Julaihi: Kg Metang Terap folk now enjoying Sawas water supply
LUNDU: Some 120 residents of Kampung Metang Terap here now have clean and safe water supply a er the Sarawak Alternative Water Supply Project (Sawas) was successfully implemented in October, said Minister of Utility and Telecommunication Datuk Julaihi Narawi.
He said Sawas will also be implemented in three other villages, namely Kampung Pugu, Kampung Sekambal Melayu and Kampung Selarat, and altogether, the project costs RM4.39 million.
“Residents of the three other villages will also enjoy clean and safe water supply a er the Sawas projects there are completed.
“Once the project is completed in all four villages, approximately 1,000 residents will enjoy clean and safe water supply,” he said during an event to launch the Sawas project for the four villages here yesterday.
Julaihi said the project is expected to be completed and start operations by the first quarter of 2023.
The scope of the Sawas project includes the construction of storage water tanks, filtration systems, high-level tanks involving the installation of water pipelines, and distribution pipes.
Communities benefi ing from Sawas are expected to be responsible for the operation and maintenance but the Sarawak Rural Water Supply Department will monitor the Sawas structures periodically.