GEORGE TOWN, Feb. 2 -- Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) will be submitting a proposed Air Itam Dam Action Plan 2024 (AIDAP2024) to increase the dam's effective capacity to 50 per cent by the end of April.

The effective capacity of the Air Itam Dam is currently at 34.6 per cent.

PBAPP chief executive officer K.Pathmanathan said the concept of the plan is to draw down less water from the dam than the average inflow of raw water into the dam daily.

"PBAPP is planning to reduce the daily drawdowns from the Air Itam Dam to the Air Itam Water Treatment Plant (WTP) by 75 per cent from 44 million litres of water per day (MLD) to 11 MLD," he said in a statement here.

He said the accumulated deposits will total about 360 million litres o...