Malaysian national sewerage company, Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK), ECO Asia and PDAM Tirtanadi, Medan City water and sewerage utility firm, signed an MoU to expand sewerage services in Medan City. The tripartite MoU, inked on December 5, 2008 at the PDAM Tirtanadi office in Medan, is also to develop human capital for environmental projects in Asia. The MoU will pave the way to increase the number of premises linked to the main sewerage system in Medan which currently only numbered 11,500 or 57,500 people enjoyed the facility.
IWK was represented by its Planning and Engineering general manager Ir Mohd Haniffa Abdul Hamid while PDAM Tirtanadi by President Director Drs Sjahril Effendy Pasaribu and ECO Asia by Niels Van Dijk.
Haniffa said IWK was appointed by ECO Asia as a “mentor” to PDAM Tirtanadi to launch the promotions and communications campaign to boost awareness among the people of Medan on the importance of having a comprehensive sewerage services system and to increase the number of premises with direct sanitation system linkage to the main public sewerage system in the city.
“IWK will also share its expertise and experience in carrying out the sewerage services promotions campaign in Malaysia with PDAM Tirtanadi, a state-owned company in Medan,” he said.
“The appointment of IWK as a mentor in Indonesia by ECO Asia, supported by the US Government, was made after a thorough evaluation on several other utility companies in the Asean region.
“IWK was picked based on the work quality and its 15 years of technical know-how in providing sewerage seervices to 17 million consumers in Malaysia.
“This is an honour and an international recognition to a utility company in Malaysia,” Haniffa said.
Drs Sjahril said PDAM Tirtanadi said it would benefit from IWK’s experience in sharing the communications strategy to boost consumers’ awareness on the importance of having a decent sewerage system.
He said the move would help conserve the environment in this city, especially water resources, from being polluted by effluence.
“We believe with IWK’s technical know-how and communications experience in managing the sewerage industry in Malaysia, PDAM Tirtanadi will gain immensely from the MoU. We are thankful to ECO Asia for giving us the best working partner to realise our plan,” he added. - Bernama
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Indah Water inks sewerage pact in Medan City
Business Times, 21 Feb 2009
http://www.btimes.com.my/articles/20081216190039/Article/