Base Data of Syarikat Air Terengganu SDN. Bhd

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
Wan Ngah, , bin Wan Ali
1.2 Title:
Ir.
1.3 Mailing Address:
Syarikat Air Terengganu SDN. Bhd-Jalan Sultan Ismail, 20200 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
1.4 Telephone:
609-6201101,
1.5 Fax:
609-6201104
1.6 Email Address:
kpe@satuwater.com.my

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
Syarikat Air Terengganu SDN. Bhd
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
SATU
2.3 Country:
Malaysia
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Kuala Terengganu
2.5 Principal city / town:
Kuala Terengganu
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
  • piped water supply services
2.7 Type of water utility: State owned enterprise operating under commercial law
2.8 Extent of private sector involvement in your utility:
  • service contract(s)

Section 3: Service Area

3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
12,950.00 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
9,000.00 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
980,000 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
980,000 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
880,000 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
8

Section 4. Infrastructure Description

4.1 Source(s) of raw water
 
  • direct river abstraction
  • groundwater
4.2 Main methods of treatment used
  • disinfection
  • filtration
  • floculation and sedimentation
  • aeration
4.3 Capacity of production systems:
523,000 m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
4,283 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
369,000 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
150,150
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
36,906
TOTAL
187,056
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
187,056
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
50.00 m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
134.70 million m3 / year
5.2 Volume of water bought in bulk from other utility / company:
0.00 million m3 / year
5.3 Volume of water metered:
90.70 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
32.70% 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)
54.20 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
36.50 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
0.00 million m3 / year
TOTAL
90.70 million m3 / year

Section 6. Water Supply System Performance

6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply:
10,000 connections
6.2 Typical duration of supply:
24.0 hours / day
6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network:
10.00 metres
6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network:
150 # / year
6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:
9,000 # / year
6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out:
8,980 # / year
6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed:
8,936 # / year

Section 7. Staff

7.1 Who does the work in your company:
  • permanent staff – with contract
  • casual / part-time – contract staff
7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company:
Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical, etc.)
205
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
375
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
0
TOTAL
580
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
275 staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
900 days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
7.00%

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
4,500 # / year
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
689 # / 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) 100.00 26.32
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 200.00 52.64
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) 15.00 3.95
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 <=20 0.42 0.11 zero <=70 0.95 0.25 zero <=
2
>20 <=40 0.65 0.17 >70 <= 1.15 0.30 > <=
3
>40 <=60 0.9 0.24 > <= > <=
4
>60   1 0.26 >   >  
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)
74,500,000.00
19,609,649.53
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
1,200,000.00
315,860.13
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
75,700,000.00
19,925,509.65
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
MYR
US$
800,000.00 210,573.42
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
MYR
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
46,700,000.00
12,292,223.26
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0.00
0.00
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
46,700,000.00
12,292,223.26
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
MYR
US$
Labour Costs
13,076,000.00
3,441,822.51
Electricity
14,944,000.00
3,933,511.44
Chemicals & other Materials
2,802,000.00
737,533.40
Contracted out services
5,137,000.00
1,352,144.56
Other
10,741,000.00
2,827,211.35
TOTAL
46,700,000.00
12,292,223.26

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
  • grant from Government or ODA project
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
MYR
US$
Water Supply Assets
1,700,000,000
447,468,513
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0
0
Corporate Assets
0
0
TOTAL
1,700,000,000
447,468,513
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
MYR
US$
0 0

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