Singapore says supply ‘unaffected’ after Malaysia’s Johor River pollution halts waterworks

“Water supply in Singapore remains unaffected as PUB has stepped up production at local plants to meet demand,” said Singapore’s national water agency on Saturday morning.

“PUB is monitoring the raw water quality in the Johor River closely. Operations will resume when water quality checks show that the Johor River quality is back to normal.”

Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a social media post on Saturday afternoon that agencies were closely monitoring the East Johor Strait following two pollution incidents.

One of the incidents affected the Johor River and was caused by sand mining activities, and another involved a palm oil spill that affected the coastal waters off Kampung Pasir Putih in Johor.

“NEA is in touch with the Department of Environment, Johor and understands that the sources of pollution from both incidents have been contained and stopped,” the Singapore environment agency said. “Oil clean-up is also ongoing and most of the palm oil has been cleaned up.”