Source of Pollution in Our Rivers

Source of pollution ;

• Domestic Sewage
• Sewage Treatment Plant
• Domestic Sullage Water
• Sullage Water
• Wet Market
• Slaughter House
• Trade & Commercial Activities
• Industrial Activities
• Floatable Solid Waste

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A Poem About Water

Water , water ,

Everywhere , 

But have you wondered , 

Where it's from ?

We have taps , 

We have pipes , 

But all they do ,

Is supply our water .

It's so essential ,

For us to live , 

Yet , we go on ,

Not knowing its origins .

So listen close ,

And listen well ,

I will tell you , 

And you must remember , 

For our water 

comes from RIVERS !

# 97% of water for our consumption comes from RIVERS 

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Community Activities in River Monitoring Programme

One of the key factors that have led to the detrimental state of our rivers is the lack of community participation in river management . 

There are many ways we can do to protect our rivers . 

• Lake monitoring activities 
• Drain stencil
• Wetland cell construction
• Fish conservation
• Stream habitat creation 
• Biological monitoring
• Water quality monitoring
• Rubbish collection and rubbish trap maintenance
• Community water quality monitoring training
• River hydrology study

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Issues and effects of river pollution

Solid Waste

• Rubbish produced by residents, restaurants and other commercial shops and factories.

Wastewater pollution

• From residential drains, industrial effluent, agricultural farms, restaurants and workshops.

Channelisation

• Straightening of rivers into concrete channels. Increases risk of floods.

Encroachment into river reserve land

• Houses, factories and buildings built directly next to rivers. Reduces area of natural land and riparian vegetation around the river. Increases risk of flood.

[KEY MESSAGES]

Without clean river, we cannot have clean drinking water.
Drains are meant for rainwater ONLY.
The drains we have in our homes and along the roads all lead
directly to rivers/ lakes without any treatment.

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River Ranger Day 2011 !

On 14th November, River Ranger team took the initiative to make River Ranger Day to give awareness to students and teachers involved in the importance of the river to us. We also do fun activities such as painting posters and so on.
~Picture can be seen in Snap Geleri

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SALAM AIDILADHA

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI RAYA AIDIL ADHA

Maaf Zahir Batin 

" Saat berderai jatuh titisan airmata suci Ibrahim, melihatkan keteguhan anaknya Ismail. Dikala itulah bermulanya sejarah agung ERTI SEBUAH PENGORBANAN"

Daripada ; Munshi River Ranger

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Our Experience During Field Trip :)

Location :Sungai Pinang 1(behind the Japanese school)
Date :19 October 2011
Time :8 am -12 noon


A total of 10 students went to the site. We study the nitrate content, phosphate, coliform (bacteria), turbidity (water clarity), temperature and pH of river water. Plants that grow along the river are herbaceous plants. Organisms that we found is grasshoppers, butterflies, birds, mosquitoes, ants and lizards.
Unusual objects found on the banks of the river is a cow skull.

In addition, we also interviewed two workers who were cleaning the Sungai Pinang river. According to them everyday they pick up the garbage at two large trash bins. They also found that unusual objects such as the bicycle, car exhaust, dead animals such as dogs and cats. Living organisms that they never saw the lizards and fish.
We were on our way home we stopped to Telemetric Station in Sungai Pinang nearby Rawana mosque. We interviewed Mr. Osman ,who worked there. He said there were a machine that can measure rainfall and water level measuring river. He said the water level in the alert level is 2.1 meters and is the danger level of 2.7 meters.Throughout his work there, the worst record was recorded in Sungai Pinang is 3 metres in the year 2008.

