Caring for Klang River
Students learn to measure water quality and look for pollutants.
40 million to clean up river
Certificate presentation for partners on River of Life Public Outreach Programme.
River of Life
Write up by students who took part in the ROLPOP TOT on 23-24 April 2013.
Murid, guru pantau kualiti air sungai
MELALUI Program Pendekatan Awam `River of Life’ (Rolpop), guru dan murid diajar menjadi pembimbing untuk mengembangkan pengetahuan serta kemahiran mereka kepada ahli lain dalam sekolah dan komuniti mereka. Pengarah Bahagian Pengurusan Lembangan Sungai dan Zon Pesisir, Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran Malaysia (JPS), Datuk Ir Lim Chow Hock berkata, fasa pertama Rolpop bertujuan mengurangkan pencemaran dan…
Volunteers help to keep Sungai Way clean
A company’s community service efforts have helped bring a river back to life. FIRST there was a river, and it was filthy beyond belief. Nothing could live in it except for blood worms, which were indicators that something was not right with the health of the river. The stench from the water was so bad…
Public urged to refrain from throwing rubbish into drains and rivers
KUALA LUMPUR: Even with a RM828mil allocation this year for flood mitigation projects, local authorities are fighting against time to clear clogged drains and prevent flash floods during the current rainy season. However, there is a better, cheaper and more obvious solution stop people from throwing rubbish wantonly. According to Drainage and Irrigation Department’s senior director…
River is not just a source of water
This is the final article in a four-part weekly series on river management sponsored by GAB Foundation, organiser of the recent National River Forum at Putrajaya. This week, we talk to Assoc Prof Eva G Abal, Director of Water Initiative, University of Queensland, Australia. Can you tell us a bit more about the waterways of…
Tilting the balance in favour of rivers
In conjunction with World Rivers Day on Sept 30, GAB Foundation organised the National River Forum in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), and NGO, Global Environment Centre (GEC). To capture the essence of the discussions, the Foundation has provided four articles featuring local and international…
Klang Valley, Johor river polluters to be identified
THE Department of Environment (DOE) is to map all polluted rivers in the Klang Valley and Johor. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas said DOE would identify the sources of pollution. “Once the mapping is completed, we will be able to identify the most polluted rivers and why it is so,”…
Pollution mapping to complete by year-end
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 6 (Bernama) – The pollution-mapping project to identify the sources of river pollution in the country is expected to be completed by the end of this year, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas said today. He said the Department of Environment (DOE) was conducting the pollution-mapping for rivers,…