KUALA LUMPUR: The National Water Services Commission Malaysia (SPAN) has yet to receive applications by state water operators for water rationing, as the dam levels are still at manageable levels.
This is despite the current hot and dry conditions that the country is currently facing, said SPAN Chief Executive Officer Datuk Mohd Ridhuan B Ismail.
“The El Niño is effect is seen in most of the Northern states, as we are made to know, such as Penang, Perlis and Kedah with the highest recorded temperatures over there.
“But we are still managing and the dam levels are under control,” he told a press conference here today.
In the Klang Valley, all the dams in Selangor are at 80 per cent capacity, which is much higher that the drought season of 2014, said Ridhuan, adding that SPAN is currently monitoring all dams closely.
On Tuesday, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar announced that the hot and dry weather has seen dams in five states record water levels of below 50 per cent.
The five dams were the Labong dam in Johor at 14.4 per cent; Gemencheh dam in Negri Sembilan (22.2 per cent); Bukit Kwong dam in Kelantan (31.5 per cent); Padang Saga in Kedah (35 per cent) and the Timah Tasoh dam in Perlis (40.8 per cent).