Treatment Of Wastewater Top Priority, Says Govt
By Debbie Too

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Public Works Department is giving emphasis to more efficient ways of treating wastewater in line with the growing environmental awareness the world over, a source at the agency said.

The department has multiple sewerage or wastewater treatment plants that process and treat wastewater so that it can be safely discharged back into rivers and seas.

In neighbouring countries like Singapore, which has advanced treatment plants, the treated water is good enough to be consumed.

Unknown too many, the wastewater treatment plants in Brunei work round the clock, most of them fully automated.

In the treatment process, the discharge will make its way via gravity through underground pipelines and manholes to the nearest Satellite Pumping Station (SPS), which consists of two pumps (duty and standby), and a simple panel to control and alternate the working pumps.

From the SPS, the wastewater is pumped to a Major Pumping Station (MPS), which houses two to six pumps together with equipment like a mechanical screen, overhead electronic hoist and ventilation fans.

In 2005, the department and the Department of Drainage and Sewerage (DDS) together with a local consultant firm Baharuddin P M S Associates

Sdn Bhd, spearheaded a project to upgrade and improve the maintenance of these stations.

There are a lot of reasons why keeping the country's waters clean, according to sources at the department. For one, Brunei has many critical fishery habitats. The scenic and recreational values of its waters are among reasons many people are attracted to the country's beaches. And, for health concerns, if wastewater is not properly treated, there is a high chance of the water carrying diseases.

The aim of wastewater treatment is to remove as much of the suspended solids as possible before the remaining water is discharged back to the environment.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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