CMSP mohon maaf atas kesulitan dihadapi berikutan tumpahan diesel
Posted on March 9, 2012, Friday
MIRI: Cahya Mata Sarawak Premix (CMSP) semalam memohon maaf kepada masyarakat sekeliling di sini atas kesulitan yang dihadapi berikutan kejadian tumpahan minyak diesel di lojinya pada 4 Mac 2012 (Ahad) lalu.
Menurut Pengarah Urusan Kumpulan CMS Berhad Datuk Richard Curtis, pihaknya mengesahkan bahawa terdapat tumpahan minyak di loji premix milik mereka pada tarikh yang dinyatakan.
Berikutan itu, pihaknya telah melaksanakan segera semua langkah keselamatan untuk menghentikan tumpahan dan segala kandungannya terhadap persekitaran.
“Kami telah membuat laporan polis tentang insiden berkenaan dan memberikan kerjasama dengan pihak berkuasa untuk mengetahui sebab berlakunya tumpahan tersebut,” kata Richard dalam satu sidang media semalam.
Katanya, CMSP turut berterima kasih ke atas semua pihak yang memberikan kerjasama dan banyak membantu mereka terutama Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) berkaitan hal tersebut.
Ketika ditanya tentang operasi loji itu, Richard memberitahu bahawa pihaknya sedang menanti arahan daripada kerajaan.
“Kami akan akur jika kerajaan mengarahkan loji kami dipindahkan, buat masa ini kami sedang menanti arahan dan laporan,” jelasnya.
Ketika ini semua operasi di loji itu dihentikan sehingga satu laporan penuh diterima.
Loji dimaksudkan telah beroperasi sejak1992 dan tidak pernah merekodkan sebarang insiden negatif.
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Monday, 5 March 2012
Air paip selamat digunakan – LAKU Management
(dari kiri) Lo, Lee dan Sebastian meminum air terawat di Loji Rawatan LAKU di Lambir hari ini.
Contoh air paip diambil pada pukul 10.43 pagi di kawasan Pujut Corner.
LAMBIR, 3 Mac – Penduduk di Miri dan Bekenu tidak perlu bimbang dengan tahap keselamatan air paip kerana ia terbukti selamat digunakan, kata Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) LAKU Management Sdn Bhd, Wong Tiong Kai.
“Bagi membuktikan ia benar-benar selamat, saya sendiri telah meminum air tersebut terlebih dahulu pagi tadi. Saya menjamin bekalan air paip selamat digunakan kerana kita sudah melakukan rawatan yang mematuhi piawaian yang ditetapkan” katanya semasa sidang media di pejabat Residen Miri selepas mesyuarat bedah siasat oleh LAKU bersama jabatan-jabatan dan agensi kerajaan berkaitan.
Turut pergi ke Loji Rawatan Air di Lambir dan meminum air di situ ialah Menteri Muda Komunikasi, Datuk Lee Kim Shin, Setiausaha Politik Menteri Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air, Dato’ Sebastian Ting dan Pengurus LAKU Wilayah Miri, Lo Su Onn.
Mengulas lanjut, loji rawatan air modul 4 Lambir ditutup pada jam 8.30 malam pada 3 Mac lalu selepas penemuan tompokan minyak di pusat pengambilan air di Sungai Liku.
“Penutupan ini bagi memastikan tumpahan itu tidak mencemari sistem saluran air. Kita juga menggunakan sistem boswells semasa operasi namun ia hanya dapat menghasilkan satu pertiga daripada jumlah penggunaan keseluruhan kelmarin.”
“Ini menyebabkan kita menghadapi kekurangan bekalan air untuk memenuhi keperluan kira-kira 300,000 penduduk di Miri dan Bekenu.,” kata Wong.
Jelas Wong, loji modul empat dibuka untuk operasi pada jam 7 malam pada 4 Mac dan lebih banyak air disalurkan.
Mengenai aduan penduduk di beberapa kawasan mengenai air berkelodak, Wong berkata ia berpunca daripada penutupan modul empat sebelum ini dan bukannya berpunca daripada tumpahan itu.
“LAKU telah menghantar kakitangan mereka untuk mengepam keluar air yang berkelodak tersebut dan keadaan dijangka pulih sepenuhnya hari Selasa.”
Bekalan air paip kembali pulih pada hari ini dan penduduk yang tinggal di kawasan tinggi berkemungkinan menghadapi tekanan air rendah.
