MB: Negeri Sembilan no problem selling water to Selangor

SEREMBAN - Negeri Sembilan no problem selling water to other states including Selangor when Triang River Dam and Water Treatment Plant Ngoi-Ngoi here under construction, to be completed late this year or early next year. 

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said this because when both the plant is completed, it is expected to increase the production of clean water and produce a surplus for sale. "We will give help, we will do whatever it takes so that the interests of the people has always been a priority. How much we sell every liter is another matter but we are always ready, "he told reporters after chairing the state executive council meeting here today. , he said, at this time, NSW does not have surplus water to djual because in the district, the total water consumption of 70 million gallons per day while Current production capacity water Treatment Plant Water River Trips here is around 65 million gallons per day. 

Yet, when the dam and the plant is completed and commissioned, it is expected to produce about 60 million gallons of potable water per day, which can accommodate deficiencies in this area and have surplus for sale, he said. "On a daily basis, we are also facing the problem of shortage of water treated, but we can manage the situation properly. When the water treatment plant and a new dam was completed, we are in a position to do so (sell water to other states), he said. Mohamad said at this time NSW had not received any request to buy water from other states but the National Water Services Commission has asked the state government to begin negotiations with those who want to buy them. On another development, he said at this time the state government is upgrading two water treatment plants in Ulu Jempol and Bahau near here, to increase production capacity of clean water to be channeled to the area around the Jempol district and Kuala Segment. said, upgrading both the old plant costing RM80 million is expected to be completed later this year. "Ulu Jempol Water Treatment Plant, we will upgrade its capacity from 12 million gallons per day to 25 million gallons per day and Plants Water Treatment Bailieborough, we will upgrade eight million gallons to 12 million gallons a day, "he said.