SHAH ALAM, 28 Apr: Six out of seven dams in Selangor continue to record positive increases, with the Klang Gates Dam recording an increase of up to four percent in a week.

The Executive Councillor for Youth and Sports, Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi, said that the Sungai Selangor Dam, which provides 60 percent of supply to the Klang Valley, has now reached 40.08 percent of its capacity.

He said that despite the small increase, downstream rain has contributed to the reduction in water release from the dam.

“A total of 53,100 million litres of residual flow has been recorded at the Bestari Jaya Barrage throughout April, as of today.

“On average, its 1,966 million litres per day (MLD) of residual flow in the Sungai Selangor every day,” he said.

He said this in a special press conference on the current status of the dam capacity and was also joined by the State Economic Planning Unit (UPEN) Director, Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman, and the Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS), Md Khairi Selamat.

On April 22, the Klang Gates Dam recorded a level of 13.74 million cubic metres, or 54.24 percent. While today, the catchment level rose to 14.82 million cubic metres (58.49 percent).

Meanwhile, the Sungai Selangor Dam increased to 92.19 million cubic metres (40.08 percent), compared to only 89.46 million cubic metres (38.90 percent) last week.

Also recording a large increase is the Tasik Subang Dam, with levels now reaching 3.65 million cubic metres (86.77 percent), compared to 3.53 million cubic metres (83.99 percent); and increase by almost three percent.