IQPR 微量子反應恆穩技術研發人 藍堯齡 專訪 光華日報

IQPR 微量子反應恆穩技術研發人 藍堯齡 專訪 光明日報

馬來西亞檳州政府將撥出580萬令吉，使用微量子反應恆穩技術（IQPR），淨化河流

12 Feb 2014 21:14

（檳城12日訊）檳州治水委員會主席曹觀友坦承，雙溪檳榔河污染程度已回到第3級，檳州政府將撥出580萬令吉，使用微量子反應恆穩技術（IQPR），在未來3年內淨化該河流，希望回到第2級的河流。

他今日在檳首長林冠英陪同下在光大召開記者會指出，雙溪檳榔河污染程度一度被列為最高于第5級，讓前首相敦阿都拉也曾以“青蛙跳下去也會死”形容該河流污染程度。

　他說，但中央政府于2010年在“一州一河流”計劃下，挑中雙溪檳榔河，並撥款使用微量子反應恆穩技術淨化該河流后，其污染程度一度從第4級下降至第2級（第1級最低）。

林冠英月底推介動工

　“但由于這項計劃只為期1年，淨化工程在2011年停止后，有關公司只負責監督河流情況，讓河流污染程度重新回到第3級，所以州政府自掏腰包，繼續委任有關公司使用微量子反應恆穩技術，進行淨化工程。”

　他說，州政府已在去年12月向該公司表明繼續委任的意願，雙方目前已進入敲定合約詳情的階段，預料可在2月尾或3月初由林冠英推介。

　他希望這項計劃，讓雙溪檳榔河成為河流淨化工程的典範，並促請中央政府下放撥款，在州內其他河流進行淨化工程，因使用微量子反應恆穩技術的費用極高，動輒需要千萬令吉。

　他不忘說明，流污染的源頭可以排污站、商業活動如食肆排放食物殘渣，或工業活動下排放的廢料等，因此促請各界如愛護生命般愛護河流，否則就威脅河流的“生命”。

設小組找污染源頭

隨著檳州近日爆出多項海洋及河流污染課題，曹觀友指出，檳州行政議會于週三（12日）議決，成立一支由政府單位組成的“河流及海洋污染行動小組”，巡視全州河流和海洋，鑑定有無污染情況。

　他說，若鑑定有污染問題，此小組必須找出污染源頭。

　此小組由水利灌溉局擔任秘書處，作為成員的9個單位為檳威兩地市政局、環境局、縣署、檳州經濟策劃單位、公共工程局、漁業局、農業局和獸醫服務局。

　曹觀友說，河流的污染源頭可能是排污站、商業活動如食肆排放食物殘渣，或工業活動排放的廢料等，此小組最終必須提呈建議給州政府，針對污染問題採取行動。

　他補充，由于目前屬于旱季導致沙堆囤積河口及導致侵蝕問題，因此水利灌溉局已獲得治水委員會撥出的款項，在峇都丁宜河、高淵格吉河及吉輦河，進行挖掘工程。

　他說，至于丹絨武雅水上清真寺一帶，縣署工程師已巡視該地，並在鑑定需要后，才決定是否在該地進行挖掘工程。

水質不可能回到最清澈

曹觀友直言，雙溪檳榔河的污染程度，不可能下降到第1級（最清澈）。

　他隨即拿起桌上一杯礦泉水為例解釋，第1級河流的水質就如礦泉水清澈，一些山間河流的水質也可列為第1級，但雙溪檳榔河的水質，淨化后也不可能如此清澈。

　“雙溪檳榔河屬于城市中的河流，去到第2級，已是最好的成績。”

Penang sets up taskforce to monitor state’s waters

The Malay Mail OnlineThe Malay Mail Online – Wed, Feb 12, 2014

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 12 — Outcry over “black water” at Sungai Batu Ferringhi last week and surfacing reports of befouled rivers here have pushed Penang to form a river and marine pollution taskforce to prevent further contamination of water in the state.

Local government and traffic management state executive councillor Chow Kon Yeow said the taskforce will include multiple government agencies, with the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) as the secretariat.

“The taskforce’s immediate responsibility is to visit all the rivers and the coast on the island and the mainland to monitor the levels of pollution,” he said in a press conference today.

Representatives from both local councils, the Department of Environment (DoE), district offices, state economic planning unit, Public Works Department (PWD) as well as the fisheries, agriculture, and veterinary departments will all be involved in the taskforce.

Last week, there was public outrage over a patch of “black water” in the sea in Batu Ferringhi, allegedly from the Sungai Batu Ferringhi.

Tests showed that the water contained E.coli bacteria, which the state alleged originated from a waste treatment plant operated by Indah Water Konsortium (IWK).

IWK later denied polluting the river and insisted that it only released treated effluent into the river.

Today, Chow said the taskforce will also identify all sewage treatment plants located in the state and monitor the release of effluent from these plants.

“We may even require IWK to submit fortnightly and monthly reports to the taskforce so that we have a better picture of the effluent discharge from these plants,” he said.

On the rehabilitation of polluted rivers in the state, Chow said a pilot project to restore Sungai Pinang — once ranked as one of the seven most polluted rivers in the country — had shown promising results.

The pilot project, conducted between 2010 and 2011, used the infinitesimal Quantum Persistent Reflection (iQPR) technology to clean up the river up to Class Two from the previous Class Four.

A Class Four river is considered a dead river where no marine life survives, while Class One is for rivers with crystal clear water.

“At one point, Sungai Pinang was a Class Two when the iQPR was being implemented but since it had ended, the river is now at Class Three,” Chow said.

Due to the success of the project, the state has allocated RM5.8 million to continue with the project at Sungai Pinang to bring the river back to Class Two.

“We hope we can use this iQPR technology in all the polluted rivers in the whole state but this could cost up to RM100 million, depending on how many rivers,” he said.

He hoped the federal government will consider funding the rehabilitation of the rivers in the state for the sake of the environment.