Water treatment plant Engkilili strengthening Sri Aman water supply

ENGKILILI, 25 September: Construction of new Engkilili water treatment plant with capacity of 75 million litres per day (MLD) is going smoothly and currently achieves an improvement of 21.94 percent, slightly above the original schedule of 21.25 percent.

Sarawak's Minister of Utility and Telecommunications, Dato Sri Julaihi Narawi, said the RM312.9 million project was implemented under the Sarawak Water Supply and Water Grid System Master Plan.

He said that the project using the allocation of the Government of Sarawak started on 12 May 2025 and is scheduled to be completed by 11 May 2028.

"When completed, this plant will strengthen the supply of clean and sanitary water in Sri Aman District", he said in a statement today.

Julaihi said that at present, the water supply in the Sri Aman Division is being channelled from Bayai Water Treatment Plant, Sri Aman which has a capacity of 53 MLD, as well as several small-scale water treatment plants around the part.

According to him, the water grid system involving transmission and distribution pipes of 28 kilometers connecting Engkilili Water Treatment Plant with Bayai Plant was also approved.

"The pipe size is between 800 millimeters and 1,200 millimeters", he said.