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Johor Bahru to experience water outages from 28 May

Travellers and residents in Johor Bahru (JB), Malaysia are advised to prepare for scheduled water supply interruptions beginning Wednesday (28 May), ahead of the June school holidays.

Ranhill SAJ, the local water operator, issued a Notice of Disruption confirming that the outage is necessary due to water pipe relocation works.

Source: Ranhill SAJ

The disruption will commence at 10am and is expected to last for 17 hours, with water supply restoration targeted by 3am on Thursday (29 May).

Several key buildings and commercial establishments in JB will be affected, including Holiday Plaza, KSL Resort City, Plaza Pelangi, and Tebrau Health Clinic.

Source: KSL

A complete list of affected areas is available on Ranhill SAJ’s official website.

The operator has urged all impacted residents and businesses to store sufficient water in advance of the outage.

Previous JB water outage resolved on 24 May

This follows a recent unplanned water outage that affected approximately 300,000 consumers in JB.

Source: Oriental Daily

On 20 May, heavy rain damaged six raw water pumps at Ranhill SAJ’s Sungai Johor treatment plant, disrupting the processing of raw water and causing widespread supply interruptions.

The disruption caused a daily loss of approximately 318 million litres of treated water, prompting an emergency meeting between the Johor state government and Ranhill SAJ on 22 May.

Ranhill SAJ’s chief operations officer, Khairul Effendy Tusam, apologised for the inconvenience and thanked consumers for their patience.

Despite technical challenges, the repair team restored water supply by 24 May.

The operator is now investigating the cause in detail, reviewing equipment maintenance and pipe alignment, with plans to improve procedures to prevent future incidents.

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