Johor water treatment plant shut indefinitely due to high ammonia readings

JOHOR BAHRU: A water treatment plant at Simpang Renggam, near Ayer Hitam in Johor was shut down on Tuesday due to high ammonia content readings, exceeding the level permitted by the Health Ministry.

“Ranhill SAJ was forced to stop operations because the quality of raw water declined due to higher ammonia content exceeding permitted limits of 1.5 ppm ,” said Mr Phua in a statement. Mr Puah said that if the ppm reading dropped to a permissible level, appropriate actions would be taken to resume plant operations.He said 30 water tankers had been deployed to the affected areas and priority would be given to schools and hospitals.

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