PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER – LUAS PERSPECTIVE BY

1. PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER – LUAS PERSPECTIVE BY LEMBAGA URUS AIR SELANGOR (LUAS) WORKSHOP OF “ PROMOTION AND ADVOCACY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES” 14-16 JUN 2010 MINI AUDITORIUM , NAHRIM

2. KANDUNGAN OUTLINE • INTRODUCTION • WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT • CHARGING AND LICENSING • STATUS OF LICENSING • 5. APPLICATION OF WATER ABSTRACTION LICENSE • 6. MONITORING & ENFORCEMENT • 7. WAY FORWARD

3. INTRODUCTION • established under Selangor Water Management Authority Enactment 1999 • one-stop agency for the management of water resources, river basin and coastal waters in Selangor State - in holistic, integrated and sustainable manner.

4. WATER RESOURCE Any river, river basin, ground water or water body

5. GROUNDWATER • Any wells, boreholes or similar activities digging into underground strata, include any adits or channels constructed connecting to the wells, boreholes or the activities related to them its suitable to storage water in the wells, boreholes or the activities, to make it easier for water collection in the tube wells, boreholes or the activities • Any digging into the underground strata where the water level in that digging totally depends or the part of the water entering that strata, • Any groundwater that have been designated.

6. GROUNDWATER FLOW Water is recharged to the groundwater system by percolation of water from precipitation and then flows to the stream through the ground-water system.

7. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Section 41 (2) No person or public authority shall, except with the approval of the Authority, disrupt the natural flow of water in any water source or take or usewater from any water source except in such quantities as may be approved by the Authority from time to time. Section 44 (1) The Authority may impose a charge on the use of water or any other resource from any water source including but not limited to the abstraction, extraction, discharge, drainage, diversion and impoundment of such water or other resources

8. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Section 44 (5) Any person who fails to pay any charge imposed under this section commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment not exceeding six month, or to both. Section 6 (1) (n) Authority to grant license on such conditions as the Authority may think fit to any public authority or person to undertake any activity related to water sources and to regulate the licensees and their activities.

9. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Section 107 Any person who, without the permission of the Director abstracts, consumes or diverts water or any other resource commits an offence and shall on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

10. Purpose of usage Charge Commercial RM 0.05/m³ Water supply RM 0.01/m³ CHARGING AND LICENSING State Government through EXCO Meeting on 13 APRIL 2005 have decided: a) to grant license and impose charge towards all groundwater, surface water and water resources users

13. b) to set up Groundwater Management Committee: Chairman: Director of LUAS Members: 1) Director of Department of Mineral and Geosciences or its representative; 2)  Director of DOE or its representative; 3)  Director of Department of Health or its representative; 4) District Officers or its representative (selected district only); and 5) President of Local Authorities or its representative (selected district only).

14. TOR OF THE COMMITTEE 1) Develop a comprehensive database system for monitoring and coordination purpose to integrate the groundwater activities where related data in each agencies will be coordinated for groundwater management especially in abstraction, monitoring, restoration, controlling and enforcement. 2) Supervise and enforce the regulation, process and application procedure of groundwater approval and also implementing the function and legal responsible of the enactment/act within related agencies. 3) Cooperate and coordinate the enforcement activities including monitoring with related agencies by using their enactment/act in groundwater management. 4) Preparing, study and suggest on groundwater usage and distribution for supply and demand of groundwater aspect.

15. SCOPE OF WORK LUAS • Secretariat and Chairman of the committee. • In charge in legal, enforcement and regulation of the groundwater management. • Produce the guidelines and standardization. • Prepare license/approval for groundwater usage. • Responsible in processing groundwater usage application. • Supply meter and manage the bill system for the purpose of groundwater charging. • Impose charging on groundwater users by gazetted tariff. • Monitoring base on schedule.

16. JMG • Develop groundwater resource potential and data management information system. • Technical adviser in planning, design, developing and maintain the groundwater wells. • Produce the guidelines and standardization. • Monitoring base on schedule. • One of committee member in giving the approval for groundwater users.

17. DOE • Come out with the formula for groundwater quality standard. • Pollution control monitoring. • Pollution control enforcement. • One of committee member in giving the approval for groundwater users. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH • Drinking water quality monitoring or for other purpose which should involved health consideration. • One of committee member in giving the approval for groundwater users.

