Selangor may face water rationing again

PETALING JAYA: With water levels at the seven dams in Selangor showing a drop, the possibility of another round of water rationing in the state appears to be imminent.
According to the Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS) website, the water level at the dams were recording a decline. The Sungai Selangor dam, which supplies water to more than 60% of households in the Klang Valley and Putrajaya, recorded the lowest level.
As of today, the Sungai Selangor dam was at 36.67% (its critical level is 30%) compared to 39.26% a week ago.
The water level at the other dams (with the figure for a week ago in brackets) was Sungai Tinggi - 50.17% (54.25%), Langat - 63.86% (65.38%), Tasik Subang 67.69% (70.1%), Klang Gates - 71.72% (73.99%), Semenyih - 81.66% (84.16%) and Batu - 84.30% (86.19%).
A Meteorological Department spokesman told theSun that the cloud seeding exercise was currently in standby mode as they were still waiting for favourable weather conditions like the development of rain clouds over the dam catchment areas.
On when the cloud seeding is likely to be done, he said it would most likely be after the Hari Raya season as the weather for the coming two weeks was forecast to be dry and hot.
He also said other factors that contributed to the current dry and hot weather was the passing of the typhoon over the Philippines and the Pacific Ocean, causing less rain clouds to be formed.