SYNOPSIS

Malaysia government has embarked a series of sewerage revolutions with the aim to clean up the river system nationwide in order to secure the water resources for the future generations.  Various published reports revealed most of our important water catchments are at threat and is required an immediate remedy to mitigate the continuous deterioration in water quality.   The major pollutants are Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Ammoniacal Nitrogen (NH3-N). High BOD is contributed largely by untreated or partially treated sewage and discharges from agro-based and manufacturing industries. The main sources of NH3-N are primarily sourced from the domestic sewage and livestock farming, both pollution sources are directly linked to human activities.

The Government also concerned the contaminations will affect the water security for the nations in particularly in the high density townships where water supply is highly depending on fluvial resources.  For instance, the Langat River, currently contributes 12% of the total water supply in the Selangor state, ranked the 3rd largest source of water after Selangor River and Semenyih River.

Several high profiles sewerage developments; just to name a few; Pantai 2, Langat CSTP and Ipoh Papan etc) have been strategically executed by Kettha Ministry, through the Implementing Agency; Jabatan Perkhimatan Pembetungan (JPP).   To date, a significant of budget has been allocated under the 11th Malaysia Plan to deliver these nationwide projects to be executed over the 10 years.   The primarily elements in this development include construction of the centralised sewerage treatment plant, sewer conveyance system and lifting pumping stations.

This seminar covers 2 sessions; 1st Session focuses on the nationwide sewerage delivery programme presented by Director General of JPP and the 2nd Session will discuss on the technical & design challenges faced by the Langat contractor, to be delivered by Head of Design & Technical of MMC PLSB.
  

BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Dr. Tony Chan is a Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng) and Qualified Professional Engineer (Ir) with over twenty years’ experience in research development, advisory, and execution of Urban & Green infrastructures.  He is a seasoned water expert and had led some time critical complex urban infrastructures internationally including London Olympic Development, Lee Valley Combined Storm-Sewer System, DTSS in Singapore and Wastewater Management in Egypt under World Bank’s Millennium Development Goal mission.  Dr. Tony Chan is currently Group General Manager in MMC Group responsible for spearheading the engineering and technical portfolio.  He is also the Head of Design and Technical for the Pembetungan Langat Project.