In 2019, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak has been awarded a consultation project by Ministry of Education Malaysia to design and build a feasible mini water treatment plant with the main aim to supply continuously treated water for the daily use of the students and the staffs at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Ulu Balingian located at Sibu-Bintulu Road, Sarawak. This project is led by the Director of UNIMAS Community Sustainability Centre (USC), Noraziah Abdul Wahab and assisted by several engineering researchers namely Mohd Farid Atan, Ir Rudiyanto Philman Jong, Associate Professor Dr Thelaha Masri, Dr May Raksmey, and Dr Abang Mohammad Nizam Abang Kamaruddin. This project is also assisted by technical staffs namely Airul Azhar Jitai, Mohammad Amirul Nizam Amit, Mohd Fairudi Mohd Jamil, Rozaini Ahmad, and Wan Mohammad Haekal Wan Herdwat. This project consists of several stages which are site survey, water source sampling, laboratory testing, site construction, and installation and commissioning of the related equipment. Site survey and water source sampling have been conducted in May 2019 and followed by laboratory testing in September 2019. Then, site construction commenced in November 2019 and finally, all the tanks, piping system, control system, and ultrafiltration unit system have been completely installed in February 2020.
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