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11th December 2017 PRESS STATEMENT by Dato’ Ir. Jaseni Maidinsa, Chief Executive Officer, PBA Holdings Bhd (PBAHB) and Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd (PBAPP). PBAPP CENTRAL WATER LABORATORY WINS IKM EXCELLENCE AWARD 2017 • Institut Kimia Malaysia (Malaysian Institute of Chemistry)

Award recognises PBAPP lab’s MS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation and competency in analytical work.

PENANG, Monday (11/12/2017): Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd’s (PBAPP’s) Central Water Laboratory received the “IKM Laboratory Excellence Award 2017” from Institut Kimia Malaysia (IKM–Malaysian Institute of Chemistry) on 8/12/2017 at the Sime Darby Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur. IKM hands out the award exclusively to laboratories that “comply with the MS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation and that have achieved competency in the practice of analytical work”. PBAPP’s Central Water Laboratory is accredited to MS ISO/IEC 17025:2005, the Laboratory Accreditation Scheme of Malaysia (SAMM), for the testing of raw water, settled water and treated water. IKM decided to give PBAPP the award following an on-site audit on 7/11/2017. Located in the Sungai Dua Water Treatment Plant (WTP) in Seberang Prai Utara, the Central Laboratory is part of the Package 12 treatment plant works that was officially opened by YAB Tuan Lim Guan Eng on 3/6/2016. In 2016, Penang’s average daily consumption of treated water was 827 million litres per day (MLD). The Sungai Dua WTP, the biggest water treatment plant in Penang and Malaysia (with a maximum treatment capacity 1,228 MLD), produces more than 80% of the treated water that is consumed in Penang daily.

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Manned by 13 personnel, including two chemists, the Central Laboratory tests 12 performance parameters of water quality to ensure that the Sungai Dua WTP produces treated water that complies with the Quality Assurance Programme (QAP) parameters set by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia (MOH). PBAPP and the Health Department (MOH) jointly sample and test the quality of treated water supplied in Penang, on a weekly basis at treatment plants and a monthly basis at water pipelines. In 2016, a total of 3,157 samples of treated water were tested. The results of the tests showed that Penang’s treated water exceeded the performance parameters set by the MOH for E-coli + residual chlorine, E-coli bacteria, turbidity, residual chlorine and aluminium. Thank You. Dato’ Ir. Jaseni Maidinsa, Chief Executive Officer, PBA Holdings Bhd (PBAHB) and Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd (PBAPP). __________________________________________________________ Issued by : Puan Syarifah Nasywa but Syed Feisal Barakbah

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