KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Water Management Board (Luas) conducted a joint operation with state and national agencies in Matang Pagar, Sungai Buloh after Sungai Kuang’s stream was discovered to be polluted with foamy water on Monday (Sept 23). Selangor state executive councillor for public health and environment, Jamaliah Jamaluddin, said the operation involved the Environment Department,...
JOHOR BARU: The Environment Department (DOE) has found several unidentified objects dumped along a stream that connects to Sungai Pandan. Johor health and environment committee chairman Ling Tian Soon said the objects were found on Wednesday (Sept 4) while DOE was inspecting the area over recent chemical and odour pollution reports. “The Fire and Rescue Department handed...
JOHOR BARU: A man has testified in the High Court that his son's myokymia was a result of the Sungai Kim Kim toxic waste pollution in March 2019, and was not a pre-existing health condition. Idham Wazir A Wahab, 53, said according to the health report, his son, Irfan Wafiy, 17, was diagnosed with asthma at...
PETALING JAYA: The three remaining water treatment plants that were temporarily shut down due to an odour pollution have resumed operations, says Air Selangor. “The Sungai Selangor Phase 1 (SSP1), SSP2 and SSP3 Water Treatment Plants (WTP) have resumed operations as of 9pm,” said Air Selangor in a Facebook post. The Rantau Panjang WTP had resumed operations...
KUALA LUMPUR: There has been a temporary suspension of four water treatment plants (LRA) due to odour pollution in Sungai Kundang and Sungai Sembah, says Air Selangor. The treatment plants affected are Rantau Panjang, Sungai Selangor Water Treatment Plant Phase 1, Sungai Selangor Water Treatment Plant Phase 2, and Sungai Selangor Water Treatment Plant Phase 3. "Following...
BANGKOK: Bangkok residents should beware of harmful levels of PM2.5 from Nov 9-12, the city administration cautioned on Wednesday (Nov 8). The assistant secretary to the Bangkok governor and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) spokesman, Aekvarunyoo Amrapala, said that due to co-related factors and the weather, air quality was expected to be poor from Nov 9-12. The concentration...
KUALA LUMPUR: Unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings have spread to 16 places involving nine states in the country as of 9am on Monday (Oct 2). ALSO READ: Southern states brace for haze from Sumatra Based on the Malaysian API Management System (APIMS) website, Cheras in the federal capital recorded the highest API at 164, followed by Nilai...
