Sibuti sanitary landfill leachate plant to begin operation next month

MIRI: The RM24 million leachate treatment plant ( LTP) at Sibuti sanitary landfill is expected to begin operating next month.

Miri Mayor Adam Yii said Miri City Council ( MCC) has put in place a supervisory control and data acquisition ( Scada) system for the plant.

“Scada is a system to monitor the plant’s operation as well as the result of the leachate treatment.

“The contractor is working on it and the council is going to commission the plant in February. This plant will improve the treatment of leachate produced by the sanitary landfill,” Lai told the media after chairing a monthly full council meeting at MCC on Monday.

Yii said in addition to the LTP, the council will put a roofing system over the ponds to ensure they do not get flooded by rainwater.

At the same time, MCC is also

Scada is a system to monitor the plant’s operation as well as the result of the leachate treatment. Adam Yii, Miri Mayor

going to improve conditions at the sanitary landfill - the contractor having to comply with the required standard while carrying out work at the landfill.

The LTP, implemented under the Sibuti sanitary landfill upgrading programme, was supposed to be completed in December 2012 but was delayed by structural defects and other problems.

The project was financed by the Federal Government through the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry.

The LTP here is touted as the biggest and most advanced hightech facility of the 28 LTPs in the country, using the latest technology and design from Japan.

The ministry had wanted to hand over the treatment plant to MCC in early 2014, but the council refused to take over the project after tests on the plant uncovered some serious defects.

Upon thorough checking, the council found 29 major defects, among them leaking walls and no water supply connected.

On an unrelated issue, the mayor said MCC had decided to call for a new tender for its grass- cutting and drain- cleaning services.

The decision to call for a new tender was due to poor performance of some contractors.

“To us, service performance is the most important in city services. The council is not going to award the contract to nonperforming contractors,” he said, adding that not more than five contractors have been blacklisted by the council.