Pahang-Selangor water transfer project nearing completion
27 May 2014The Pahang-Selangor Raw Water Transfer Project is expected to be fully completed on 20 December, said Malaysia’s energy and water minister, Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili.
The project, comprising four components or packages - raw water tunnel, Kelau Dam, Semantan River intake and pumphouse and twin pipeline - is 96 per cent complete, he added.
"In early August, as a trial, we will channel some 500M litres a day into Sungai Langat, which has three water treatment plants," he told local press reporters after visiting the project site at Bentong on 22 May.
Dr Ongkili said the trial is a move to increase the water in the river because the country is expected to experience a dry spell from June due to the El Nino weather phenomenon effect.
When complete, the project will have the capacity to channel 1.89bn litres of water a day from Pahang to Selangor to meet the needs of consumers in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya up to 2025.
