Indah Water Konsortium ~ IWK

IWK Services

Individual Septic Tank
- Requires regular desludging to prevent water pollution. User can engage private contractor or IWK to provide the service.
Connected Services
- Connected sewerage service customers have sewage outlets that are directly linked to a sewage treatment plant via an underground network of sewer pipes.
Sludge Treatment
- All sewerage systems from individual septic tanks to the most sophisticated mechanical plants produce sludge.
Refurbishment
- One of Indah Water's vital services is refurbishment. The rehabilitation work on existing plants with same capacity and/or treatment processes will enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of such plants in addition to improving the aesthetics.

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IWK Gets New Chairman

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KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Oct (Bernama) -- Former Finance Ministry Deputy Secretary General (Policy), Datuk Ibrahim Mahaludin Puteh (pic) was appointed as Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) Chairman effective 1 Sept.

According to a statement released by IWK on Tuesday, Ibrahim, who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Malaya and Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Manchester Business School, Manchester University in the United Kingdom; replaces Haniffah Hassan who retired on Aug 31.

Ibrahim joined the Finance Ministry as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer in 1974 and had served in various divisions within the ministry.

He was Senior Advisor to the Executive Director for Southeast Asia at the World Bank in Washington DC, USA from 2003 to 2004.

IWK, which is wholly owned by the Ministry of Finance Incorporated, is responsible for providing sewerage services to over 18 million consumers in Malaysia, with the exception of Kelantan, Sabah, Sarawak and areas under the jurisdiction of the Johor Baharu City Council (MBJB).

The company operates and maintains more than 5,300 sewage treatment plants as well as a 14,000-kilometre network of sewage pipelines, since 1994.

-- BERNAMA

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Fast Facts

In an industrialised city with plenty of water, flushing the toilet in an average household can send up to 50 litres of water down the drain everyday.

Yet more than one in six people world-wide - 1.1 billion - don't have access to 20-50 litres of safe freshwater daily, the minimum range suggested by the UN to ensure each person's basic needs for drinking, cooking and cleaning.

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