Penduduk yang masih mengalami masalah kelodak boleh menghubungi talian khidmat pelanggan di 085-426626 atau 436626.
Dalam pada itu, LAKU memohon maaf kepada seluruh penduduk Miri diatas segala kesulitan yang dihadapi semasa insiden tersebut.
Sunday, 4 March 2012
PENCEMARAN AIR DI MIRI SARAWAK
by Clare Cinderella. Posted on March 5, 2012, Monday
TERCEMAR: Lee (kiri) diberi taklimat oleh Zaffeer mengenai usaha menangani air yang tercemar,tatkala beberapa pekerja LAKU dan pegawai Shell menggunakan kaedah kertas minyak untukmenyerap minyak di kawasan pengambilan air utama di Loji Perawatan Air di Lambir, semalam.
LAKU tutup loji perawatan air serta-merta selepas tumpahan diesel cemari Sungai Liku
MIRI: Lebih 300,000 penduduk di bandar raya Miri dan Daerah Bekenu semalam terjejas bekalan air bersih selepas sumber air di Sungai Liku tercemar oleh tumpahan minyak diesel daripada tangki simpanan minyak sebuah syarikat swasta yang terletak dua kilometer dari sungai tersebut.
Dianggarkan, sejumlah 14,000 liter minyak diesel yang digunakan untuk proses penurapan jalan yang disimpan di dalam tangki milik syarikat berkenaan, tumpah ke tanah dan seterusnya mengalir ke Sungai Liku, selepas saluran tangki tersebut bocor dan tidak disedari oleh para pekerjanya.
Pengurus LAKU Management Sdn Bhd (LAKU) Kawasan Miri, Lo Su Onn yang ditemui di Loji Perawatan Air LAKU di Lambir semalam memberitahu, pencemaran itu disedari oleh pekerja loji berkenaan pada jam 8.30 malam kelmarin apabila terhidu bau diesel yang kuat dari kawasan pengambilan air.
Sebaik menyedari terdapatnya tumpahan minyak, kakitangan yang bertanggungjawab menyelenggara loji ketika itu bertindak menutup operasi loji serta-merta bagi mengelak air yang telah tercemar terus memasuki kawasan penapisan dan rawatan.
“Pihak kami mula mencari punca pencemaran awal pagi tadi (semalam) dan mendapati punca tumpahan adalah daripada sebuah syarikat membuat tar jalan. Serentak itu, kita memaklumkan kepada pasukan bertindak mengenai tumpahan minyak untuk mendapatkan bantuan segera,” katanya.
“Sekarang (pagi semalam) kita bergantung kepada sumber bekalan air yang sudah dirawat di loji tangki simpanan sedia ada untuk membekalkan air kepada penduduk Miri.
“Namun, jumlah air bersih yang disimpan di tangki berkenaan agak terhad. Ia menyebabkan kita terpaksa mengurangkan penyaluran air untuk penduduk di bandar raya Miri mulai tengah hari supaya bekalan air tidak putus,” katanya.
Bagaimanapun, menurut Lo, bukan mudah bagi pihaknya membersihkan pencemaran itu kerana tumpahan minyak terbabit sudah meresap ke dalam tanah dan mengalir di sepanjang sungai tersebut.
LAKU, katanya, terpaksa mengepam air dari Sungai Bakong untuk disalurkan ke Sungai Liku bagi membersihkan tumpahan minyak di sepanjang kawasan hulu sungai berkenaan.
Tambahnya, bekalan air dijangka pulih jam 8 malam ini.
Sementara itu, Pasukan Bertindak Kecemasan bagi Tumpahan Minyak daripada Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB) yang diketuai oleh Pegawainya, Martin Entamin dan Petronas Carigali yang diketuai oleh Zaffeer Ahmad Kiprawi turut tiba di loji bersama peralatan untuk menampan serta menyedut tumpahan minyak.
Kedua-dua pasukan turut dibantu oleh anggota daripada Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (JPAM) dan Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat yang berada di kedua-dua lokasi iaitu loji perawatan air dan punca tumpahan minyak.
Peralatan menyedut minyak terkini, ‘Mantaray’ terpaksa digunakan dalam operasi tersebut.
Sehingga jam 5 petang semalam, kerja-kerja menghalang tumpahan dan pembersihan di loji perawatan masih dilakukan.
