Construction Works Part-4 Water Pollution - Environmental Compliance

Water is another element in construction works. It is needed in one instance but it is also avoided in others. Nonetheless, the waste component of water released out from the construction site is accountable under the environmental legislation. How is this?

About the speaker: Khalid Mohd Ariff
Years of experience
36 years
• 15 years in the Department of Environment, Malaysia.
• 20 years as auditor, consultant, trainer cum Managing Director of Sekitar Synergy Sdn Bhd

Area of education, experience and practice
Microbiology, environmental monitoring, environmental complaints, preliminary site assessments, enforcement, pollution control methods & equipment, judicial investigation and prosecution, ex-officio in states’ governmental coalitions, DOE Capacity Building Program as official trainer, public speaker and legislations.

Professional training
• Advanced Environmental Management System Auditing Course (UK) from DNV (Mac,1999)
• Stack Sampling as Tool of Enforcement as part of the project on Technical Assistance to Capacity Building, Department of Environment – Carl Bro International a/s and dk-Teknik Energy - Denmark.
• Enforcement Methodologies and Procedures as part of the project on Technical Assistance to Capacity Building, Department of Environment – Carl Bro International a/s Denmark.
• Management Training: Leadership skills, Change Management & Self-Organization – Cologne, Germany.
• Environmental Management Training Course: The European Environmental Management and Audit Scheme, and, The Implementation of ISO14001 Requirements – Ecolo-Ecology and Communication, Bremen, Germany.
• The Entry Into Force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of The Sea, Its Implementation and Agenda 21 – Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
• Pengendalian Meterasap Hartridge MK.3 – Jabatan Alam Sekitar Johor
• Penguatkuasaan Akta Kualiti Alam Sekeliling, 1974 – Jabatan Alam Sekitar Johor
• Lanjutan Dalam Bidang Pengurusan Alam Sekitar Untuk Penolong Pegawai Kawalan Alam Sekitar – University Kebangsaan Malaysia.
• Pendakwaan dan Tatacara Mahkamah – IKRAM
• Kursus Penyiasatan dan Penguatkuasaan Akta Kualiti Alam Sekeliling – Jabatan Alam Sekitar.
• Kursus Perancangan dan Penyelarasan Kawalan Persekitaran dan Pencemaran Alam Sekitar di Kawasan PBT – INTAN
• Bengkel Persembahan Yang Berkesan (Public Speaking) – JAS & INTAN

Public papers, talks & seminars presented
• ‘MS ISO 14001 Implementation in the SMIs in Malaysia – to prosper or suffer?’ in the MINES, 1999. (Extract from his book titled ‘Addressing Environmental challenges through Environmental Management System – with special reference to The European EMAS and ISO 14001’).
• ‘Seminar on ISO 14001 in the Automotive Industry, Wastewater Treatment Plant – Issues in the management and maintenance for the system’, ‘Option in Waste Minimization in the Workplace’, for Penang Development and Corporation’; September 16th – 17th, 2003 Equatorial Hotel Penang
• ‘Introducing ISO 14031 – Environmental Performance Evaluation as a Tool of Self Regulation and Auditing’ for PUSPATRI, Johor.
• a co-author of a book titled Hazardous Waste Management written by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Rosli Sulaiman of The Chemistry Faculty, UiTM, Shah Alam .
• ‘Introduction to ISO14031 – Environmental Performance Evaluation’ was presented for Petronas Carigali’s HSE Day on 26th March 2008.
• ‘S.H.E.-MS – overview of practice’ for UEM Berhad’s QHSE Week on the 17th November 2011
• Seminar On Power Utility Operations & Maintenance Management where he presented “Environmental Issues from Coal-fired Power Plants” for Marlene Insurance Brokers Sdn Bhd in an event for Tenaga Nasional Berhad, April 24, 2012 in Impiana KLCC Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
• “Achieve Zero Waste from IETS Operation” organized by Asia iKnowledge Sdn Bhd in The Empire Hotel Subang, Kuala Lumpur.
• ‘Rehabilitation & Conservation of River Water Quality as Assurance of Water Supply Quality for Consumption by Malaysians’ a colloquium talk for the Faculty of Applied Sciences, UiTM, Shah Alam – ‘Water & Technology – towards sustainability’. 23 Nov 2016

Training experience
Since 1998

Training areas
Environmental legislations of Malaysia, Environmental Management - ISO14001:1996.2004,2015 EMS, Environmental Performance Evaluation, Environmental Life-Cycle-Assessment ISO14040/44, Environmental Technical Audit – Pollution Control Systems and Equipment.