Tropicana understands that while Malaysia is blessed with abundant rainfall, several parts of the country are water-stressed and confronted with the persistent challenge of floods at the same time. Property purchasers want to be assured that their homes, offices and neighbourhoods will have reliable access to clean water, sanitation and be free from floods. As such, water conservation, sanitation and stormwater management are all material topics relevant to the Group. Generous open spaces are part of our Group’s DNA. To reduce potable water consumption for landscaping purposes and stormwater runoffs at several developments, we collect rainwater for irrigation. At Tropicana Indah Resort Homes and Tropicana Gardens in Kota Damansara, rainwater is further used to clean common areas and provide top-up for swimming pools and water landscapes. Water-efficient fittings are incorporated in the four residential towers in Tropicana Gardens too. Tropicana developments that harvest rainwater for landscape irrigation: - Tropicana Aman - Tropicana Golf & Country Resort - Tropicana Indah Resort Homes - Tropicana Gardens - Tropicana Metropark - Tropicana Heights - Tropicana Miyu Beyond rainwater harvesting, the Group is constructing an underground sewerage treatment plant in Lido Waterfront Boulevard, Johor Bahru featuring a sequenced batch reactor (“SBR”) system that does not require chemicals for wastewater treatment. The SBR utilises biological processes to treat domestic effluent. We note that Bursa Malaysia requires listed issuers on the Main Market to disclose their total water consumption, the total volume of effluent discharge, associated spending and savings thanks to rainwater harvesting from FY2023 onwards and shall do so in due course. Stormwater Management Stormwater management is designed into all of Tropicana’s developments such as Tropicana Miyu, Tropicana Aman, Tropicana Gardens and more. We rely on the Department of Irrigation and Drainage’s Urban Stormwater Management Manual for Malaysia to manage flood risks across all our projects. Many of our developments feature copious water bodies for aesthetic and practical purposes. The central lake in Tropicana Metropark in Subang Jaya, for example, serves as a flood detention pond as well. In Tropicana Heights in Kajang, we employ gross pollutant traps to catch litter and silt to control stormwater pollution. Wetland plants are also used to improve water quality in the water bodies. In Genting Highlands where construction for Tropicana WindCity is ongoing, surface water runoff is channelled into a centralised silt trap before being discharged into external drains and natural waterways. Furthermore, onsite detention tanks are used to contain surface water runoff as a method of flood control. Berm drain and turf are utilised to reduce soil erosion and for slope protection. Besides that, Tropicana has completed the construction of a flood mitigation system to ease upstream flooding at Sungai Chat and Sungai Abdul Samad which was handed over to the local authority in 2021. Situated at Lido Waterfront Boulevard, the system is well-equipped to trap garbage and prevent the trash from flowing into the sea, which in turn helps to improve water quality and save marine lives. At our flagship development at Tropicana Golf & Country Resort, 18 retention ponds across Tropicana’s 27-hole golf course were upgraded for better irrigation and filtration system. These upgrading works have also provided rainwater harvesting which is used for watering the plants, grass and fruit trees. WATER & EFFLUENT MANAGEMENT 67 TROPICANA SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
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