Langat 2 Water Treatment Plant 15% completed

Construction of the Langat 2 Water Treatment Plant (LRAL2) project has reached 15 percent and is expected to be completed on April 30, 2017, parliament was told today.

Deputy Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said the progress of the project, scheduled for completion in 36 months, was up to Oct 31.

"The contractors are laying the ground work," he said in reply to a question from Mohd Fasiah Mohd Fakeh (BN-Sabak Bernam) who wanted to know the progress of LRAL2 to overcome the water shortage in Selangor.

Via the project, the supply of treated water can be channeled to the people of Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya in the second quarter of 2017.

Mahdzir said the Raw Water Transfer Project from Pahang to Selangor capable of supplying 1,890 million litres daily was expected to be completed by the end of the year.

"The project has reached 98.4 percent up to Oct 31. The interface, Semantan pump station and twin pipeline have been fully completed on May 30.

"As for Kelau Dam, the progress has reached 85.7 percent while the water distribution tunnel is 98.7 percent completed."