- Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS), USM

WATER
Resource Person: Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Nordin Bin Adlan
Rapporteur: Miss Syahnaz Riza Binti Sukor
Facilitator: Mr. Ahmad Firdaus Ahmad Shabudin
Participants
Mr. Fahmi Reza Abd Patah
Dr. Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir Bin Ishak
Sr. Dr. Atasya Binti Osmadi
Mr.Mohd Rodzuan Yahya
Mr. Nasrullah Mohamed Farouk
Mr. Subli Yop
Mr Mohd Nor Naina Mohamed
Goal
Reduce overall water consumption and explore
alternative resources, treatment, recycling and
reuse of water and wastewater in order to
minimise campus water footprint
Sub-Domain
Increase
rainwater
harvesting
Element
Best Practice
1. Rainwater harvesting system at
every building (for effective
harvesting, need students to study
size of tank with respect to rainfall
Sustainable event, roof catchment area etc)
landscape 2. Storm water harvesting for
irrigation
design
3. Rehabilitation of existing USM
retention pond (with assistance from
JPS) - community project (students
involvement)
Cost
(High/Medi
um/Low/Zer
o)
low
High
Medium
Sub-Domain
Ground water
harvesting
Element
Best Practice
1.Research on ground
sustainable
water sub surface
water supply
exploration
Cost
(High/Medium/
Low/Zero)
medium
Sub-Domain
Reduce
wastage
Element
Best Practice
1.Basin, tap and mixer control stop-cork
2. Flushing system need to be
changed whole cistern
(students)
3.Shower tap, mixers and
showerheads - control stopWater efficiency in cork
product
4. Ablution tank at mosque
5. Reuse/ recycle 'air wuduk'
using low cost technology
6.Building cleaning practices
(using bucket e.g mop)
7. Awareness programme
among the users
Cost
(High/Medium/Low/Zero
)
zero
High
zero
Low
Medium
zero
low
SubDomain
Element
Best Practice
8. Committee on water usage in campus (NGO,
students, academic and admin staffs)
9. Usage of waste / reject water from RO
machine at Pusat Sejahtera (Haemodialisis)
need to study on water quality for possible
usage
10. Cooling tower - possible water reduction
through research by Mechanical Engineering
Reduce Water efficiency in students.
wastage
product
11. New building - green technology (FYP
project to study minimum usage of water & to
develop guideline)
12. Water audit committee ( development
department)
13. Audit for water usage (baseline, research,
students, desa etc)
14. New design for piping system (usage of
proper pipe material)
Cost
(High/Medium/Low/Zero
)
Low
low
Low
Low
Low
Medium
Medium
WASTE WATER
RECYCLE
PBA PP
Water supply
system
GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION
REDUCE
CAMPUS
WATER
FOOTPRINT
Thank You