Fact File: The Selangor water crisis

Tarani Palani as well as Stephanie Sta Maria, fz.com

There seems to be no end to a H2O complaint in Selangor.

THE ultimate H2O intrusion due to breakdown of a Wangsa Maju H2O siphon in late December has sparked a fresh turn of finger indicating in in between Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) as well as a Selangor state supervision over a state's long-standing H2O issue.
The Selangor supervision once again questioned Syabas' capability to cater to a needs of over 7 million people in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur as well as Putrajaya. Syabas upon a alternative palm argued which a state has shut off necessary appropriation to urge a piping as well as alternative important upkeep work, as a result crippling a efforts to yield peculiarity service. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has affianced to solve a H2O complaint if BN wins behind a state in a coming general election.
Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim voiced upon January twenty-nine which a state supervision will take over all 4 H2O concessionaires Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd (PNSB), Syarikat Pengeluaran Air Sungai Selangor Holdings (Splash), Konsortium ABASS as well as Syabas in 14 days. This will no doubt bring about another turn of arguments upon a matter.
fz.com gives a low-down upon a emanate by retracing a stalemate as well as sum of a applicable parties in a infrastrctural complaint which has no resolve in steer yet. In a meantime, a people humour whilst a bickering continues.

Year /DateEvent
2007
January 15
MTUC as well as alternative field record for legal review after Energy, Water as well as Communications Ministry denies a request to release Syabas review report as well as H2O benefaction agreement in in between Syabas as well as Selangor.
2008
January 19
Selangor writes to sovereign supervision to devaluate H2O benefaction though receives no response. MaySelangor supervision freezes Syabas capital output (capex).
2009
January 24
Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim announces plans to finish takeover of resources as well as operations of H2O companies. February 13Selangor offers RM5.7 billion to Syabas, Puncak Niaga, Splash as well as Abass, to acquire H2O resources as well as concessions. February 18Federal supervision - by SPAN - says it will without check come to terms with H2O concessionaires. February 20All 4 H2O concessionaires reject Selangor's offer. February 23Selangor Water Review Panel urges sovereign supervision to respect state government's right as well as concede it to come to terms with H2O concessionaires. Apr 17Coalition for Sustainable Water Management says projected H2O direct inflated to clear RM9 billion Pahang-Selangor tender H2O send project. June
Selangor offers RM9.3 billion to Syabas to take over a operations. Splash as well as Abass accept offer, though Syabas as well as Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd reject it.
Selangor prevents Syabas from raising tariffs by 37% as per benefaction agreement observant which Syabas had not fulfilled conditions for increase.
OctoberKonsortium Abass serves Syabas originating summons for RM63 million for payment of physical phenomenon costs as well as purchase of H2O invoices. November 19Splash sues Syabas for RM196 million in relation of supply of treated with colour water.
2010
! February 24
Syabas sends Selangor a minute of direct for RM339 million for refusing to concede a travel in H2O tariffs final year. Apr 6Construction upon Pahang-Selangor tender H2O send plan begins as well as is scheduled for execution in May 2014. Jul 12Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says Selangor struggling to catch price of upon condition which giveaway water. Predicts H2O predicament in two years. Jul 15Water as well as Energy Consumers Association of Malaysia says risk of H2O rationing in Selangor possible if corner in in between sovereign as well as state governments unresolved. Jul 20MB Khalid says there is sufficient H2O for KL as well as Selangor consumers until 2019. Says Pahang-Selangor tender H2O send plan could have been pushed to 2016. Jul 23Syabas denies Khalid's statement, says current H2O supply can usually final until 2014. Says cannot reduce non-revenue H2O further since of freeze upon capex.
2011
January 7
Selangor creates third bid for state H2O concessionaires at RM9 billion. January 21Selangor writes to sovereign supervision to devaluate H2O benefaction though receives no response. Mar 23Syabas asks Selangor to lift freeze upon capex. Jun 22Selangor govt blames Syabas for 48-hour H2O intrusion in Klang Valley inspiring 1 million people.
2012
Jul 15
Syabas asks SPAN to concede water-rationing programme. Claims pot of treated with colour H2O at 2%. The 'safe' turn of treated with colour H2O is 20%. Jul 16
Selangor denies H2O shortage. Blames Syabas for incompetency as well as invokes Clause 32 of benefaction agreement to take over Syabas operations.
Jul 17Selangor exco part of Ronnie Liu visits Selangor dams. Says all dams have been at rise capacity as well as accuses Syabas of production H2O crisis.
Syabas says there is shortfall in treated with colour water, not tender water, since Selangor has prevented construction of Langat 2.
Jul! 18Selan gor announces H2O row as well as reshuffle of Syabas tip management. Syabas says it has invariably alerted Selangor to possible H2O crisis. Jul 19A Special Cabinet Committee upon Selangor Water Issue, chaired by Muhyiddin, is set up to plead a H2O crisis. Jul 23Committee rejects Selangor's due takeover of Syabas. Also says which tender routine for a RM3.8b Langat 2 will proceed. Jul 25Water Monitoring Committee finds which Syabas handling next tangible capacity in upon condition which sufficient treated with colour water. Sept 4Pengurusan Aset Air Bhd (PAAB) opens tenders for Langat 2 despite not reception Selangor's approval. October 26Muhyiddin says Pahang-Selangor tender H2O send scheme may not fulfil objective since of check in construction of Langat 2. December 27Tenders for Langat 2 close.
2013
January 3
Syabas says Selangor's check in building one some-more pumping complement in Wangsa Maju obliged for H2O supply disruption. January 15Syabas says H2O intrusion 95% restored after bypass works. January 15-22Water intrusion hits Petaling, Sepang, Klang, Kuala Langat as well as Hulu Langat due to stream wickedness inspiring Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant. January 19Syabas says ready to be audited by Selangor government. January 29MB Khalid says state supervision will take over all 4 H2O concessionaires - Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd (PNSB), Syarikat Pengeluaran Air Sungai Selangor Holdings (Splash), Konsortium ABASS as well as Syabas in 14 days. January 30Federal Court grants leave to Coalition Against Water Privatisation (CAWP) to disagree for access to Syabas' H2O benefaction agreement dated December 15, 2004 when BN ruled Selangor.

Key issuesState govt saysSyabas says Syabas' distribution capacity
The 34 diagnosis plants in a state have been able of treating 4,807 million litres of H2O per day (MLD). The ongoing mitigation plan will repo! rtedly b oost a plants' capacity to 5,139 MLD though Syabas is usually able of distributing 4,411 MLD.
Syabas is amateurish as well as often wastes much of a funds allocated to enlarge a capacity by a capex. The capex is allocated to Syabas when there is scheduled works.
Its hands have been scored equally as a state refuses to nudge from a freeze upon a capex. The capex is necessary to urge a capacity such as replacing old pumps in order to yield some-more H2O to cater for a flourishing direct of water.
Reserve turn of treated with colour water
State govt officials posts photos of dams which have been full to rebut necessity of H2O claimed by Syabas. But nothing has a figure for a haven turn of treated with colour water.
Klang MP Charles Santiago, co-ordinator for Coalition Against Water Privatisation, says which it was not possible for a representatives to know a tangible turn as usually Syabas can yield those numbers as well as there is no eccentric review to verify those numbers.
The haven turn of treated with colour H2O was 2% in Jul 2012 as well as 1% in January 2013, way next a 'safe level' of 20%.
To address a acute shortage, Syabas proposes water-rationing in Jul 2012 though after cancelled a exercise, observant a some-more 'long-term' plan is better following takeover bids from a state government.
More to come Is there a genuine need for RM3.9b Langat 2?
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