https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=myiem_jurutera_e-bulletin_-_march_2025&u=the_institution_of_engineers_malaysia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nWater, food, and energy \u2013 the unbreakable triad that sustains civilisation. Yet, their delicate balance is increasingly under strain. In Malaysia, where our rainforests breathe life and our rivers carve history, engineers stand at the crossroads of innovation and necessity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This month, JURUTERA explores the Water-Food-Energy Nexus, a puzzle where solutions in one sector ripple across the others. Can we harness hydro-powered agriculture? Will AI optimise irrigation for food security? How do we fuel industries while keeping our water sources pristine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From cutting-edge desalination to smart grid resilience, our contributors dive into the heart of sustainable engineering. We also spotlight the role of policies, digitalisation, and bold engineering feats shaping Malaysia\u2019s future.
So, dear readers, let\u2019s engineer a world where every drop counts, every watt empowers, and every meal nourishes\u2026 without tipping the balance. Because in this nexus, the future isn\u2019t just built \u2013 it\u2019s carefully woven.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Ir. Alex Looi Tink HueyPrincipal Bulletin Editor The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) JURUTERA March 2025 Issue on \u201cWater-Food-Energy Nexus\u201d is now available on the IEM Web Portal for download:https:\/\/bit.ly\/Jurutera2025Or read it online here:https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=myiem_jurutera_e-bulletin_-_march_2025&u=the_institution_of_engineers_malaysia Water, food, and energy \u2013 the unbreakable triad that sustains civilisation. Yet, their delicate balance is increasingly under strain. In Malaysia, where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51,74,15,105,29,106],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-note","tag-climate-change","tag-energy","tag-esg","tag-food","tag-sustainability","tag-water"],"yoast_head":"\n
IEM Jurutera March 2025 Issue is now available! - IEM Jurutera - Engineers . Engineered . Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IEM Jurutera March 2025 Issue is now available! - IEM Jurutera - Engineers . Engineered . Engineering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by Ir. Alex Looi Tink HueyPrincipal Bulletin Editor The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) JURUTERA March 2025 Issue on \u201cWater-Food-Energy Nexus\u201d is now available on the IEM Web Portal for download:https:\/\/bit.ly\/Jurutera2025Or read it online here:https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=myiem_jurutera_e-bulletin_-_march_2025&u=the_institution_of_engineers_malaysia Water, food, and energy \u2013 the unbreakable triad that sustains civilisation. Yet, their delicate balance is increasingly under strain. In Malaysia, where […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IEM Jurutera - Engineers . Engineered . Engineering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/myiem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-11T08:46:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T04:48:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JURUTERA-MAR-25-ANNOUNCE.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#\/schema\/person\/44fcd1b1cd26c1d90344172cac646403\"},\"headline\":\"IEM Jurutera March 2025 Issue is now available!\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-11T08:46:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T04:48:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560\"},\"wordCount\":216,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JURUTERA-MAR-25-ANNOUNCE.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Climate Change\",\"Energy\",\"ESG\",\"Food\",\"Sustainability\",\"Water\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Editor's Note\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560\",\"name\":\"IEM Jurutera March 2025 Issue is now available! - IEM Jurutera - Engineers . Engineered . Engineering\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JURUTERA-MAR-25-ANNOUNCE.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-11T08:46:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T04:48:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JURUTERA-MAR-25-ANNOUNCE.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JURUTERA-MAR-25-ANNOUNCE.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"IEM Jurutera March 2025 Issue is now available!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/\",\"name\":\"IEM Jurutera - Empower Engineering Excellence\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-JURUTERA-PORTAL-LOGO3-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-JURUTERA-PORTAL-LOGO3-3.png\",\"width\":850,\"height\":214,\"caption\":\"The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/myiem\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/myiem_official\/?hl=en\",\"https:\/\/myiem.org.my\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#\/schema\/person\/44fcd1b1cd26c1d90344172cac646403\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3374b57318106c6d9d1676949e69b3cdc1b0d735b9572628769809e092171e94?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3374b57318106c6d9d1676949e69b3cdc1b0d735b9572628769809e092171e94?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"IEM Jurutera March 2025 Issue is now available! - IEM Jurutera - Engineers . Engineered . Engineering","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"IEM Jurutera March 2025 Issue is now available! - IEM Jurutera - Engineers . Engineered . Engineering","og_description":"by Ir. Alex Looi Tink HueyPrincipal Bulletin Editor The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) JURUTERA March 2025 Issue on \u201cWater-Food-Energy Nexus\u201d is now available on the IEM Web Portal for download:https:\/\/bit.ly\/Jurutera2025Or read it online here:https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=myiem_jurutera_e-bulletin_-_march_2025&u=the_institution_of_engineers_malaysia Water, food, and energy \u2013 the unbreakable triad that sustains civilisation. Yet, their delicate balance is increasingly under strain. In Malaysia, where […]","og_url":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560","og_site_name":"IEM Jurutera - Engineers . Engineered . Engineering","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/myiem\/","article_published_time":"2025-04-11T08:46:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-22T04:48:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JURUTERA-MAR-25-ANNOUNCE.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#\/schema\/person\/44fcd1b1cd26c1d90344172cac646403"},"headline":"IEM Jurutera March 2025 Issue is now available!","datePublished":"2025-04-11T08:46:46+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-22T04:48:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560"},"wordCount":216,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JURUTERA-MAR-25-ANNOUNCE.png","keywords":["Climate Change","Energy","ESG","Food","Sustainability","Water"],"articleSection":["Editor's Note"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560","url":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560","name":"IEM Jurutera March 2025 Issue is now available! - IEM Jurutera - Engineers . Engineered . Engineering","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JURUTERA-MAR-25-ANNOUNCE.png","datePublished":"2025-04-11T08:46:46+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-22T04:48:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JURUTERA-MAR-25-ANNOUNCE.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JURUTERA-MAR-25-ANNOUNCE.png","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?p=560#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"IEM Jurutera March 2025 Issue is now available!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/","name":"IEM Jurutera - Empower Engineering Excellence","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#organization","name":"The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)","url":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-JURUTERA-PORTAL-LOGO3-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-JURUTERA-PORTAL-LOGO3-3.png","width":850,"height":214,"caption":"The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/myiem\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/myiem_official\/?hl=en","https:\/\/myiem.org.my\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#\/schema\/person\/44fcd1b1cd26c1d90344172cac646403","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3374b57318106c6d9d1676949e69b3cdc1b0d735b9572628769809e092171e94?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3374b57318106c6d9d1676949e69b3cdc1b0d735b9572628769809e092171e94?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/iemjurutera.my"],"url":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655,"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions\/655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iemjurutera.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}