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Five water treatment plants affected by Baling floods back in operation

Syarikat Air Darul Aman says supply to affected consumers to be restored in stages

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 07 Jul 2022 12:51PM

Five water treatment plants affected by Baling floods back in operation
A total of 280,000 Sada user accounts in three districts, namely Baling, Kuala Muda and Kulim are experiencing water supply disruption due to the high turbidity of raw water as a result of the floods. – The Vibes file pic, July 7, 2022

ALOR STAR – The five water treatment plants (WTP) in Kedah that were affected by the floods and water surge phenomenon in Baling last Monday are back in operation.

According to the Corporate Communications Division of Syarikat Air Darul Aman (Sada), as of 9am today, the Sg Petani, Pinang Tunggal, Kulim Hi-Tech, Kuala Ketil Lama and Kuala Ketil Baru water treatments plants were operating at maximum speed.

“The operation of all the WTPs has been restored and the restoration of water supply to the affected consumers will be in stages depending on the distance of the location of their premises and the water pressure on the water supply distribution system,” it said in a statement on its official Facebook page today.

Yesterday, a total of 280,000 Sada user accounts in three districts, namely Baling, Kuala Muda and Kulim were affected due to the high turbidity of raw water as a result of the floods. – Bernama, July 7, 2022

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