Upon arrival of Dr. Kong, they start to go through the factory together and here is their
discussion:
Dr. Kong: After our survey I believe your wastewater treatment plant facility is too
small to treat your waste right now.
Alan: How do you know that our facility is too small because a qualified
engineer designed it and it was working perfectly well in the beginning?
Dr. Kong: I can see it from the color of your aeration system that there are enough
microorganisms to digest your wastewater and that is because your
wastewater flow is too high and it flushes most of the microorganisms out
of the system. You will have 2 options to select: either to enlarge your
wastewater treatment plant to cope with the waste you generate or to
reduce your wastewater so that your plant can cope with it.
Alan: Do you think we can reduce our wastewater as we have already installed
our equipment and we cannot afford to buy a new one?
Dr. Kong: Certainly you can do that. Have you heard about GP? This GP
methodology can assist the industry in reducing their waste at resources.
Alan: Yes, I have heard about it. But don’t you think it’s going to be very
expensive to go through the whole process? Don’t you think it’s easier
and cheaper to enlarge the wastewater treatment plant and we can get
away with this problem?