Turut berada di lokasi meninjau keadaan ialah Menteri Muda Komunikasi, Datuk Lee Kim Shin.
Dalam pada itu, penduduk di Miri mulai mengalami ketiadaan bekalan air bersih sekitar jam 1 petang semalam, sekali gus menyebabkan ramai penduduk terpaksa membeli air mineral yang dibotolkan.
Berita ketiadaan air yang diuar-uarkan menerusi laman sosial, media elektronik telah menyebabkan pembelian panik air mineral yang dibotolkan, sehingga barisan panjang di beberapa buah pasar raya.
Tinjauan Utusan Borneo turut mendapati beberapa buah premis kecil dan pasar raya telah kehabisan stok air mineral.
TERCEMAR: Lee (kiri) diberi taklimat oleh Zaffeer mengenai usaha menangani air yang tercemar,tatkala beberapa pekerja LAKU dan pegawai Shell menggunakan kaedah kertas minyak untukmenyerap minyak di kawasan pengambilan air utama di Loji Perawatan Air di Lambir, semalam.
LAKU tutup loji perawatan air serta-merta selepas tumpahan diesel cemari Sungai Liku
MIRI: Lebih 300,000 penduduk di bandar raya Miri dan Daerah Bekenu semalam terjejas bekalan air bersih selepas sumber air di Sungai Liku tercemar oleh tumpahan minyak diesel daripada tangki simpanan minyak sebuah syarikat swasta yang terletak dua kilometer dari sungai tersebut.
Dianggarkan, sejumlah 14,000 liter minyak diesel yang digunakan untuk proses penurapan jalan yang disimpan di dalam tangki milik syarikat berkenaan, tumpah ke tanah dan seterusnya mengalir ke Sungai Liku, selepas saluran tangki tersebut bocor dan tidak disedari oleh para pekerjanya.
Pengurus LAKU Management Sdn Bhd (LAKU) Kawasan Miri, Lo Su Onn yang ditemui di Loji Perawatan Air LAKU di Lambir semalam memberitahu, pencemaran itu disedari oleh pekerja loji berkenaan pada jam 8.30 malam kelmarin apabila terhidu bau diesel yang kuat dari kawasan pengambilan air.
Sebaik menyedari terdapatnya tumpahan minyak, kakitangan yang bertanggungjawab menyelenggara loji ketika itu bertindak menutup operasi loji serta-merta bagi mengelak air yang telah tercemar terus memasuki kawasan penapisan dan rawatan.
“Pihak kami mula mencari punca pencemaran awal pagi tadi (semalam) dan mendapati punca tumpahan adalah daripada sebuah syarikat membuat tar jalan. Serentak itu, kita memaklumkan kepada pasukan bertindak mengenai tumpahan minyak untuk mendapatkan bantuan segera,” katanya.
“Sekarang (pagi semalam) kita bergantung kepada sumber bekalan air yang sudah dirawat di loji tangki simpanan sedia ada untuk membekalkan air kepada penduduk Miri.
“Namun, jumlah air bersih yang disimpan di tangki berkenaan agak terhad. Ia menyebabkan kita terpaksa mengurangkan penyaluran air untuk penduduk di bandar raya Miri mulai tengah hari supaya bekalan air tidak putus,” katanya.
Bagaimanapun, menurut Lo, bukan mudah bagi pihaknya membersihkan pencemaran itu kerana tumpahan minyak terbabit sudah meresap ke dalam tanah dan mengalir di sepanjang sungai tersebut.
LAKU, katanya, terpaksa mengepam air dari Sungai Bakong untuk disalurkan ke Sungai Liku bagi membersihkan tumpahan minyak di sepanjang kawasan hulu sungai berkenaan.
Tambahnya, bekalan air dijangka pulih jam 8 malam ini.
Sementara itu, Pasukan Bertindak Kecemasan bagi Tumpahan Minyak daripada Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB) yang diketuai oleh Pegawainya, Martin Entamin dan Petronas Carigali yang diketuai oleh Zaffeer Ahmad Kiprawi turut tiba di loji bersama peralatan untuk menampan serta menyedut tumpahan minyak.
Kedua-dua pasukan turut dibantu oleh anggota daripada Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (JPAM) dan Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat yang berada di kedua-dua lokasi iaitu loji perawatan air dan punca tumpahan minyak.
