K Pathmanathan News Today

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) will use additional revenue from the increased domestic water tariff rates effective since February for developing urgently-needed infrastructure.

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) is deploying a fleet of 13 water tankers as a stand-by measure for the Hari Raya festive season.

GEORGE TOWN: Consumers in several parts of Penang are facing a delay in full resumption of water supply as repairs on the burst pipe in the Prai River are not complete.

BUTTERWORTH: The water supply to the 590,000 consumers affected by the scheduled disruption from Jan 10 will be restored in stages between 48 and 96 hours from that date.

GEORGE TOWN: The Expanded Mengkuang Dam (EMD), which maximum storage capacity increased from 22 billion litres to 86.4 billion litres, is in good condition, according to the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP).

GEORGE TOWN: Ages ago, having a watch on your wrist or in your pocket was a luxury, so when engineers built the Ayer Itam water treatment plant, they built a four-faced clock tower so that townsfolk could always tell the time.

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) will present a Sungai Muda Crisis Management Plan to the Penang government following disruptions in supply caused by incidents involving the river in Kedah.

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) is recommending a second wave of cloud seeding operations as raw water reserves of the Air Itam and Teluk Bahang dams were still below 50%.

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