News about Water

KUALA LUMPUR (October 2): Households and businesses, across four districts in Selangor will face temporary water disruption on Oct 9 for a maximum period of 72 hours.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Selangor Menteri Besar Amiruddin Shari said the state is reviewing its free water programme and will likely announce a restructured programme when presenting the state's 2019 budget in November.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 27): Sabah is preparing for a water shortage as the current heatwave is expected to last until December, reported The Malaysian Insight.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 23): Unfinished work on a sewerage facility in Taman Beringin, Kepong has been giving residents there a big traffic headache.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Paramount Corp Bhd's net profit more than doubled for its second quarter ended June 30, 2018 (2QFY18) to RM42.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 14): Selangor folk use an average of 210 litres of water or 140 large bottles of mineral water per day – and this will lead to a water shortage if water usage levels remain that high even with a growing population.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources Dr Xavier Jayakumar (pictured) clarified that the RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): Gamuda Bhd's 80%-owned unit Gamuda Water Sdn Bhd would not continue to be the operation and maintenance (O&M) contractor for the SSP3 Water Treatment Plant, according to Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources Dr Xavier Jayakumar.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): The Republic of Singapore is not keen to review the price of water under a 1962 agreement with Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25) — While Malaysia's diplomatic ties with neighbouring Singapore are expected to decline, trade will not be affected, said BMI Research.