Water And Waste Management Crucial To Sustainable Development
By Sonia K.

Bandar Seri Begawan - A forum on World Water and Waste Management was held at the Jerudong Park Polo Club yesterday organised by the French Bruneian Business Association (FBBA).

Present as the guest of honour at the event was the Minister of Development, Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Haji Abdullah bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar, who delivered a keynote address.

At the forum, Mr Louis Heuze, General Manager of Total E&P Borneo BV, the event sponsor, delivered a speech, in which he noted that water and waste management are crucial for achieving its sustainable development objectives.

"Total's policy on water is to protect water resources and to optimise their use. Because water resources are limited, we should constantly strive to use less water and to improve the quality of our discharges. We should also strengthen methods to prevent and manage marine and freshwater pollution.

"For achieving this goal, Total has dedicated a working group tasked with water conservation," he said.

On this matter, during the forum, Samuel Heng of Environmental Science Group, Total Petrochemicals France delivered a presentation on "Oilfield Water Management: Total's current practices and perspectives".

Regarding waste however, Total's policy is based on the 3Rs of waste management: reduce, reuse and recycle. "For Total, waste management considerations are already included in project design phases, with an emphasis on carefulness to ensure generation of least waste possible. Further effort was done when Total teamed up with Veolia to build and operate a used oil recycling plant in France," he said.

The success story and Total's methodology were highlighted by Christiane Eygun who is the environmental coordinator of Total Exploration and Production HSE.

Ambassador of France to Brunei Darussalam Mr Patrick Bonneville, and the President of the French Bruneian Business Association, Mr Pierre Imhof, also spoke before the start of the forum.

Participants at the forum also viewed and listen to presentations by Mr Laurent Carabin, the Managing Director of Veolia Environmental Services on Waste Management; Mr Koh Wai Keat who is the Business Development Director of Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies, SEA on Sustainable Water Management and; Alain Poinard who is the Vice President International Business Operations of Ondeo Services Malaysia and Mr Aubrey Sham of Degremont both spoke on Water Technologies Applied to Water and Waste Water Management.

Two separate panel discussions were also held. One was on waste management with the panel speakers Yong Teck Chin from Jurusy Perunding, Ms Laurent Carabin and Ms Christiane Eygun with Mr Louis Heuze, General Manager of Total E&P Borneo BV, as the moderator.

The other panel discussion was on water management. Mr Koh Wai Keat, Mr Alain Poinard and Mr Samuel Heng were the panel speakers and the moderator was also Mr Louis Heuze.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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