By Yasmin Ramlan
SHAH ALAM, Jan 26 — Selangor residents would have had to endure about three days of water disruptions in 2025 if it had not been for the state’s Raw Water Security Scheme (SJAM), said Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari.
He said thanks to the project, the state successfully avoided major water disruptions caused by river pollution for an entire year for the first time.
“I was informed by the Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS) that with SJAM in place to divert contaminated water, 28 river pollution incidents last year were successfully prevented from reaching the intake points of water treatment plants (WTPs).
“Without SJAM, water users in Selangor could have faced supply disruptions totaling 62 hours throughout 2025, which is nearly three days,” he said during the Menteri Besar's New Year address and civil servant assembly here today.
Amirudin first revealed that the state recorded no water supply disruptions last year at any of its WTPs on January 3.
He had said then that the achievement is a testament of the state government’s ability to ensure clean, stable water supply for the people, even in the face of risks from polluted raw water sources.
SJAM was first announced in late 2020 and introduced under the 2021 Selangor Budget to prevent WTP shutdowns, when river pollution was quite rampant.
Amirudin said SJAM reflects the state’s medium- and long-term planning strategy, where accountability and careful decision-making may take time to show results but deliver lasting benefits.
