basin water blog

Bintulu Sewerage System Bintulu Sewerage System is a Centralized Sewerage System, and it is the only town in Sarawak that uses this system. Now Kuching City is also constructing the same centralize system. However, Bintulu is facing problems in managing the system. As reported in the Borneo Post, March 26, 2010, Kidurang assemblyman has called on the authority to set up a "special task force" to manage the system. This is due to the overflowing manholes at many places. The overflowing sewerage is actually raw sewage coming straight from the toilets and bath rooms of the houses and shops. Many estates do not have septic tank anymore and the waste water are directly connect into the pipe system that carry the discharge into the oxidation pond. Kuching City Sewerage System Kuching city had been declared as "Bandaraya" since 1988, and furthermore to improve the environmental quality and the image of the city as a "Healthy City", and "Bandaraya Lestari&quo

The fishing port modelled after its counterpart in Skagen, Denmark, is situated on 35.1 hectares of land, and it has a 600 m wharf that run parallel to Rajang River.  The RM 332 million fisheries port alsp facilitates downstream activities that are expected to help Sarawak as a leading fisheries center of the region.  One of the state-of-the-art facilities is the 7,020 square metres cold room to store fish and the ice plant with 150 metric tonne daily capacity.  Conduit from the ice factory supply ice cubes directly to the vessel berthed at the jetty. There is also a 3,402 square metres fish marketing hall, and a separate 10,800 square metres building to process the fishes (Borneo Post, March 13, 2007).

There are several river basins that should be developed properly to manage the water resources in supporting the needs for Jakarta and its surrounding areas. From west to east the river basins are Cisedane, Ciliwung, Bekasi, and Citarum river basins. The 2007 Jakarta Flood This was happened in early February 2007 and the death toll was reported at about 57 with around 230,000 displaced. Kampung Melayu was one of the worst-hit area. Sofyan Wanandi, from the Indonesian Employers Association told the paper, as quoted by Borneo Post, said that losses at manufacturing firms in Jakarta could top 1 trillion rupiah or US $ 110.7 million. At one stage, 2000 relay station had been shut-up, and already back to normal since February 9. The flooded area was covering Jakarta, Tangerang, and Bekasi. Clean water supplied had been cut to about 500,000 people due to the flood which had inundated treatment plants. The flood was the worst that hit Jakarta since 2002, when 40 people were killed. Resc

The Ministry of National Development, Government of Singapore had denied claims that its land reclamation at Pulau Tekong contributed to the massive 2007 flood in Johor. There was no scientific basis to allege so. It was claimed by Johor Menteri Besar that reclamation had cause narrowing of the Johor River mouth and slowed discharged of excess rain water into the Johor Straits. (Borneo Post, February 2nd, 2007).

The main gate to the National Park Rawa Aopa Watumohai (RAW) is located at Roraya, Bombana District, about 120 km from Kendari, the capital city of southeast Sulawesi province. The 105,194 ha of RAW is consist of: Mangrove (bakau) ecosistem; Low mountain forest; and Swampy area The RAW is well known as the haitat for its deers (rusa), and anoa; however these animals are no longer easy to see in the wildlife, compare to their existance in the 1970s (Subhan SD, and Yamin Indas in Kompas, April 8, 2007). Besides those two animals, there are reptiles (such as crocodiles, phytons, green snakes, and black snakes), and various birds. Aopa swampy area is about 70,000 ha, where about 11,480 ha is belong to the national Park. In the dry season about 40,000 ha can be cultivated for short period agricultural products. RAW receives water from Lahumbuti and Konaweha rivers, and discharging its water to Pohara, Roraya, and Lnagkolawa rivers. As a common fenomena, this national park has been encro

Rajang River Regatta 2010 at Sibu City was held in March 13rd-14th, 2010.  At least 16 regatta boat races in March 13rd, and 11 powerboat races in March 14th were taken part in the festival.  The organizer had decided to make the regatta as an annual event, and will be associated with the Sibu city tourism activities (Borneo Post March 14,2010). The two days festival included a carnival with games stalls, fun, and trade.

Plan and Progress of Hydropower Development in Sarawak Five dams at Borneo are going to be bulid by Sarawak Energy Berhad up to the 2015 (in 5 years): Baleh (1400 MW), Technical Studies have been going on, and the next to be constructed after Murum dam (expected completion in 2013). Pelagus (410 MW) Baram (1200 MW) Limbang (245 MW), which consist of Limbang I 45 MW, and Limbang II 200MW. Lawas (100 MW) Other Dams to be constructed on the later stage are: Linau (290 MW); and Metjawah (300 MW) Handling over of Final Feasibility Study on Power Interconnection System Project between The Brunei Government and Sarawak Energy Berhad was carried out in February 18th, 2010. The hydropower will be deliver in stages: 100 MW by 2012, additional 50 MW by 2013, and yearly 50 MW increase afterward based on a "take - or - pay" model. Transmission line was expected to pass through Sungai Tujuh, Kuala Belait, Spark, Bukit Penggal and Katok, to link Miri and Brunei (40 km from Tud