Water Pollution Control and Enforcement Status and Challenges in Malaysia

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1 Water Pollution Control and Enforcement Status and Challenges in Malaysia Mr. Mokthar Abdul Majid, Deputy Director General Department of Environment, MoNRE, Malaysia

2 Mr. Mokthar Abdul Majid Deputy Director General, Department of Environment of Malaysia, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Director of the Department of Environment, Johor (19 December December 2015) Senior Assistant Director C 52, the Department of Environment, Johor (01 Jan December 2011) Director of DOE Kelantan (Jan December 2009) Principal Assistant Director of the Department of Environment State (April December 2006) Assistant Director (Strategic Communications Division) DOE Putrajaya (Sept March 2004) Strategies and Practices for Water Pollution Enforcement Workshop, November 8-10, Taipei 1

3 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, MALAYSIA VISION Environmental Conservation for the well-being of the people MISSION To ensure sustainable development in the process of nation building

4 ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, MALAYSIA Department of Environment placed under the newly formed Ministry of Natural Resources & the Environment

5 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT subsidiary environmental regulations introduced to deal with specific issues ranging from: agro-based and manufacturing industries air emissions from stationary & mobile sources noise from motor vehicles management of scheduled wastes environmental impact assessment. Planning stage Design Stage Operation Stage Waste Generation Waste Disposal EQA coverage

6 CHALLENGES Limited resources Logistic (time-consuming, travel distance) snap shot information on industry s compliance status Increasing number of pollution sources High expectation/demand by public and industries

7 Number of points sources NUMBER OF POINTS SOURCES SUBJECTED TO EQA 1974 VS DOE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS Year DOE : No. Of Pollution Sources Under EQA ( Ogos 2015) 807 (2000) ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 1166 (2014)

8 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL APPROACH

9 COMPOSITION OF WATER POLLUTION SOURCES BY SECTOR, 2015 No Type of sources No. of sources 1 Manufacturing industries Agro-based industries i. Rubber mills 64 ii. Palm oil mills Piggery ^ Sewage treatment i. Public 6397 ii. Private 11,318 iii. Individual septic tanks (IST) 1,273,978 iv. Communal septic tanks (CST) Wet markets 888 Total 1,300,739

10 LEGISLATION TO CONTROL WATER POLLUTION EQ (PRESCRIBED PREMISES) (CRUDE PALM OIL MILL) 1977 EQ (PRESCRIBED PREMISES) (RAW NATURAL RUBBER)1978 EQ(ENVIRON MENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) 2015 EQ (SCHEDULED WASTES) 2005 EQ (SEWAGE) 2009 EQ (INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT) 2009 EQ (LEACHATE) 2009 CONTAMINAT ED SOIL ANIMAL FARMING SILTATION (FUTURE) UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, 1974

11 POLLUTION CONTROL APPROACHES GUIDED SELF- REGULATION (GSR) APPROACH 8 Environmental Mainstreaming Tools apply emphasis of enforcement is on Performance Monitoring (PM) = Upstream of Final Discharge or Each Unit Operation/Unit Process COMMAND AND CONTROL Enforcement emphasis of enforcement is on Compliance Monitoring (CM)= Final Discharge ENHANCEMENT ICT Online reporting Online Monitoring (in development progress) Online database Mobile apps

12 GUIDED SELF- REGULATION (GSR) APPROACH Environmental Mainstreaming Tools 1. Environmental policy 2. Competent person GUIDED SELF-REGULATION (GSR) Guided Self Regulation is whereby the regulated sectors (primarily, the industries and project proponents)are taken by the hand so to speak, towards achieving the goal of self-regulation through environmental mainstreaming tools 3. Performance monitoring facilities & Instrument 5. Record keeping 7. Reporting and communication 4. Environmental Management &Decision making Process Committee 6. Data analysis and interpretation 8. Future improvement

13 COMPETENT PERSON The operation IETS should supervised by competent person Certified by Director General Of DOE Ensure the competent person on duty at anytime IETS in operation Regulation 10, Industrial Effluent Regulations, 2009 Handle by Institute Of Environmental Malaysia, (EiMAS)

14 COMPETENT PERSON PROCESS Register with Environment Institute Of Malaysian Training Course (Class & Laboratory Comprehensive exams Professional Interview Field training Report Engagement with CEO Certified Update CPD (50 hr/year)

15 GUIDANCE DOCUMENT

16 INDUSTRIAL LAB

17 Frequency Process/ treatment Control limit SV 30 Dissolve oxygen Verification ph Performance monitoring records keeping for IETS

18 COMMAND AND CONTROL End of Pipe PREVIOUS PRACTISE End of Pipe + Process control CURRENT PRACTISE ENHANCEMENT OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES Upload accredited analysis report Downstream activity Product focused Result focused Upstream activity Ingredient focused Process focused On site & Sampling by DOE Crosscheck with water quality trend Too late information Process control Early warning information In control of process Third party audit

19 IN-SITU MEASUREMENT

20 ENFORCEMENT ACTION Notice Compound Seize equipment Prosecution Revocation of license Prohibition order Arrest without warrant

21 ENFORCEMENT ACTION IMPACT TO RIVER PRODUCTION AREA PROHOBTION ORDER DONE INSPECTION DONE

22 ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT OF ICT E-KAS OER Electronic Environmental Pollution Control- Integrated information management system of environmental pollution sources and enforcement action Online Environmental Reporting- for Industries including Palm Oil mill and rubber mill, Sewage & Landfill Leachate. Frequency, Parameter to be monitored are specified. GIS Geographical information system-for mapping and overlay with important data PROPOSED CEDMS Continuous Effluent Discharge Monitoring System- Real time for effluent quality discharge monitoring

23 ONLINE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING

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25 IN PROGRESS CEDMS- Continuous Effluent Discharge Monitoring Systems TMDL- Total Maximum Daily Load NEQMP- National Environmental Quality Management Programme

26 CONCLUSION Shifting the responsibility for pollution control to the industries by incorporating regulation elements is the new approach taken by the Department in the formulation of the new regulation for pollution control Restrategize the enforcement programs and continuously improve the compliance monitoring as to find better solution for pollution prevention and control. Enhancement in ICT has shown a promising trend towards reducing the cost of the enforcement implementation which could cover a larger number of pollution sources.

27 Thank you for your attention!