SUNGAI JURU IS OUT OF POLLUTED RIVER LIST

Waterway as seen from the library of Shibaura Institute of Technology (芝浦工業大学 Shibaura Kōgyō Daigaku), Tokyo, Japan


Whilst we welcome JPS Penang State Director Haji Hanapi Mohamad Noor ’s statement
(The Starmetro 6 November 2009) that Sungai Juru water quality has improved and Sungai Juru is out of the polluted list under the Environment Quality Report 2008 prepared by the Department of Environment, we feel that there are still rooms for improvements for Sungai Juru.

Although plans to revive the rivers are on track, we continue to urge to relevant authorities to take heed of the issues and problems highlighted in the Memorandum submitted to the Penang State Government by Friends of Sungai Juru last year as well as recommendations for improving sungai juru by Dr Edlic Sathiamurthy. There is a need to vigilantly monitoring the water quality of the river from any possible source of water pollution and preserving the eco system of the entire Sungai Juru basin area to ensure that the objective of improving the water quality to Class II status can be achieved by year 2015. Is it still possible or rather would it be too high an expectation if our waterways and rivers can look like the waterways beside ?




Waterway along Hibiya Park near the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan

Dipetik dari blog 'SungaiJuru.com' A conservation portal and resource centre on Juru River, Penang, Malaysia
http://www.sungaijuru.com/v2/

MOTOROLA GLOBAL SERVICE DAY-MAKING MUD BALL N GOTONG ROYONG

LATIHAN PEMANTAUAN KUALITI AIR SUNGAI – RIVER RANGER

Tarikh : 30 September 2009

Masa : 9.00 pagi – 1.00 petang

Tempat : Hutan Lipur,
Cherok To’ Kun,
Bukit Mertajam.

Kehadiran : 38 orang pelajar dan 4 orang guru dari SJK (C) Mah Hwa, Kg. Selamat, Seberang Perai Utara.
Jurulatih River Rangers 5 orang – MPSP (1), NGO (1) dan JPS PP (3) serta seorang Jurugambar dan 2 orang pemerhati dari JPS PP.
Objektif

 Untuk menambah kesedaran dan pengetahuan pelajar-pelajar dalam pengurusan sumber.
 Untuk menyediakan kemahiran hidup kepada pelajar untuk penggunaan dalam pengurusan alam sekitar tempatan.
 Bagi melatih pelajar-pelajar mengenai cara-cara menilai lembangan sungai mereka.
 Untuk memulakan tindakan/aktiviti air setempat/berpengkalan.
 Bagi membangunkan sebuah pengkalan data tentang sungai setempat oleh pihak sekolah.

Pencapaian

Pelajar-pelajar dan guru dapat memahami dan meningkatkan pengetahuan mereka mengenai kesedaran memelihara sumber air dan alam sekitar. Mereka yang terlibat juga menunjukan minat untuk mengadakan program lain yang juga berkaitan dengan sungai dan alam sekitar.

EM MUD BALLS CAMPAIGN AT WATERWAY NEAR TAMAN BUKIT MINYAK

A campaign of throwing EM Mud balls has been carried out at the polluted waterway near Taman Bukit Minyak on 27/8/09. The campaign was initiated by MPSP LA 21 working committee and led by Bukit Tengah State assemblyman YB Ong Chin Wen. A Total of 2,000 mud balls have been dropped into the polluted waterway. The waterway serves as a borrow pit which runs alongside with Juru River near the Sungai Juru recreational area.


View of the polluted waterway near Taman Bukit Minyak ( adjacent to Wah Lean tyre shop)



Throwing EM mud balls into the waterway ! The campaign received good support and participation from the tyre shop owner and its employees. We urge more factory owners to come forward to participate in this environment preservation campaign.

If you wish to support and participate in future campaign, please call Mr Chew Eng Seng of MPSP LA 21 working committee at 012 4779330.

Text taken by 'SungaiJuru.com' http://www.sungaijuru.com/v2/

Reviving Penang polluted rivers with EM Mud balls

EM Mud balls throwing session on 8th August 2009.

View of the ready mud balls

View of a tributary of Sungai Juru at the back of Juru Auto City.

Location map of Sungai Juru@ Auto City

The Juru Auto City has organised a EM Mud Ball-Making Contest on July 27.
Under the recent “A Million Apologies to Mother Earth” bio-remedial campaign launched by the Penang State Government, the state aimed to produce one million mudballs to clean up Penang’s rivers