1/8/2019 Singapore pipes more treated water to Johor after state’s supply contaminated

Singapore pipes
more treated water
to Johor after
state’s supply
contaminated
Ida Lim, Malay Mail 18 hours ago

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 — Singapore

increased its delivery of treated water to
Johor in the past week after the latter
was hit by supply disruptions due to
pollution, according to The Straits
Times (ST).

Singapore’s water agency PUB

reportedly sent an additional six millions
of gallons per day to the Malaysian state
during the period, on top of its typical
daily supply of 16 millions of gallons.

“At Johor’s request, PUB helped to tide

Johor residents over the water supply
disruption by turning on PUB’s Pasir
Gudang offtake and supplying an
additional six millions of gallons per day
(mgd) of treated water between Jan 2
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and Jan 4, 2019,” a PUB spokesman

was quoted as saying yesterday by the
ST.

PUB said its Johor River Waterworks

was unaffected by recent pollution to the
river catchment that had disrupted output
at Johor water plants.

The 1962 Water Agreement between

Singapore and Malaysia requires
Singapore to provide five mgd of treated
water to Johor, although Singapore has
been channelling 16 mgd of treated
water to Johor at the latter’s request.

Last year, this reportedly also surpassed

the usual daily amount for 20 days,
which was also at Johor’s request.

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PUB said all its supply of the additional

treated water beyond the agreed five
mgd was done on a “goodwill basis” at
the price of 50 sen per 1,000 gallons as
agreed in the 1962 water agreement,
further noting that this price is only a
fraction of water treatment costs.

Noting that both Malaysia and

Singapore’s water agencies have been
working together for a long time, PUB
added: “PUB has thus far been
responsive in assisting Johor residents
to reduce the impact of their water
disruptions, in the spirit of good
neighbourliness.”

Last week, local daily The Star reported

International Trade, Investment and
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Utilities Committee chairman Jimmy

Puah as saying a sand-mining
company’s activities along Sungai Johor
had resulted in pollution that led to a
disruption in water treatment at the
Semangar plant in Johor.

Some 3,000 homes in Taman Desa

Tebrau and nearby areas in Johor Baru
were affected during the water supply
disruption on January 1.

As of January 3, the water supply was

reportedly restored.

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