AN EFFECTIVENESS OF STRATEGIC LAND DEVELOPMENT ON SEWERAGE PLANNING AND LAND SERVICES IN INDAH WATER KONSORTIUM SDN BHD

Abstract

The higher demanding factor for residential and commercial units has seen an increasing number of STP maintained by IWK every year. This increasing number of STP has forced IWK to incur increased operating and maintenance costs. With a limited number of employees and a large catchment area, it has raised several issues and problems such as the issue of encroachment into the STP land. To overcome the issues and problems, strategic land development is needed where it is also a method in achieving sustainable development. This study used a qualitative method by analyzing the current work procedures or guidelines and government documents used by IWK such as the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, National Land Code, and Malaysian Sewerage Industry Guidelines. The findings of the study found that the function of IWK in sewerage land management for public STP and the former STP site is quite limited. Thus, a new procedure or guidelines need to be developed to improve these weaknesses. Based on the land issues faced by IWK, it shows that the strategic land development will be able to help IWK in the planning stages in the future effectively. While sustainable development can be achieved by IWK using a combination between the new land management model and GIS application. This new land management model needs to be combined and should include all the existing procedures or guidelines and be controlled by one unit only. GIS as the most powerful tool today seen can help IWK to manage all the matter related sewerage lands, such as finding the decommissioned STP site, selecting the new location for the Regional STP project, and selection of the new alignment for a property connection project. Indirectly, it can help IWK to reduce the cost of operation and maintenance, sewerage land issues, environmental issues, and others.