GOOD JOB: Entri (second right) presents the cheque to Lau. Also seen are Ministry of Public Utilities permanent secretary Ubaidillah Abdul Latip (right) and MWA president Ahmad Zahdi Jamil.
KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) hopes to propose a better integrated water resource management model to the state government in the near future.
Unimas Centre of Water Research director Prof Dr Lau Seng said on Wednesday that the team led by him is currently working on the model.
“We hope that the integrated water system could make Sarawak the leader in water resource and management sector,” he said at the Water Industry Networking Dinner 2012.
Lau, who is also Unimas Centre for Technology Transfer and Consultancy director, said the university would continue working with relevant parties to enhance research on water resource and management in the state.
Such close cooperation, he said, is required to ensure the state could establish a more sustainable water management system in the face of increasing demand.
He said this after receiving the Pehin Sri’s Excellent Water Industry Award 2012 on behalf of Unimas from Assistant Minister of Public Utilities (Water Supply) Datuk Sylvester Entri Muran.
Announced during the opening of the Borneo Water and Waste Water Exhibition and Conference 2012 last Tuesday, the award acknowledges Unimas’ contribution to sustainable water management.
Unimas received RM10,000, a certificate and memento.
The exhibition was organised by the Malaysian Water Association (MWA).