Peralatan menyedut minyak terkini, ‘Mantaray’ terpaksa digunakan dalam operasi tersebut.
Sehingga jam 5 petang semalam, kerja-kerja menghalang tumpahan dan pembersihan di loji perawatan masih dilakukan.
Turut berada di lokasi meninjau keadaan ialah Menteri Muda Komunikasi, Datuk Lee Kim Shin.
Dalam pada itu, penduduk di Miri mulai mengalami ketiadaan bekalan air bersih sekitar jam 1 petang semalam, sekali gus menyebabkan ramai penduduk terpaksa membeli air mineral yang dibotolkan.
Berita ketiadaan air yang diuar-uarkan menerusi laman sosial, media elektronik telah menyebabkan pembelian panik air mineral yang dibotolkan, sehingga barisan panjang di beberapa buah pasar raya.
Tinjauan Utusan Borneo turut mendapati beberapa buah premis kecil dan pasar raya telah kehabisan stok air mineral.
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| Di kawasan Pujut 7, air mineral dijual di tepi jalan seperti menjual buah durian sehingga menimbulkan kesesakan jalan raya kerana diserbu orang ramai. |
Fuel spill triggers water panic
by Anthony Joseph and Norni Mahadi, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on March 5, 2012, Monday
CONTAINING SPILLAGE: The emergency response unit setting up booms along a stretch of Sungei Liku.
MIRI: The price of bottled water skyrocketed to RM25 per box from the usual price of RM8 here and in Bekenu yesterday caused by panic buying as taps ran dry following the leakage of diesel from the pipeline of a premix plant along Miri-Bintulu Road into Sungei Liku, the main source for treated water for the whole area.
The plea by city mayor Lawrence Lai who is also a director of Lembaga Air Kawasan Utara (Laku) here, to traders not to hike the prices fell on deaf ears as every retail shop ran out of bottled water and stalls selling bottled water mushroomed along several roads.
OBSERVING: Lee observing the operation.
However, the mad rush for the water turned out to be unnecessary as Laku issued a statement last night that water supply would be back to normal today as the treatment plant at Sungei Liku had resumed full pumping into the distribution system last night.
“Laku Miri at 6pm has already pumped the water from the river source for testing. However, the authority cannot release the supply until they are satisfied the water quality complied with the industrial standard safety.
“If the water quality complied with the standard, hopefully supply will resume tomorrow (Monday),” Lai said when contacted by The Borneo Post last night.
Personnel from the emergency response unit comprising Laku, Shell and Petronas were on the ground almost immediately to contain the spillage, he added.
WATER CONTAMINATION: The diesel film on the water surface.
The contamination was detected at about 8.30pm on Saturday when Laku staff manning the water treatment plant smelt diesel from the river.
They immediately stop pumping the water from the river at raw water intake pump house to stop contaminated water getting into the plant and traced the source of the spillage.
OIL SPILL: The diesel sipping out from soil.
Laku manager Lo Su Onn here told the press yesterday more than 300,000 people here and in Bekenu were affected by the stoppage of the treatment plant.
According to Lo, consumers in Miri and Bekenu used around 125 million litres per-day and to immediately make up for the supply disruption Laku had started pumping eight underground water wells which had the capacity of producing 80 million litre per day.
Another measure taken by Laku was to pump water from Bakong River and divert it into Sungai Liku to flush out the diesel.
However, as Bakong River and Sungai Liku are 13 km apart it would take at least six hours for the diverted water to reach Sungai Liku.
Assistant minister of Water Supply Datuk Sylvester Entri Muran when contacted yesterday said that the ministry was looking seriously into the situation and was assessing the situation.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/03/05/fuel-spill-triggers-water-panic/#ixzz1oCsFStjJ
CONTAINING SPILLAGE: The emergency response unit setting up booms along a stretch of Sungei Liku.
MIRI: The price of bottled water skyrocketed to RM25 per box from the usual price of RM8 here and in Bekenu yesterday caused by panic buying as taps ran dry following the leakage of diesel from the pipeline of a premix plant along Miri-Bintulu Road into Sungei Liku, the main source for treated water for the whole area.
The plea by city mayor Lawrence Lai who is also a director of Lembaga Air Kawasan Utara (Laku) here, to traders not to hike the prices fell on deaf ears as every retail shop ran out of bottled water and stalls selling bottled water mushroomed along several roads.
OBSERVING: Lee observing the operation.
