Rubbish in rivers force water treatment plants to shut down temporarily
CHERAS: Water treatment plants are being forced to temporarily shut down, up to 18 times a year, as a result of effluents and rubbish being dumped into rivers.
Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd (PNSB) managing director Datuk Mat Lasa Hitam said the company's shut down of several water treatment plants last year resulted in a total water production loss of 30,000 cubic metres.
PNSB operates 33 water treatment plants in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, four of which are operated by water concessionaires Konsortium Abass Sdn Bhd and Splash Sdn Bhd.
Shutting down the plants adversely affects residents when the volume of clean water produced does not meet demand.
"For this year, until April, we had been forced to temporarily close several of our plants nine times, resulting in water production loss of 34,000 cubic metres.
"Such plant closures are caused by wanton dumping of rubbish and fluids into our rivers, in addition to other factors such as oil spillage, high ammonia levels and even the stench of nearby rubbish disposal areas.
"For example, PNSB plants in Bukit Tampoi, Cheras and Salak Tinggi were closed due to high ammonia levels in the water.
"The Gombak plant was closed as a result of diesel spillage caused by an overturned vehicle on the highway where the river runs through," he said.
He also added that a new water treatment procedure using membrane technology in an ultra-filtration process was undergoing a test-pilot project in the Kepong and Sungai Rumput plants to develop more conducive filtration procedures.
Mat Lasa, who earlier read out a speech on behalf of PNSB executive chairman Tan Sri Rozali Ismail during the launch of PNSB's 20th River Rescue Brigade (RRB) here, added that it was important to educate society on preserving our rivers.
The event on Thursday was aimed at inculcating knowledge among the young on the effects of river pollution, water cycle, water treatment process, water quality and wise water usage.
More than 160 students aged between 10 to 11 from SK Dusun Nanding, SK Lubok Kelubi, SJK (T) Kajang and SJK (C) Cheras were selected to join the RRB.
Fomca president N. Marimuthu, who opened the event said it was important to educate them from young so they could spread the message to their parents and peers of the importance of river-cleanliness.
www.thestar.com.my (thursday,april 19th 2007)
some of us don't really care about littering because the crap that we throw out of our windows don't show up in our faces the next day.but get this,it shows up someplace else.we may not think that the little things we do,like actually putting rubbish in the rubbish bin and not outside it,matters, but if we all just take a little initiative to care more about our environment (hey.just imagine people littering your house,you like it?) it can really go a long way.if you think this is all just a myth,so is global warming.and we're not very far away from that are we.just ask Gore.haha
must watch : The Inconvenient Truth (i haven't)
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u shod adres diz issue to Wani also, Mash..hehe..
nway, yup, fer me juz take example of residents at apartment all over the town jep, n u mite get now unconciously they're bout litterin around. yeah, fer sure, inside their houz were clean n nice, but way b4 u get to their houz, juz take few moments observed the stairs/lifts otw there, their corridor or neighbor's cloze to 'em..sheesshhh...! plastic bag here n dere, empty drink package left on the floors, bugs creepin n hovering over u-dun-wana-even-to-take-a-look-at, etc...
malaysia? i'd said overall aint trained to aware enog bout all this. yup, town ppl mite blame "kg" ppl when tings like diz hapend, but then, why our town still mess-up with such garbage n dirts? sigh...n for sum facts, yes, its true dat town's rivers alwayz shown in medias almost poluted gler. but then also, i'd myself witnes'd sum vilagers said that if they'd threw sum garbage to their (kg.)rivers, so wut? their river still besar enog to contains such small thrown-out...d'oh!
hmm..yup,in the end, both of our gen n next will lost da gud previllage cause but such...
wut we al cod do bout it? dats a small Q to answer if we wana stop prevent'd it ourselves. own. independent. yup, its gud...but then, its a big Q to solve, if we also mindful enog to make everybody else tink da way we do, help to prevent, rebuild n preserved from such acts of stupidity...;) nuff'said
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