Muda, Penang’s primary raw water resource, was 2.12 metres at PBAPP’s Lamar Tiang intake, which is above the two-metre safe level,” he said.
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