Penang water company calls on Penangites to reduce water usage by 10pc until June to ensure adequate supply

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GEORGE TOWN, April 6 — The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PWSC) is calling on Penangites to reduce their water consumption by 10 per cent from now until June to guarantee an...

File picture of Air Itam dam in Penang, March 29, 2024. Penang Water Supply Corporation chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan advised consumers to also conserve water until the arrival of rain to replenish the raw water reserves of the Air Itam and Teluk Bahang Dams.

“In March, PWSC recorded 66.5 millimetres of rain in the Air Itam Dam catchment area and has been working to ‘stabilise’ the effective capacity of this dam through the implementation of the Air Itam Dam Action Plan 2024 . Pathmanathan added that international weather forecasts indicate that the El Nino phenomenon, which is hot and dry in the first quarter of 2024, is likely to give way to the La Nina phenomenon, which is wet and rainy, from May, June, or July this year.

 

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