WATER high quality in Telok Gong, Selangor has actually come along adhering to the application of the Water Quality Conservation Programme in Dec 2024.
Public health and wellness and atmosphere board chairman Jamaliah Jamaluddin claimed that since March 2025, the Water Quality Index (WQI) standing has actually gotten to Class III– Moderately Polluted, which enables raw supply of water functions with extensive therapy.
“The state government, through the Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS), has been actively implementing river monitoring measures via the River Monitoring Programme (RMP) since April 2023 to ensure that the rivers in the state are in good condition with the potential for improved water quality,
“This program is a micro-level technique including the tracking of the high quality of discharges releasing right into significant rivers in Selangor and is accomplished regularly.
“To date, four sampling exercises have been conducted in the Sungai Telok Gong area under the Water Quality Conservation Programme.
“This included a number of places, particularly Jalan Ikan Tampang and Jalan Udang Galah, where water streams right into Sungai Langat, in addition to PGA Jeti Parajurit (which streams right into the Selat Lumut),” she said in a statement on Friday (April 18).
As a long-term measure, the state government, through LUAS, has gazetted and enforced the Discharge of Return Water, and Entry or Discharge of Waste and Pollutants (State of Selangor) 2024, also known as the Zero Discharge Policy (ZDP).
This policy focuses on the regulation of both the quantity and quality of water sources from environmental sources.
The implementation of the ZDP began in the Telok Gong area through a state-level collaboration between LUAS, Telok Gong Manufacturers Association and Port Klang assemblyman Azmizam Zaman Huri, who had also attended an engagement session with stakeholders on Dec 5, 2024.
Telok Gong Industrial Park is the first industrial area in Selangor to be involved in the implementation of this ZDP.
Jamaliah added that LUAS is engaging with industrial premises in the Telok Gong area to provide information on the control of discharges from premises and the requirement for ZDP licences.
“To day, about 92 ZDP permits have actually been released to commercial facilities in the Telok Gong location.
“The state government hopes that through these initiatives, the quality of water sources in the Telok Gong area can be improved with strong commitment from all stakeholders, including premise owners, commercial and industrial players.
“The state will certainly not jeopardize and will certainly take strong activity versus any kind of tasks that present troubles or contaminate water resources, according to Section 79( 4) of the LUAS Enactment 1999,” Jamaliah claimed.
