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Malaysian Water Engineers Action Committee (MyWAC)
The First Malaysian District Water Engineers Seminar was held on 6 to 8 March 1989 at Malaysian Public Works Institute. Through the seminar, all participants unanimously agreed to establish a committee which named as Malaysian District Water Engineers Action Committee (JTJAD), with the aim of coordinating and enhancing activities among district water engineers nationwide. On December 18 of 2018, JTJAD was renamed to Malaysian Water Engineers Action Committee (MyWAC) during the 30th Annual JTJAD Conference held at Casuarina Hotel in Meru, Ipoh. The purpose of this renaming was to coordinate and enhance activities among water operators nationwide through the organization of Executive Committee Meetings, Annual Meetings and Sukan Bekalan Air Malaysia (SBAM). The committee aims to share ideas and feedback from all State Water Operators towards improving the water supply industry in a more systematic and effective manner. Members of this committee consist of Water Engineers/Technical Management from 14 state water agencies and two (2) representatives from the Malaysia Water Supply Division whom directly involved with water industry.
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MyWAC Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held once a year to provide platform for committee members to discuss on current issues and challenges faced in water supply industry, hence to propose solution in improving the effectiveness of water supply management. This year AGM shall look into the impact of human activities such as sand dredging, boathouse renting and livestock farming on the water quality of nearby water bodies. Proposed solutions and regulations to these issues will be presented to gain mutual consensus from all members before further actions can be taken. In addition, this AGM will also include the election of MyWAC’s National Chairman and National Deputy Chairman for 2024-2026 session.
Ts. Hizaruddin Bin Razak
Chairman of Malaysian Water EngineersAction Committee (MyWAC)
Profesional Technologist (Green Technology)
Ts. Hizaruddin bin Razak is a Professional Technologist in the field of Green Technology. He has also pursued his PhD in Civil Engineering and was awarded the Young Water Professional in 2019. Currently, he is working at Syarikat Air Darul Aman Sdn. Bhd. (SADA) and is the Chairman of the Malaysian Water Engineers Action Committee (MyWAC) for the 2021/2023 session.
He has 20 years of work and specifics for 12 years in water resource management including urban drainage management, agricultural drainage management, project management, coastal management and dam management while in the Department of Irrigation and Drainage.
During his stint with SADA, he managed treated water including implementing SADA’s 30-year plan until 2050 and being involved with water treatment plant development projects, distribution systems and non-revenue water
As the Chairman of MyWAC, many successes have been booked, including championing the exemption of the 12th Malaysia Plan GP for Water Supply and Sewerage Utility Diversion Works. He has also succeeded in working with other Water Operators in championing the postponement of the implementation of additional electricity cost increases in the extension of the ICPT rate.
In August 2022, MyWAC has collaborated with all State Water Operators in the application to increase water tariffs through the implementation of the Tariff Setting Mechanism for Non-Domestic. In addition, MyWAC has also managed to raise the issue of Sludge Management and now SPAN in the framework of the review of the relevant act before it is appointed to Parliament to approve the change of the act.
Abstract Climate change is profoundly affecting water sources through their effects on the quantity, variability, timing, shape, and intensity of precipitation, as well as other relevant factors such as evaporation, temperature, and sea level rise. Climate change refers to 2 main phenomena, namely, El-Nino and La-Nina. EL-NINO (DROUGHT) LA-NINA (FLOOD) Is Malaysia do we enough to stored raw water? Do all states agree on collective disaster management? Do stakeholders agree to enforce MOUs to coordinate assets in dealing with disasters? Does Malaysia only need to identify alternative water sources? Who will lead the study of alternative water sources? Many questions need to be answered. El-Nino and La-Nina also lead to deterioration to the quality of raw water. It is coupled with unplanned development, the diversity of enforcement agencies that require us to sit down to discuss whatever grey zones, delimitation and penalties we want to impose on offenders. Development in water resource catchment areas should also be emphasized. It involves sand extraction, the implementation of fish in cages, raft houses for tourism purposes, livestock, solar development and all activities near the water intake that can affect the quality and quantity of raw water. Do we need to issue new guidelines? What distance is the activity should be allowed before and after the intake? Do we need to develop the Raw Water Quality Index? Who will be responsible for the released index? Who will enforce? Is there a state that will tolerate it? Need an MOU in implementing it? Various consoles that need to be answered. So, MyWAC will use the opportunity to sit down with stakeholders to discuss the direction and strategy to address this problem.
Effects of Climate Changes
Ts Hizaruddin Bin Razak
Chairman of Malaysian Water Engineers Action Committee (MyWAC)
Profesional Technologist (Green Technology)
EL-NINO refers to conditions of extreme environmental warming and exceeding the average temperature at sea level. This extreme temperature indicator refers to an increase in ambient temperature exceeding 37°C and capable of increasing to 40°C with low ambient air humidity and dryness. Meteorologically, the El-Nino phenomenon is also associated with a series of phases of the beginning of the monsoon transition which sometimes causes heavy rain and thunderstorms, especially in the late evening until night
LA-NINA refers to areas that are supposed to be dry will experience humid air conditions, heavy rain, hurricanes and flooding. There is a movement of wind from the humid ocean towards low-humidity land that brings heavy rain.
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