According to The Daily Express, Shahelmey said this measure would help the university better manage its water pumping schedule.

The water department and UMS’s management earlier held a site visit and discussions over the recent supply disruptions on campus.

Shahelmey said they found that although the tank was receiving sufficient water, a faulty indicator had impacted the pumping system.

The Sabah water department will send hourly updates until a new indicator is installed in the next one or two weeks, he said.

Shahelmey also said he had instructed the department to log daily supply data for May. This showed sufficient water supply to UMS since May 19.

“A temporary pump failure between May 14 and May 19 may have caused earlier issues,” he added.

Last Thursday, the Sabah water department urged UMS to enhance its water pumping system following prolonged supply disruptions on campus.

The department’s director, Chee Chun Chieh, said the R13 tank located on campus was able to supply more than the five million litres a day required by the university.

He said if the current pumps were no longer able to meet the demand, UMS should replace them with higher-capacity or more efficient units to fulfil its water needs.

Previously, deputy higher education minister Mustapha Sakmud had blamed the prolonged water disruptions at UMS on the existing tube well, which he said could only supply one million litres of water daily.