However, the mad rush for the water turned out to be unnecessary as Laku issued a statement last night that water supply would be back to normal today as the treatment plant at Sungei Liku had resumed full pumping into the distribution system last night.
“Laku Miri at 6pm has already pumped the water from the river source for testing. However, the authority cannot release the supply until they are satisfied the water quality complied with the industrial standard safety.
“If the water quality complied with the standard, hopefully supply will resume tomorrow (Monday),” Lai said when contacted by The Borneo Post last night.
Personnel from the emergency response unit comprising Laku, Shell and Petronas were on the ground almost immediately to contain the spillage, he added.
WATER CONTAMINATION: The diesel film on the water surface.
The contamination was detected at about 8.30pm on Saturday when Laku staff manning the water treatment plant smelt diesel from the river.
They immediately stop pumping the water from the river at raw water intake pump house to stop contaminated water getting into the plant and traced the source of the spillage.
OIL SPILL: The diesel sipping out from soil.
Laku manager Lo Su Onn here told the press yesterday more than 300,000 people here and in Bekenu were affected by the stoppage of the treatment plant.
According to Lo, consumers in Miri and Bekenu used around 125 million litres per-day and to immediately make up for the supply disruption Laku had started pumping eight underground water wells which had the capacity of producing 80 million litre per day.
Another measure taken by Laku was to pump water from Bakong River and divert it into Sungai Liku to flush out the diesel.
However, as Bakong River and Sungai Liku are 13 km apart it would take at least six hours for the diverted water to reach Sungai Liku.
Assistant minister of Water Supply Datuk Sylvester Entri Muran when contacted yesterday said that the ministry was looking seriously into the situation and was assessing the situation.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/03/05/fuel-spill-triggers-water-panic/#ixzz1oCsFStjJ
Bottled water runs out in Miri due to panic buying
MIRI: Supermarkets, grocery stores and even petrol stations across Miri have run out of bottled waters as residents rushed to ensure adequate water stock for their own use following fears that water supply might be cut off for a few days.
The panic buying is triggered by a water supply disruption which occurred when diesel from a premix plant along Miri-Bintulu Road leaked and contaminated Sungai Liku, which is Lembaga Air Kawasan Utara (Laku)’s main source of raw water for Miri and Bekenu.
The spill was discovered at about 8.30pm on Saturday, and Laku’s staff immediately stopped pumping water from the river. The management of the premix plant was ordered to stop the leakage and an earth bump was built to stop the diesel from following into the river.
Two shopkeepers at Piasau area, who wanted to remain anonymous, revealed to the Borneo Post Adventure Team (BAT) late yesterday evening that bottled waters had run out.
“Some even bought ice cubes to use in cooking. Other than that, people also grabbed packet juices and milk.”
A customer, Semawi Madeli from Tudan, when met at one of the grocery stores, said water supply had already been cut off earlier yesterday.
“I don’t know if the news is true or not but I heard there will be no water for the next two to three days.”
Sarif Abdullah, who lives in Piasau, said he rushed out to grab some bottled waters when he caught wind of the water issue.
“I am just not sure what is really going on,” he said, looking worried when he left the store empty handed.
A lady from Kampung Pujut, Taman Kerbau here, Ayu Rahayu, did not even step into the grocery store when she first learned from other disappointed customers that bottled waters had run out. She is now feeling the heat.
“This is the fourth shop I have stopped to check if there are still bottled water available. The water supply to my house was cut off at around 2pm.”
Kueh seller Azrin Ren came in shortly after and asked the shopkeeper for bottled waters, but was told that there were none left.
He revealed that bottled waters had run out at stores in Kenyalang, Century and even Petronas stations after searching at these areas earlier on.
“I heard from my cousin that there would be no water supply for the next few days. I just want to grab some bottled waters for the elders in my family,” he said, pointing to the half empty fridge with fruit juices and milk at the store.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/03/05/bottled-water-runs-out-in-miri-due-to-panic-buying/#ixzz1oCrmwNjL
No water in Miri
The spill have affected the water supply to more than 300, 000 resident in Miri. More news to follow.
Friendly reminder to all Mirians: Reserve your water supply before it gets cut off. It seems that water pressure is getting weaker in many areas of Miri now.
LAKU will need 1 or more days to clean up the leaked oil before normal filtration can start again. Will update again once we've got more news regarding this.
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