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Satu program pelancaran rawatan kualiti air sungai telah dijalankan di Parit 4, Desa Damai pada 15/2/2009. Program yang dianjurkan oleh kumpulan JCI Kulim bersama dengan MPSP adalah aktitivi susulan program membuat EM Mud balls yang telah dijalankan pada bulan lepas.

Dalam program ini, sebanyak 600 EM mud balls telah dimasukkan ke dalam Parit 4 dan proses ini akan dijalankan di tempat yang sama setiap bulan. Kajian air sungai akan diadakan untuk menentukan tahap kebersihan kualiti air tersebut.

Liputan akhbar  atas program ini di The Star Saving River with 600 mud balls pada 26.3.09

Lokasi Parit 4

Sekumpulan pelajar bersama dengan Adun Tanjung Bungah mewakili EXCO YB Chow Kon Yew, Adun Padang Lallang dan YDP MPSP…

EM Mud Balls dibuang / dimasukkan ke dalam Parit 4, Desa Damai

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Sekumpulan pelajar USM yang mengikuti khusus ilmu kemanusiaan tahun ke 3 telah mengadakan lawatan dan kajian ke Empangan Sungai Juru pada petang 23hb Jan 2009. Sempena lawatan tersebut, saya telah mencatitkan keadaan fizikal terbaru sekeliling Empangan Sungai Juru seperti berikut :-

a) Didapati tebing Sungai Juru di kawasan Rekreasi Sungai Juru kini dalam keadaan yang lebih kemas dan bersih dari sampah sarap.

b) Permukaan air sungai juga didapati ADA KEMAJUAN dan kerja pembersihan sampah permukaan di bahagian perangkap LOCK BOOM  telah dilakukan dengan lebih kerap lagi. Bau Busuk air sungai telah juga banyak berkurangan.

c) Pembinaan bangunan pejabat untuk JPS Daerah Seberang Perai masih diteruskan dan hampir siap.

Friends of Sungai Juru mengucapkan syabas kepada usaha dan tindakan yang telah dan sedang di ambil oleh JPS Pulau Pinang dan pihak kontraktor yang terlibat agar usaha ini dapat diteruskan dan dipertingkatkan lagi BAGI MENJADIKAN KAWASAN EMPANGAN SUNGAI JURU SEBAGAI SATU TEMPAT REKREASI DAN TEMPAT MEMANCING IKAN PADA HUJUNG MINGGU.

Sungai Juru Dam is in better shape and cleaner now compared to its polluted conditions 1-2 years ago.

Lawatan pelajar USM ke Sungai juru, Dari kini - Nor Ain Bt Hussein, Noor Aishah Bt Abu Bakar, Rohana Bt Hussin dan Fatimah Bt Hussain

Pandangan Empangan Sungai juru dari titi gantung, Rumah di bahagian belakang adalah Taman Titi Panjang

Pandangan Sungai Juru. Perangkap sampah nampak kemas dan tiada banyak sampah

Pembinaan pejabat JPS Daerah Seberang Perai hampir siap

Satu lagi gambir bangunan pejabat JPS Dearah Seberang Perai Tengah

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I posted this blog at Star’s Citizen blog on 4th Jan 2009. This blog was partly published in the print copy of the  Sunday Star on 11th Jan 2009 :

Continue reading here ..

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The making of EM Mud Balls with members of JCI Kulim is one of the environment conservation programs initiated by LA21 MPSP and launched by YDP of MPSP Encik Farizan Darus together with MPSP councillors Oon and Soon at the front foyer of Dewan MPSP, Jalan Betek, BM on 4/1/2009. The Program was attended by more than 40 participants of mostly members of JCI Kulim.

MPSP officer Mr Chew Eng Seng gave a short briefing on how to produce EM mud balls. The mud balls are make of EM liquid, rice husk and clay soil (content ratio 3 litre, 1 kilo and 2 kilo). Each cubic meter of EM is capable of producing 2,000 Mud balls with each ball costing less than 4 cents. The process of making mud balls is simple yet meaningful, everybody, regardless of young and old,  and students are encouraged to learn this new skills.

What is EM ??

