Article by Khor Bee Chin
Khor Bee Chin discusses plans to reclaim precious resources from the wastewater that goes down the drains in Malaysia
ANSWERING “the call of nature” is one thing that everyone must do, yet I’d bet most people don’t give a second thought about what happens with the “byproduct”. And after joining a consulting firm as a “sewerage engineer” in 1994, I realised that it is not as simple as flush-and-go. Sewage treatment involves a lot of science and engineering hard work. In 1999 I joined Indah Water Konsortium (IWK), and since then my career path seems inseparable from this “byproduct”. In this article I’ll discuss engineering specific to the Malaysia sector and the plans underway to get more from this literal waste resource.