Base Data of Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn. Bhd

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
Cheong Weng , , Kan
1.2 Title:
Strategic Planning Manager
1.3 Mailing Address:
Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn. Bhd; Level 32 Komtar; 10000 Penang, Malaysia
1.4 Telephone:
604-2625684, 604- 2013160
1.5 Fax:
604-2625233
1.6 Email Address:
kan@pba.com.my

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn. Bhd
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
PBAPP
2.3 Country:
Malaysia
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Penang
2.5 Principal city / town:
Penang
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
  • piped water supply services
2.7 Type of water utility: Jointly (Government & Private) owned company operating under commercial law
2.8 Extent of private sector involvement in your utility:
  • service contract(s)
  • lease contract(s)

Section 3: Service Area

3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
1,031.00 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
1,031.00 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
1,416,900 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
1,416,900 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
1,416,064 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:

Section 4. Infrastructure Description

4.1 Source(s) of raw water
 
  • storage reservoir / impoundment
  • direct river abstraction
4.2 Main methods of treatment used
  • disinfection
  • filtration
  • floculation and sedimentation
  • aeration
  • Dissolved Air Floatation
4.3 Capacity of production systems:
1,166,000 m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
3,407 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
430,324 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
356,628
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
46,149
TOTAL
402,777
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
402,777
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
20.00 m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
277.00 million m3 / year
5.2 Volume of water bought in bulk from other utility / company:
6.00 million m3 / year
5.3 Volume of water metered:
223.40 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
5.20% of metered consumption
5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy:
5.00% of metered consumption
5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
Domestic (Households)
133.00 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
85.80 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
4.60 million m3 / year
TOTAL
223.40 million m3 / year

Section 6. Water Supply System Performance

6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply:
0 connections
6.2 Typical duration of supply:
23.9 hours / day
6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network:
25.00 metres
6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network:
1,775 # / year
6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:
3,450 # / year
6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out:
3,380 # / year
6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed:
3,361 # / year

Section 7. Staff

7.1 Who does the work in your company:
  • permanent staff – with contract
  • Permanent staff - salaried employees
7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company:
Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical, etc.)
179
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
847
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
0
TOTAL
1026
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
1026 staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
2052 days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
0.40%

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
27,676 # / year
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
49,317 # / year
8.3 Means by which customer can make a recorded complaint
  • in person
  • by telephone
  • by email
  • by letter
  • PBAPP website
8.4 How does the Utility find out the views of its customers
  • from customer interactions (letters, telephone calls, enquiry counter, etc.)
  • by responding to customer complaints
  • from customer surveys, questionnaires, etc.
  • by market research
8.5 Typically what is the connection charge for new customers:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 1,000.00 263.22
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 6,000.00 1,579.30
8.6 Typically what is the water supply fixed charge / month:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 0.00 0.00
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 0.00 0.00
Bulk water sales 0.00 0.00
8.7 Typically what is the water tariff for metered consumption:
Tariff Block
Domestic
Non Domestic
Bulk water sales
From
To
Cost/m3
From
To
Cost/m3
From
To
Cost/m3
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
MYR
US$
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
MYR
US$
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
MYR
US$
1
zero <=20 0.22 0.06 zero <=20 0.52 0.14 zero <= 1.6 0.42
2
>20 <=40 0.42 0.11 >20 <=40 0.7 0.18 > <=
3
>40 <=60 0.52 0.14 >40 <=200 0.9 0.24 > <=
4
>60   0.95 0.25 >200   1 0.26 >  
8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month:
MYR
US$
2.05 0.54

Section 9. Finance

9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
 
MYR
US$
Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges)
141,125,106.00
37,146,494.87
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
22,708,527.00
5,977,265.18
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
163,833,633.00
43,123,760.05
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
MYR
US$
19,556,642.00 5,147,636.18
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
MYR
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
89,703,665.00
23,611,509.15
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0.00
0.00
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
23,150,558.00
6,093,615.15
TOTAL
112,854,223.00
29,705,124.30
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
MYR
US$
Labour Costs
26,257,667.00
6,911,458.35
Electricity
22,285,605.00
5,865,945.01
Chemicals & other Materials
5,473,222.00
1,440,643.83
Contracted out services
0.00
0.00
Other
35,687,171.00
9,393,461.96
TOTAL
89,703,665.00
23,611,509.15

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
  • own internal sources of funding
  • Loan from Government
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
MYR
US$
Water Supply Assets
502,637,799
132,302,699
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0
0
Corporate Assets
32,374,577
8,521,532
TOTAL
535,012,376
140,824,231
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
MYR
US$
15,233,673 4,009,758

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