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Environmental Consulting and Monitoring
The environmental consulting and monitoring services are
mainly conducted by ASMA. ASMA has established an infrastructure, employing state-of
the-art technology that supports a comprehensive monitoring network for both air
and water designed specifically for the DOE’s privatised monitoring program.
The monitoring program involves the installation,
operation and maintenance of a network of air and water quality monitoring networks
known as CAQM and CWQM (collectively known as the “Continuous Monitoring Networks”)
throughout the entire nation for the DOE. The air and water quality is being continuously
monitored via the fifty-one units of CAQM stations and fifteen units of CWQM stations
installed throughout Malaysia.
These stations are equipped with instrumentations
that are able to monitor major pollutant gasses in the air and water quality characteristics
for the rivers. All the data are polled to ASMA’s Environmental Data Centre (“EDC”),
which are manned by qualified technicians on 24-hours basis.
ASMA’s scope of services can be divided into the following sub-categories:
(i) Water Resources Management
ASMA provides a complete range of services in water quality
monitoring and assessment including consultation services relating to management
and control options. Hence, the determination of the state of the water quality
of the ‘water body’ provides the relevant data that then can be used for assessment
purposes which in turn allows for the proposal and implementation of the appropriate
management and control options. Ambient water quality monitoring - Continuous and
manual or batch sampling;
Industrial effluents monitoring and assessment;
Assessment of water quality with respect to specific beneficial uses;
Pollution sources identification; and
Provision of consultancy services relating to management
and control options.
In addition, ASMA also provides the integration,
installation and maintenance of these continuous stations for the monitoring of
water quality. ASMA provides a one-stop centre to cater to the environmental
needs of the manufacturing and agro-based industry as well as other wastewater generating
activities. Other water resources management services offered includes sampling
and analysis of polluted water (“effluent”) to ensure compliance to the effluent
discharge standards, wastewater characteristic study, efficiency studies of waste
water treatment plants and upgrading of water treatment capabilities.
(ii) Air Quality Management
ASMA provides complete ambient air monitoring solutions, with
fully integrated air monitoring systems thus making ASMA the market leader in the
field of air monitoring. ASMA provides unique and customized systems integration
using instruments, hardware and software, landline modem, cell phone modems, radios
and satellite communications.
In addition to ambient air monitoring, ASMA also provides stack gas sampling where
stack emission constituents such as particulates, acid gases, hazardous organic
compounds are measured.
In addition to compliance measurements, ASMA provides value-added
services such as pollution spread model from industrial stacks and refineries using
established dispersion models that measures the spread of pollutants from pollution
sources.
Air Quality Management activities encompasses the following :-
Management of Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Stations
Management of Manual Air Quality Monitoring Stations
Stack sampling at Stationary Sources for DOE Compliance
(iii) Environmental Data Management
ASMA has a wealth of air and water quality database stretching
back to 1995. These data are generated on a continuous basis (24 hours a day) and
are subject to very strict quality assurance procedures to ensure their precision
and accuracy. With this enormous database, ASMA is thus, in a position to provide
value-added measures, in the form of statistical analysis, dispersion modelling,
trend analysis or forecasting, to ensure that the data and reports are custom-made
to suit the varied needs of the customers.
In addition, ASMA also develops Geographical Information System
(GIS) applications for environmental analysis and modelling. This technology
adds a new dimension to the conventional methods of environmental analysis as it
allows graphic visualizations of environmental variations in over a wide area
(iv) Environmental Consultancy
Leveraging on the ASMA’s in-depth technical knowledge in the
environmental field, the Group is able to provide consultancy services to assist
companies which intend to establish, implement and maintain their environmental
management systems (EMS). The consultancy package ranges from initial environmental
review, evaluation of significant impact, EMS documentation to system implementation
and maintenance. The main objectives are to guide companies to achieve the
ISO 14001 certification and ensure compliance with the environmental regulations.
Additionally, ASMA also provides consultancy services in conducting
environmental site assessments (ESA) of sites that have either been contaminated
or are potentially subjected to contamination. In many instances, such sites are
contaminated by scheduled wastes. In conducting environmental site assessments,
ASMA also conducts monitoring of all the relevant medium as well as value-added
recommendations and solutions for cost-effective remedial actions.
ASMA has also been involved in the preparation of a number
of EIAs. In addition to the provision of environmental data, ASMA also conducts
baseline studies, provides assessment of potential impacts as well as monitors and
assesses the post-EIA phases.
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