An integrated management office (IMO) will be established in Sarawak to streamline and enhance water supply management. The office will consolidate three key water supply operators and the Rural Water Supply Department.
KUCHING, April 15 — An integrated management office will be established to streamline and enhance water supply management in Sarawak , said state Utility and Telecommunication Minister Datuk Seri Julaihi Narawi.
“We will combine all these water supply operators under one entity for the consolidation process which will start this year,” he told the reporters when met at his Hari Raya open house here yesterday.The Rural Water Supply Department will also be included in the integration process at a later stage after the establishment of the IMO, he said.
Julaihi further highlighted the urgency of upgrading and replacing old pipe trunks, emphasising the need to replace approximately 2,740 km of aging pipes throughout Sarawak.“To address this issue, the state government has allocated funds totaling RM1.083 billion over a five-year period, with RM274 million approved for the first year alone.
“When the capacity of water treatment plants is increased, the piping system also needs to be upgraded,” he said, adding that some of the distribution pipes have reached a life span of over 40 years and therefore, ought to be upgraded so as to avoid leaking pipes.
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