GEORGE TOWN: The water supply in Seberang Prai Tengah and Seberang Prai Selatan will be disrupted next Friday (Oct 4), affecting some 97,000 account holders. According to a Thursday (Sept 26) statement by the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan, the water supply disruption was necessary to repair a section of a...
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) announced that the water treatment plant (WTP) in Batu Feringghi is experiencing a technical problem which caused several areas to experience low water pressure or no water supply. PBAPP, in a Facebook post Wednesday (May 15), said the disruption at 4.30pm involved areas along Jalan Tanjung Bungah, Tanjung...
GEORGE TOWN: Consumers in Penang island's South-West District will have 24 hours' breathing space until a scheduled water supply disruption now that the unexpected interruption caused by the damaged Prai River pipeline is almost resolved. The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) said the remaining 16% of consumers affected by the water cut after the 1,350mm pipe...
BUTTERWORTH: A team of divers is working to re-clamp the 1,350mm pipeline at the riverbed of Sungai Perai, and it is expected to be completed by midnight. Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP) chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan said that one of the three steel plates, each weighing 100 kg, has been successfully installed while the...
GEORGE TOWN: Consumers in several parts of Penang are facing a delay in full resumption of water supply as repairs on the burst pipe in the Prai River are not complete. Those who have begun to receive supply are advised to store water as pumping operations will be shut down at 8pm on Thursday (Dec 21)...
GEORGE TOWN: Dangerous river conditions have slowed down underwater pipeline repair works at the Prai River, says the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP). PBAPP said the normalisation of water supply to 95% of 200,000 water consumers affected by the water supply interruption was re-scheduled to between noon and 1pm on Thursday (Dec 21). ALSO READ: Braving the murky...
BUTTERWORTH: The water supply to the 590,000 consumers affected by the scheduled disruption from Jan 10 will be restored in stages between 48 and 96 hours from that date. Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) CEO K. Pathmanathan said the projected recovery is based mainly on each consumer's proximity to the Sungai Dua Water Treatment Plant and...
