Illegal sand dredging hits supply

Illegal sand dredging activities along Sungai Linggi(seremban), the state's main water catchment, have affected water supply to several areas including the resort town of Port Dickson.

About 500,000 consumers were affected as the treatment plant could not effectively filter water drawn from the river, already considered the most polluted in the state.

State Energy, Water and Communications Committee chairman Datuk Mohamad Rais Zainudin said the dredging activities should stop as the dredges were located less than 500m from the catchment area

He also said the dredging was too close to the plant, and this allowed fine sand particles to seep through the filtering system, causing the water to smell

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