Kuala Lumpur: Water supply has been restored to 1,110 (87%) of the 1,279 areas in the Klang Valley affected by the latest water disruption, according to Air Selangor.
Pengurusan Air Selangor (Air Selangor) chief executive officer Suhaimi Kamaralzaman said another 169 areas were still affected and in the process of having supply restored in stages by 3 pm.
He stated that the water has undergone quality testing by the health ministry.
The latest water disruption was caused by the pollution of Sungai Selangor which led to dry taps for over 1.13 million households in the Klang Valley since yesterday evening.
The water outage affected 1,279 areas including Kuala Lumpur, and the Petaling, Klang, Shah Alam, Kuala Selangor, Hulu Selangor, Gombak and Kuala Langat districts in Selangor.
The Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS) said Rantau Panjang, SSP1, SSP2 and SSP3 treatment plants were forced to stop operating after odour contamination was detected.