E.M. is an abbreviation for EFFECTIVE MICROORGANISMS Microorganisms are tiny units of life that are too small to be seen with the naked eye and they exist everywhere in nature. Microorganisms are crucial for maintaining the ecological balance. They carry out chemical processes that make it possible for all other organisms including humans to live. There are friendly guys of the microbial worlds known as beneficial microorganisms and a not so friendly group called pathogens that are harmful and capable of producing disease, decay and pollution. Learn more here on EM and What is EM?

The EM Mud balls are useful as one of the environmental solutions towards reducing water pollutants and thus improving water quality in our rivers and drains. The fermentation emitted from the mud balls will alleviate or destroy the ammonia nitrogen found in human effluents and sewerage leakages into the water system. These mud balls will be drop at Parit 4 near Desa Damai Bukit Mertajam which is a very seriously polluted waterway. The exercise will be carried out every 4 months.

Any NGOs and groups who are keen to learn on how to make EM Mud Balls can contact Mr Chew Eng Seng of MPSP at +6012 4779330. Here the snapshots of the programme launched by YDP MPSP and photos on how to make EM Mud Balls.

THESE MUD BALLS ARE READY TO BE POURED INTO POLLUTED WATERWAYS

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Sungai Juru has been classified by the Department of Environment (DOE) as the most polluted river in Malaysia. Bernama reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed it as the dirtiest river in South East Asia. According to the report, the water is so toxic that it is unsafe for drinking even after being boiled. Its Water Quality Index remains at Grade V indicating that the river is excessively polluted and no fish would survive in such rivers. As more lands in the basin of Sungai Juru are turning into urbanized areas, the river is at risk of becoming an open wastewater sewers.

From information gathered and on-site investigations revealed that Sungai Juru pollution is caused by i) industrial wastes from the nearby industrial areas, ii) wet market waste, iii) household waste and iv) sewage wastewater from the residential /settlement areas. Human settlements including squatters along the riverbanks of Sungai Juru are not equipped with proper sanitary system. Domestic wastes are being dumped directly to the river. The drainage system built in the industrial sites is directly channeled to the river.

From the huge piles of floating debris spotted at the riverbank near the Juru dam, this rubbish consists of:-

• mineral water bottles,
• styrofoam,
• construction and household discard,
• food waste,
• plastic materials,
• engine oil containers,
• helmet,
• vehicle tyres
• and others .

Sungai Juru becoming a rubbish-strewn river !

The cumulating effects of pollution on Sungai Juru have far-reaching impact as reflected below :-

1. There were several reported past incidences whereby thousands of dead fish were seen floating in Kuala Sungai Juru. Fishermen blamed industrial pollution for the death of fish. They claimed that factories from nearby industrial area were releasing toxic waste to the river;
2. The livelihood of the fisherman community of about 100 of them residing near the river mouth of Sungai Juru has been affected. From information and feedback obtained from two fishermen; Sahidon Bin Noor , age 55 years old and Mahmood Bin Darus, age 48 years old on 27th August 2006 at the Jetty of Kuala Sungai Juru, it was revealed that fish and cockle production decreased sharply. As much as 60% of cockles harvested out from the coastal area off Kuala Sungai Juru are dead cockles due to water contamination and pollution compared to only 5% dead cockles during the previous good times. As cockle production drops, the fishermen are faced with tougher living conditions and forced to work doubly hard to earn the same level of income they used to in order to survive.
   Fishermen; Sahidon Bin Noor & Mahmood Bin Darus in front of Persatuan Nelayan Kuala Sungai Juru Building (B) at the Jetty.

   
   As much as 60% cockles harvested are dead or rejected cockles !

3. Some species of fish were already extinct at the Sungai Juru mostly because of pollution whilst other habitats as well as its flora and fauna are endangered or threatened with extinction;
4. Depleting mangrove swamps at the riverbanks of Sungai Juru have threatened the natural habitats and eco-system of the river. Mangrove plants along the riverbanks traditionally serve as trap and stabilize sediment, protection of shorelines from erosion, and nesting sites for birds.Unlike air or haze pollution, the public is less sensitive to river pollution as most water pollution is not easily visible. Majorities of the communities are also not fully aware of the fact that whatever rubbish left or thrown on the ground, roads, public areas or uncollected overflow rubbish at trashes would be washed off by rainwater into drains which ultimately take it into the river system and pollute them.

 

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