18. STATUS : WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTION IN SELANGOR 1 JULAI 2005 HINGGA 30 APRIL 2010 (245) (142) LEMBANGAN SUNGAI SELANGOR LEMBANGAN SUNGAI KLANG LEMBANGAN SUNGAI LANGAT AIR BUMI AIR PERMUKAAN Sumber : LUAS

19. STATUS : WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTION IN SELANGOR RIVER BASIN (42) ( 37) AIR BUMI AIR PERMUKAAN BUMI Source : LUAS

20. STATUS : WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTION IN KLANG RIVER BASIN (109) (45) AIR BUMI AIR PERMUKAAN BUMI Source : LUAS

21. WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTION IN LANGAT RIVER BASIN (94) (60) AIR BUMI AIR PERMUKAAN BUMI Source : LUAS

22. GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION

23. SURFACE WATER ABSTRACTION

25. STATE REVENUE WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTION MANAGEMENT IN SELANGOR (1 JULAI 2005 UNTILL 30 APRIL 2010)

26. WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTION MANAGEMENT IN SELANGOR (USAGE) (1 JULAI 2005 UNTILL 30 APRIL 2010)

27. Since 1st July 2005 till 30th April 2010, LUAS has collected about RM 2,761,968.10 from groundwater users.

28. ABSTRACTION ACTIVITIES • Industrial (automotive, electronic, steel etc) • Hotel • IPT • Mineral water factory • Golf course • Car Wash Centre • Batching plant • Nursery • Quarry • Sand mining & washing • Caj sebagai bekalan air – RM 0.01 /m³ • Jangkaan hasil ialah RM 510,883.20 / tahun (jika diluluskan)

29. APPLICATION OF ABSTRACTION LICENSE WHO SHOULD APPLY i)  Premise ii)  Individual iii) Anyone use groundwater for commercial or water supply purpose

30. Groundwater Application Form New tube well Existing tube well Well Excavation Permission License Renewal GROUNDWATER LICENSE

31. GROUNDWATER LICENSE Duration : 1 year License renewal: i) to continue using the groundwater ii) to decrease/increase the capacitygroundwater usage

32. LICENSE APPLICATION PROCEDURE a) NEW TUBE WELL • LUAS GW 1/2005: Tube Well Excavation Application • RM150.00 processing fee APPROVED • LUAS GW 2/2005: Tube Well Record • LUAS GW 3/2005: Groundwater Abstraction Application • LUAS GW 4/2005: Water Quality Record • LUAS GW 5/2005: Water Level Record

33. LICENSE APPLICATION PROCEDURE b) EXISTING TUBE WELL • LUAS GW 2/2005: Tube Well Record • LUAS GW 3/2005: Groundwater Abstraction Application • LUAS GW 4/2005: Water Quality Record • LUAS GW 5/2005: Water Level Record • RM150 processing fee

34. LICENSE RENEWAL PROCEDURE 3 month before the license expired: • LUAS GW 4/2005: Water Quality Record • LUAS GW 5/2005: Water Level Record • RM150 processing fee

35. GROUNDWATER LICENSE

36. KAMBUS SEMULA (backfill) TUBE WELL CLOSURE Every tube well closure or backfill must be referred to the Authority and followed the Procedure.

37. MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT

39. SAMPLE OF NOTICES PEMBERITAHUAN KESALAHAN AMARAN AM

40. NOTICE, COMPOUND AND PENALTY Apart from the charge, Authority can also: • notice • compound (RM12,500 and RM25,000) • penalty (RM50,000 or 6 months or both and RM100,000 or 2 years or both) • disconnection

41. NOTICES ON OFFENCE IN GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER ABSTRACTION 2 Compound : RM 15,500.00

42. WAY FORWARD • Licensing of water abstraction for groundwater users in plantation, aquaculture, agriculture, animal husbandry and car wash. • Draft of Water Resource Abstraction Regulation (Selangor) 2010 • Metering system • Strengthening the monitoring and enforcement • Comprehensive data base management • Review the charge tariff

43. SUMMARY • SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN ASPECT OF: • QUANTITY – to control and monitor total of water abstraction through licensing . • QUALITY – to monitor, control and protect the water resources and environment through designated license conditions. • TARGET : Development of groundwater resources as ‘conjunctive use’ with surface water - (20 - 30 % by 2030)

44. Thank you