By Ufairah Tarmidzi KLANG, May 3 — The Klang Royal City Council (MBDK) will not compromise and will take firm action against any company found polluting Sungai Klang. [caption id="attachment_399655" align="alignleft" width="300"] Klang Mayor Dato' Abd Hamid Hussain speaks to the press during...

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 9 — A Chinese national faces a RM10 million fine and mandatory prison sentence of up to five years for the charge of releasing chemical waste into inland waterways, near the industrial area of ​​Jalan Kampung Orang Asli in Kuang, Selangor, last month.

SHAH ALAM, June 9 — The Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) has taken swift action to curb potential water pollution after a foamy discharge was briefly detected in Sungai Gombak yesterday afternoon.

KUCHING, June 9 — Malaysia adopts a comprehensive approach, rather than just treating the problem, to solve the issue of river pollution in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

SHAH ALAM, Jan 25 — The Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) was put on alert after patrolling and monitoring within the vicinity of Sungai Gong in Rawang turned up a diesel-like odour.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 3 — Victims of the Sungai Kim Kim pollution are urging the government to reassess the penalties imposed on those accountable for the river contamination as they argue that the punishment is insufficient in light of the considerable suffering experienced by the victims.

By Yasmin Ramlan SHAH ALAM, Nov 23 — The water quality in the Sungai Buloh river basin has improved this year, turning from polluted to slightly polluted, said state executive councillor for the environment Jamaliah Jamaluddin. She said in 2022, the river basin recorded a water quality index...

ISKANDAR PUTERI, Oct 21 — Every state must have a pollution prevention and river cleaning action plan to deal with Malaysia's river pollution issue.

By Selangor Journal Team AMPANG JAYA, Oct 16 — Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (Luas) has completed the drafting of a ‘zero discharge policy’ regulatory framework and will be presented to the state government in the near future for approval.  Its director Hasrolnizam Shaari said the policy, which...

By Zareef Muzammil AMPANG JAYA, Oct 16 — Pollution in the Selangor rivers caused by industrial, agricultural and development activities has decreased over the past three years, says the Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas). Its director Hasrolnizam Shaar said due to ongoing monitoring...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — A total of 29 or four per cent of 672 rivers were found to be polluted last year, said Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change (NRECC) Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii.

By Jerry Choong SHAH ALAM, April 13 — The Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) has identified a problem at one of the state's water sources in Sungai Serdang at Kapar, Klang, yesterday afternoon. State executive councillor for the environment Hee Loy Sian said they were informed of the...

By Nasuha Badrul Huzaini SHAH ALAM, May 12 — The swift action taken by the Selangor Management Water Authority (Luas) in tracing diesel-like pollution in public drains nearby Sungai Langat has averted an incident of pollution from happening. State executive councillor for environment Hee Loy...

By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim SHAH ALAM, May 1 — The Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) will increase the 24-hour monitoring of the sensitive and hotspot areas along the Sungai Selangor and Sungai Langat river basins to curb the pollution of raw water sources, says Izham Hashim. The state...

By Nasuha Badrul Huzaini SHAH ALAM, Aug 11 — Selangor will not compromise on river pollution in the state, says Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. He said the Selangor Management Water Authority (Luas) had taken immediate action and conducted at least three inspections following a pollution incident...

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, June 22 — A total of 18 river pollution incidents, that could suspend water treatment plants (WTPs) operations, were successfully resolved from January till yesterday. Selangor Management Water Authority (Luas) in a statement said currently no pollutions cases were...

SHAH ALAM, June 15 — Swift action by the Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) following oil spills traced from a raw palm oil factory in Semenyih has managed to avert unscheduled water cuts.

SHAH ALAM, April 15 — Swift action by the Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) has prevented the pollution of Sungai Batang Benar in Negeri Sembilan from causing the temporary suspension of the Sungai Semenyih water treatment plant (WTP) on Monday.

By Mustakim Ramli SHAH ALAM, March 14 — The Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) is studying several measures to address activities carried out near river banks that have been identified as pollution risks. Luas said the study includes allowing the release of effluent based on the river...

By Mustakim Ramli SHAH ALAM, March 13 — A total of 1,124 rivers including river branches in Selangor have been gazetted as river reserves to curb pollution to the state’s water sources, Kosmo! online portal reported today. The measure taken by Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) was to...