17,000 households in Kulai go dry after ammonia pollution in Johor river; PUB also stops treatment of water at Johor plant

SINGAPORE - High-level of ammonia pollution in Johor's Sungai Sayong , which has disrupted water supply to about 17,000 households in Kulai, has also forced Singapore's national water authority PUB to stop treatment operations in its waterworks there on Thursday afternoon.

But water supply in Singapore is not affected, added PUB, as it has stepped up local production at the desalination plants and waterworks to meet demand. Under the 1962 Water Agreement, Singapore can draw up to 250 million gallons of water a day from the Johor River, and is obliged to provide Johor with treated water up to 2 per cent of the water imported. Singapore has been supplying more to Johor at its request.

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