The Public Utilities Board is now working closely with Johor
authorities to supply water to Johor after a landslide damaged a
major water pipe supplying water to the city area.
PUB said since the incident, Johor is taking 10 million gallons
more water a day from Singapore.
In the landslide which happened around the Puteri Park construction
site on Saturday evening, one of four main water pipes were
damaged.
As a result, the Syarikat Air Johor Holdings (SAJH) which oversees
the supply of water from the Loji Air Sungai Johor to the city,
said supply would be reduced by 30 per cent or about 35 million
gallons of water daily until the pipe is fixed.
This is expected to take about a week.
And until supply is restored, the SAJH has provided water-tanks to
supply water to the affected residents.
Media reports have put the number of residents affected at
500,000.
The water pipes supplying water to Singapore were not damaged by
the landslide.
-Channelnewsasia.com-
