JOHOR BARU: Johor is now getting additional portable water supply from the Public Utilities Board (PUB).
In a press release, the republic's national water agency said it started supplying additional water from the Johor River Waterworks on Saturday (June 4) in response to a call by Badan Kawal Selia Air Negeri Johor (BAKAJ).
BAKAJ had requested for an additional six million gallons of water per day for a month.
The additional supply has increased the republic's supply of treated water to 22 million gallons daily.
"The arrangement was temporary and subject to regular review," it said.
The dry spell has affected the Linggiu Reservoir, operated by PUB, to an all-time low of 33 per cent.
Over the years PUB has supplied 16 million gallons of portable water to Johor daily.
There was a similar request by BAKAJ was from Aug 14 last year to Jan 8 this year.
Meanwhile, Syarikat Air Johor Holdings Sdn Bhd (SAJ) corporate communication chief Jamaluddin Jamal said only the Congok dam in Mersing which is current 3.59m was still below its critical level of 4.8m, and thus the water rationing exercise which had started in April had to continue.
"Water rationing in Kota Tinggi, which also started since April, has already been lifted," Jamaluddin said.