Water Pollution In Malaysia Article

Picture by mukhriz hazim.

Water pollution in malaysia article. The water treatment plants in sungai semenyih photo above and bukit tampoi have been kept closed today and will remain so until the odour pollution reading goes down to zero ton threshold odour. These are consequences of untreated or only partially treated sewage. Suhakam in a statement today proposed the move to avoid water source contamination in sungai. The indah water logo is pictured at the pantai 2 sewage treatment plant in kuala lumpur july 25 2019.

Putrajaya the star asia news network the water land and natural resources ministry is drafting a uniform and comprehensive water resource bill in a bid to clamp down on water pollution. The primary pollutants present in the water are biochemical oxygen demand ammoniacal nitrogen and suspended solids. Kuala lumpur malaysian authorities on saturday sept 5 remanded for six days four factory managers who are suspected of involvement in a water pollution case that caused water supply to be cut. As the who states according to malaysian environmental quality report 2010 the department of environment has recorded 20 348 water pollution point sources in 2010 comprising mainly sewage treatment plants 49 27 manufacturing industries 44 57 animal farms 3 70 and agro based industries 2 46 we can conclude that there are more point sources of water pollution as opposed to.

Kuala lumpur sept 6 the human rights commission of malaysia suhakam has called for more effective law enforcement including heavier penalties for offenders involved in water resources pollution. Water pollution can be caused by a plethora of different contaminants including toxic waste petroleum and disease causing microorganisms. Water pollution is the release of substances into bodies of water that makes water unsafe for human use and disrupts aquatic ecosystems. Kuala lumpur sept 20 indah water consortium sdn bhd iwk today said the incident of black coloured water found in sungai gong rawang was not due to effluent discharge from the rawang integrated industrial park sewage treatment plant gbk134 as reported.

Water quality in malaysia as well as access to water in general is a major problem.