Water Pollution Control and Enforcement

Status and Challenges in Malaysia

Mr. Mokthar Abdul Majid, Deputy Director General

Department of Environment, MoNRE, Malaysia

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 2012- 27 December 2015)

• Senior Assistant Director C 52, the Department of

Environment, Johor (01 Jan. 2010 - 19 December

2011)

• Director of DOE Kelantan (Jan. 2007-December 2009)

• Principal Assistant Director of the Department of

Environment State (April 2004- December 2006)

• Assistant Director (Strategic Communications

Division) DOE Putrajaya (Sept. 2001- March 2004)

www.aecen.org Strategies and Practices for Water Pollution Enforcement Workshop, November 8-10, Taipei 1

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

ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, MALAYSIA

Department of Environment placed

under the newly formed Ministry of Natural

Resources & the Environment

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT 1974

38 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

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

NUMBER OF POINTS SOURCES SUBJECTED TO EQA 1974 VS DOE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

807 (2000) ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 1166 (2014)

5000

15000

25000

35000

45000

55000

65000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

10023

17866

26105

29316

34686

39760

43889

48427

52334

55516

59874 62259

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WATER POLLUTION CONTROL

APPROACH

COMPOSITION OF WATER POLLUTION SOURCES BY SECTOR, 2015

No Type of sources No. of sources

1 Manufacturing industries 3258

2 Agro-based industries

i. Rubber mills 64

ii. Palm oil mills 450

3 Piggery ^ 749

4 Sewage treatment plants@

i. Public 6397

ii. Private 11,318

iii. Individual septic tanks (IST) 1,273,978

iv. Communal septic tanks (CST) 3637

5 Wet markets

888

Total 1,300,739

LEGISLATION TO CONTROL WATER POLLUTION

EQ (PRESCRIBED

PREMISES) (CRUDE PALM

OIL MILL) 1977

EQ (PRESCRIBED

PREMISES) (RAW

NATURAL RUBBER)1978

EQ(ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

ASSESSMENT) 2015

EQ (SCHEDULED

WASTES) 2005

EQ (SEWAGE) 2009

EQ (INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT)

2009

EQ (LEACHATE)

2009

CONTAMINATED SOIL

ANIMAL FARMING

SILTATION (FUTURE)

UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, 1974

POLLUTION CONTROL APPROACHES

• 8 Environmental Mainstreaming Tools apply

• emphasis of enforcement is on Performance Monitoring (PM) = “Upstream of Final Discharge” or Each Unit Operation/Unit Process

GUIDED SELF- REGULATION

(GSR) APPROACH

• Enforcement

• emphasis of enforcement is on Compliance Monitoring (CM)= ‘Final Discharge”

COMMAND AND CONTROL

• Online reporting

• Online Monitoring (in development progress)

• Online database

• Mobile apps

ENHANCEMENT ICT

GUIDED SELF- REGULATION (GSR) APPROACH

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

1. Environmental policy 2. Competent person

3. Performance monitoring facilities & Instrument

4. Environmental Management &Decision making Process Committee

5. Record keeping 6. Data analysis and interpretation

7. Reporting and communication

8. Future improvement

Environmental Mainstreaming Tools

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)

COMPETENT PERSON PROCESS

Register with Environment Institute Of Malaysian

Training Course (Class & Laboratory

Comprehensive exams

Engagement with CEO

Field training Report

Professional Interview

Certified Update CPD

(50 hr/year)

GUIDANCE DOCUMENT

INDUSTRIAL LAB

Dissolve oxygen

SV 30 pH

Control limit

Frequency Process/ treatment

Verification Performance monitoring records keeping for IETS

ENHANCEMENT OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

PREVIOUS PRACTISE

Downstream activity

Product focused

Result focused

‘Too late’ information

Process control

CURRENT PRACTISE

Upstream activity

Ingredient focused

Process focused

‘Early warning’ information

In control of process

Upload accredited analysis report

Cross-check with

water quality trend

Third party audit

On site & Sampling by DOE

End of Pipe End of Pipe +

Process control

COMMAND AND CONTROL

IN-SITU MEASUREMENT

ENFORCEMENT ACTION

• Notice

• Compound

• Seize equipment

• Prosecution

• Revocation of license

• Prohibition order

• Arrest without warrant

ENFORCEMENT ACTION

IMPACT TO RIVER PRODUCTION AREA

PROHOBTION ORDER DONE INSPECTION DONE

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PROPOSED CEDMS

• 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.

• Continuous Effluent Discharge Monitoring System- Real time for effluent quality discharge monitoring

• Geographical information system-for mapping and overlay with important data

ONLINE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING

IN PROGRESS

CEDMS- Continuous Effluent Discharge Monitoring Systems

TMDL- Total Maximum Daily Load

NEQMP- National Environmental Quality Management Programme

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.

Thank you for your

attention!