Nearly two million families hit after water treatment plants are affected.
Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the decision was made following recommendations by eight relevant agencies, including the Johor Water Regulatory Body (Bakaj), SAJ Ranhill Sdn Bhd (SAJ Ranhill), the Department of Environment and the Kulai district and land office, at a meeting today.
“We have to take drastic action.
“We have to make a stand, anything that contributes to the pollution of Sungai Johor, we will take action,” he told reporters after presenting the Notice 5A and officiating e-Rezeki and e-Entrepreneur Bootcamp for the Gelang Patah parliamentary constituency here today.
Khaled said the poultry farm and fertiliser processing factory had valid operating licences but the ammonia pollution from their premises was a repeat offence.
The problem has affected about two million consumers in the Johor Bahru, Kulai and Kota Tinggi districts.
Over the past two days, 360,000 account holders (about 1.8 million users) were affected when the water treatment plants in Semangar, Sungai Johor and Tai Hong in Kota Tinggi were forced to shut down following ammonia pollution in Sungai Johor.
Meanwhile, SAJ Ranhill’s corporate communications head Jamaluddin Jamal said the Semangar and Sungai Johor water treatment were in full operation since this morning.
Water supply to the affected areas would be restored in stages by tonight.
However, he said, the Tai Hong water treatment plant remained shut and this affected residents in areas including Johor Jaya, Ulu Tiram and Taman Pelangi.
In SINGAPORE, water supply will not be affected by the stoppage of water treatment operations in Johor as the republic’s national water agency PUB has stepped up production at the desalination plants and local waterworks to meet demand.
In its latest Facebook updates, PUB said it was monitoring the raw water quality of Johor River and would resume abstraction and treatment of raw water when the water quality is suitable.
PUB noted that Johor River Waterworks (JRWW) had to temporarily stopped treatment operations at 11am on Oct 28, due to pollution of Johor River with high ammonia levels.
The stoppage of treatment operations disrupted its water supply to Singapore and some parts of Johor, it said.
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