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GEORGE TOWN, Nov 10: The Teluk Bahang Dam here recently received an international award for “Best Dam Maintenance”, said the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP).
In a statement today, PBAPP chief executive officer Datuk K. Pathmanathan said the award was presented on Nov 5 at the 3rd International Conference on Dam Safety Management and Engineering 2025 (ICDSME 2025).
“The award recognises PBAPP’s continuous efforts in managing and maintaining the Teluk Bahang Dam as one of the safest operational dams in Malaysia, based on the dam’s current status.
“The selection criteria for the ICDSME Award can be summarised as follows: dam management adheres to the standards of three international ISO benchmarks: ISO 9001:2015 for quality and continuous improvement; ISO 45001:2018 for occupational health and safety; and ISO 14001:2015 for environmental protection, preservation, and conservation,” he said.
The award also considered preventive inspections, third-party assessments, and asset remediation work to ensure structural integrity and long-term resilience, as well as emergency response plans and emergency drills and stakeholder awareness programmes to ensure community safety.
The Teluk Bahang Dam forms the largest permanent body of fresh water on Penang Island. With a maximum surface area of 0.95 sq. km, it overlooks the beaches of Teluk Bahang, at the north-western tip of Penang Island.
Designed and built to serve as Penang’s strategic drought reserve, it was officially opened in 1999. The effective storage capacity of the Teluk Bahang Dam is 18.24 billion litres of water, or roughly 8.9 times more water than the Air Itam Dam.