OUR TRACK RECORD

1. Culmination of 30 years hands-on experience in engineering and Involvement In R&D, production processes, factory and plant design, construction and operation in a leading plantation and palm oil production and manufacturing conglomerate with diversified operations locally and overseas.

Agricultural crop processing
Industrial manufacturing
Water treatment
Domestic waste treatment and sanitation (including a full-biological STP for PE 1500-3000 for a 28.000 acre OP Plantation Township)
Water-related ventures like estate-based aquaculture
Agro-industrial wastewater treatment for DOE Std A discharge compliance, zero discharge and water recycling for all-purpose reuse
Water management in oil palm plantations. (water stress / watertable control, saline water intrusion, flood control, etc)
Best practices {factory and field)
Estate infrastructural development
Wastewater solution for the environment marketplace.

2. Progression of an on-going learning curve in the area of waste management through collaboration in R&D, QA and basic studies, including ethanol chemistry from cocoa bean pulp fermentation, POME. latex and SMR wastewaters and commercial waste audits.

Processes:
Chemical/ Physical (WT, 1969-1999)
Biological / Physical (OS, 1969-1999)
Biological/ Chemical/ Physical {WWT, 1992-1995. Latex)
Bio-augmentation/ Indigenous biological/ Chemical/ Physical (WWT, 1994-1995, MDF)

Full- Indigenous Biological (POME. 1999-2005)
Full- Indigenous Biological (EFB Liquor. 20I0)
(BOD 50.000mg/l, COD 120,000 mg/I)

WT = Water Treatment
DS = Domestic Sewage
WWT = Wastewater Treatment
POME = Palm Oil Mil Effluent

3. Our track record on water reclamation for reuse dates back to 1993 when effluent from a latex concentrate production facility (10 times stronger than combined domestic sewage) was treated and pumped back for the main water storage tank, from where the dual-genre supply (TSS 5-10 ppm. TDS 72 ppm) is distributed for all uses, including processing domestic consumption and the factory's laboratory, fully complying with and well within WHO's parameters for drinking water! This achievement was Malaysia's entry for UNEP's publication on Clean Production for the Pacific. The Ammoniacal Nitrogen (AN) content of the treated effluent was nil. from 260-290 mg/I.

In 1995 the successful treatment of highly-troublesome composite wastestream (which Included on emulsified hydrocarbon component with a BOD 54.000 mg/I and COD 326.000 mg/I) in a RM200 million medium-density fibreboard (MDF) complex was another milestone achievement and the means for the client to demonstrate their stellar corporate and environmental stewardship. Renovated water of BOD ND. COD 24 ppm, TDS 461 ppm, AN nil (from 191 /mg/I) was recycled. defraying some cost of expensive industrial mains water.

What started off as essentially DOE-mandated treat-to-Std A Industrial (COD 100mg/l and below) discharge compliance requirements turned out to be exemplary case studies:

Zero discharge, raising the bar above the treat-to-discharge criterion
Public main potable water look-alike renovated wastewater too good to throw away - no polymers, no membrane or other expensive consumables were required
Natural impulse to recycle for all-purpose use. no inhibition, no taboo
The wastefulness of the use once-and-throw practice
Sustainable Water Management & Utilization (SWMU)
The link between water conservation and environmental protection
The importance of process applicability and plant design compatibility in wastewater treatment
A logical progression to the full biological approach

* The removal of ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3-N) id the Achilles Heel of wastewater engineers. Its presence in discharged waste streams impacts the receiving water bodies and aquatic flora and fauna, whilst its presence in treated drinking water makes it unsuitable for consumption. Traditional methods for treating polluted raw water is unable to effectively remove this pollutant, together with most of the heavy metals and some toxic elements in the raw water. A departure from the norm in both water and wastewater treatment with a cross-over of technologies would seem necessary and most timely in view of the unabated defilement of our waterways and raw water sources.