Location :Sungai Pinang 2(next to the stadium)
Date :24 October 2011
Time :8 am - 11 am


A total of 5 students accompanied by 2 teachers escort.
Five River Rangers went to the second location. We do the same activity as the first visit. We also examine the goods thrown into the river. Among the items found in the river is plastic, paper, bottles, cans, polystyrene, pads, tires, rubber hoses, shoes, raincoat, plates, cutlery steel, cups, drinking straws, disposable diaper, gifts wrapping, sweets wrapping, banana fibre, glass and plants.
We also interviewed the employee in charge of Information center of Sungai Pinang and he shows four small pieces of tortoise found in the Sungai Pinang. We also briefed on rainwater systems, food processing machinery to be used as fertilizer and animal feed and undertaken activities to beautify and clean up Sungai Pinang.
As we were there, we also have the opportunity to interview employees in the maintenance of the reservoir system iQPR. The system uses a water based on Taiwan technology for cleaning the Sungai Pinang.

Location :Botanical Garden
Date :31 October 2011
Time :8 am - 12 noon


We left the school at about 8:10 am after the weekly gathering.
We perform the same activities as on-site 1 and 2. While we want to conduct a study, Safiuddin has found a large frog. Iqram try to help, but they both failed to catch the frog. After that, our teacher down to the river and catch the frog. We measure the length of the frog (the frog's hind foot length is 21cm). This is the first time we found a huge toad. While on the way back to the car, we stopped at the office of the Malaysian Nature Society, we see a leech attached to the foot of one of the River Rangers. Our advisory teachers draw the leeches and blood out of the leech bite from the foot of River Rangers. According to our consultant teacher, when a leech bite victims, the liquid will be issued by the leech is to ensure that blood does not clot. Lessons learned from this incident is brought tobacco/salt to separate the leech of the victims. If there is no tobacco/salt can use the ashes.

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Field Trip To Botanical Garden

A frog swimming

A Huge Frog

Collecting water sample

Searching for kits

Collecting water sample for turbidity test

Result for phosphate test

Finding invertebrates

Collecting invertebrates

Discussing about the physical of the river

WARNING !

Cannon Ball Tree

Scientific name for Cannon Ball Tree

Large fruit that has the size and shape of a cannonball. A definite eye catcher, the cannonball fruits grow en masse from stalks surrounding the trunk of the large tree.

Description: A large tree, up to 50-75ft tall. Flowers (followed by fruit), grow directly from the trunk. Fruits are soft and very fleshy.
Hardiness: It will only grow in tropical zones and is very susceptible to frost.
Growing Environment: Provide lots of water and humidity for optimal growth.
Propagation: By seeds.
Uses: Fruits are edible and are occasionally eaten, but the smell of the white flesh discourages most people from trying them. On the other hand, the flowers have a wonderful smell and can be used to scent perfumes and cosmetics. The hard shells of the fruit are sometimes used as containers.
Native Range: Native to rainforest of the Guiana's in Northeastern South America.

Water lily imported from overseas

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Monitoring Result ! (31.10.2011)

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Field Trip

Kindly to inform that Field Trip on 27 Oct 2011 postpone to 31 Oct 2011

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Monitoring Result ! (24/10/2011)

 Report Card

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Interviewing People At The Surrounding Area

  Mazlan b Said (Sg.Pinang Cleaner)                                               Syed Jalaludin (Sg.Pinang Cleaner)

   The first people we interviewed are En.Mazlan n En.Syed . Their job are cleaning the Sg.Pinang . They said that everyday they will collect about two barrel of garbage at river beside Taman Abidin . The strangers thing they had found in the river such as a bicycle and dead dog . 

 Rahmah Bee 

 Rahmah said that on 1950 the water in the river are so clean and can be use for daily life like bathing and dishes. The also said that , nowadays the water are so dirty .

Osman 

Osman work at Stesen Telematrik at Sg,Pinang near Masjid Rawana . He works  as guard at the station . He also responsible for making sure that the machine work correctly . The machine measure the amount of rain and water level . Osman said that alert level is 2.1m and the danger level is 2.7m .Penang had record the worst water level which is 3m above on 2008 .

~The End~

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