SEREMBAN: All 59 factories in the Nilai Industrial Park, Nilai College Heights and Arab Malaysia Industrial Park comply with all of the environmental regulations and standards set by the state's Department of Environment.
Its director Norhazni Mat Sari reiterated that pending a report by the Chemistry Department, there is no evidence to show that the factories are behind the pollution in Sungai Semenyih in Selangor.
"We have already collected samples from Sungai Buah and pending a report by the Chemistry Department, there is no proof to indicate that the factories in Nilai are the source of the odour pollution in Sungai Semenyih.
"Nevertheless, we at the Negri Sembilan DoE will continue to beef up our efforts to make sure that industries comply with our rules and regulations and not pollute the environment by throwing effluent and other waste into the river," Norhazni told reporters here yesterday.
Norhazni was commenting on the odour pollution in Sungai Buah in Negri Sembilan which is one of the river tributaries which flows into Sungai Semenyih.
Selangor state government has accused Nilai Industrial Park as the source of the odour pollution which has caused numerous water cuts in the past month at the Sungai Semenyih water treatment plant affecting over 1.8 million water consumers across the districts of Kuala Langat, Hulu Langat, Petaling and Sepang.
"I would also like to stress that there is no illegal factories operating along the banks of Sungai Buah which is 8.5km away from Sungai Semenyih and land is mostly agriculture land.
Norhazni said the department has also instructed the factories which comprise mainly of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) to carry out daily tests called Guided Self Regulation as well online environment reporting to ensure that effluence does not contain pollutants and are safe in accordance with the National Water Quality Standard.
"Our officers also make daily visits at the industrial premises in the vicinity of Nilai and we are also working closely with the competent person appointed by each factory to make sure that their industrial effluence comply with the department’s safe water parameters."