Base Data of SAJ Holdings Sdn Bhd

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
Ahmad, Zahdi bin , Jamil
1.2 Title:
Chief Executive Officer
1.3 Mailing Address:
SAJ Holdings Sdn Bhd - Jalan Garuda, Larkin, P.O. Box 262 -80350 Johor Bahru, Johor
1.4 Telephone:
607 – 224 4040 ,
1.5 Fax:
607 – 224 0033
1.6 Email Address:
azahdi@saj.com.my

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
SAJ Holdings Sdn Bhd
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
SAJH
2.3 Country:
Malaysia
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Johor Darul Ta’zim
2.5 Principal city / town:
Johor Darul Ta’zim
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
  • piped water supply services
2.7 Type of water utility: Privately owned company operating under commercial law
2.8 Extent of private sector involvement in your utility:
  • concession contract(s)

Section 3: Service Area

3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
18,986.00 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
18,929.00 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
2,931,650 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
2,922,855 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
2,922,855 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
8

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
4.3 Capacity of production systems:
318,773 m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
12,071 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
1,468,000 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
672,682
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
91,702
TOTAL
764,384
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
764,384
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
6.00 m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
84.70 million m3 / year
5.2 Volume of water bought in bulk from other utility / company:
386.30 million m3 / year
5.3 Volume of water metered:
291.80 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
2.00% of metered consumption
5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy:
4.00% of metered consumption
5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
Domestic (Households)
200.90 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
90.90 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
0.00 million m3 / year
TOTAL
291.80 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:
24.0 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:
13,921 # / year
6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:

6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out:
18,380 # / year
6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed:
17,379 # / year

Section 7. Staff

7.1 Who does the work in your company:
  • permanent staff – with contract
  • contracted out to outside company / agency
7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company:
Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical, etc.)
192
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
1432
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
0
TOTAL
1624
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
812 staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
1624 days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
5.00%

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
27,595 # / year
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
77,654 # / year
8.3 Means by which customer can make a recorded complaint
  • in person
  • by telephone
  • by email
  • by letter
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.
8.5 Typically what is the connection charge for new customers:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 75.00 19.74
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 550.00 144.77
8.6 Typically what is the water supply fixed charge / month:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 4.00 1.05
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 18.48 4.86
Bulk water sales
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 <=15 0.38 0.10 zero <=20 2.22 0.58 zero <=
2
>15 <=30 1.18 0.31 >20 <= 2.96 0.78 > <=
3
>30 <=45 1.64 0.43 > <= > <=
4
>45   1.99 0.52 >   >  
8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month:
MYR
US$
4 1.05

Section 9. Finance

9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
 
MYR
US$
Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges)
395,404,765.00
104,077,165.95
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
28,178,027.00
7,416,929.31
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
423,582,972.00
111,494,142.64
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
MYR
US$
189,499,828.00 49,879,533.05
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
MYR
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
94,525,647.00
24,880,735.69
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0.00
0.00
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
172,583,825.00
45,426,957.35
TOTAL
267,109,472.00
70,307,693.04
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
MYR
US$
Labour Costs
57,023,972.00
15,009,665.85
Electricity
16,143,565.00
4,249,257.07
Chemicals & other Materials
5,711,954.00
1,503,482.09
Contracted out services
93,704,334.00
24,664,552.33
Other
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
172,583,825.00
45,426,957.35

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
  • own internal sources of funding
  • loan from Commercial Bank
  • private sector investment / equity
  • Capital markets
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
MYR
US$
Water Supply Assets
6,366,779,675
1,675,843,195
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0
0
Corporate Assets
16,273,044
4,283,338
TOTAL
6,383,052,719
1,680,126,533
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
MYR
US$
12,726,880 3,349,928

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