The Rivers

There are many dirty rivers in Malaysia. But guess who's the cause....US! We keep throwing out garbage into the river like it's going to dissolve in there. I wonder why people are so dumb! I am very disappointed with our attitude.

I think i'm gonna puke....

Here are some figures to crunch on: (from a Star article)

In 2005, 15 river basins were polluted, 51 slightly polluted and 80, clean. In 2003, nine river basins were polluted, 52 slightly polluted and 59 clean.

The 15 polluted river basins were: Merbok in Kedah; Pinang, Bayan Lepas, Juru and Jejawi in Penang; Buloh in Selangor; Klang in Selangor/Federal Territory; Merlimau in Malacca; Air Baloi, Kempas Danga, Segget, Tebrau and Pasir Gudang in Johor; and Sembulan in Sabah.

Sewage from households and livestock farms polluted 43 river basins and slightly polluted another 54. This showed up in high ammoniacal nitrogen levels in rivers. Elevated ammonium levels were recorded frequently in the Putat, Klang and Linggi rivers.

Sewage and discharges from agro-based and manufacturing industries polluted 28 river basins and slightly polluted another 42. Low dissolved oxygen levels were most frequent in the Peria, Klang and Putat rivers.

Silt from earthworks and land-clearing polluted 34 river basins and slightly polluted another 22, as shown by high levels of suspended solids. The Selangor, Langat and Klang rivers frequently recorded high turbidity.

The water quality in three rivers previously categorised as slightly polluted, deteriorated so much that they joined the polluted category in 2005. These rivers are the Merbok in Kedah, and Air Baloi and Tebrau in Johor. Also joining the polluted list were three rivers previously not monitored: Bayan Lepas in Penang, Merlimau in Malacca and Sembulan in Sabah.

All 11 tributaries of Sungai Klang were ranked as polluted except for two, Sungai Gombak and Sungai Keroh, which were slightly polluted.

Selangor had the highest number of water pollution sources, 20% of the total of over 9,000 sources. The culprits were mainly sewage treatment plants and agro-based and manufacturing industries.

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This society was set up by a group us from Sekolah Rendah Islam Al-Amin Kuala Lumpur. Our group consist of 3 persons which are, me, Nur Sakinah, Nur Amanina, and Sarah Hanis.
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