THE Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) has activated a yellow alert after discovering pink-coloured water flowing in Sungai Kabul at Beranang yesterday.
In a statement today, Luas said the alert was triggered in line with the Water Resources Pollution Emergency Manual for a thorough investigation and immediate prevention or mitigation
This follows concerns that the polluted flow, which stretched for 500 meters, could impact the Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant (LRA) located 16.3 kilometres (km) away.
The pink discharge was detected around 6.40 pm.
It was later traced to the final discharge point of a nearby factory in the Beranang industrial area, which leads into the Beranang and Semenyih rivers.
"The factory has been instructed to halt and close its discharge operations immediately.
"A directive under Section 121 (1) of the Luas Enactment 1999 was issued, requiring the facility to carry out immediate clean-up work at the affected site.
"Luas has also conducted sampling at relevant locations for analysis by the Department of Chemistry Malaysia (JKM) and will proceed with further enforcement action," it said.
The water authority also implemented static monitoring at Sungai Kabul with 30-minute intervals and is closely monitoring the clean-up efforts. - January 15, 2025
