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Indah Water denies claims of polluting Sungai Gong

The Indah Water logo is pictured at the Pantai 2 Sewage Treatment Plant in Kuala Lumpur July 25, 2019. — Picture by Mukhriz Hazim

Instead, its chief executive officer Narendran Maniam said, the company has identified the presence of yellow coloured non-sewage waste inside the plant’s intake chamber which caused the final effluent to be in polluted with thick yellow colour. “As such, we have immediately stopped effluent discharge and started a cleaning operation, expected to be completed today. Chemical dosing is being carried out to control the situation,” he said in a statement here, today.

On further investigations, Luas found discoloured and foamy effluent discharge, from area 5 IWK GBK 134 plant, in Rawang Industrial Park.

 

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