PORT DICKSON: Despite the availability of centralised modern sewer systems since 2008, 34 hotels and high-rise condominiums in a resort town have yet to connect to the Indah Water Konsortium-operated Sunggala and Port Dickson facilities. State climate change, human resources, entrepreneurship, cooperatives and consumerism committee chairman S. Veerapan said only 11 hotels and condominium complexes here have done so.
"We want them to get connected to the central system soon so that their waste can be properly treated. "Although they have their individual treatment systems, we want them to send their waste to the centralised facilities so that they will stop discharging their treated waste into the sea. "Hotels and the high-rise condominiums in Port Dickson should comply with the relevant legislation to ensure the operation of the premises complies with the laws and does not affect the environment," he said adding that this requirement was also in line with the Environmental Quality (Sewage) Regulations 2009.
Veerapan noted that compounds had been issued to owners of 12 such properties since 2023 for non-compliance with waste treatment standards before discharge into the sea. He said those found to have violated the provision can be fined up to RM100,000 or jailed for up to five years, or both upon conviction. "Although there have been no reports so far, we do not want our beautiful beaches to be polluted and the quality of marine life affected.
"So, I hope the property owners .