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REPORT BASED CURRENT ISSUE: REPORT OF WATER ISSUE

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REPORT OF WATER ISSUE Water is vital in our lives. Without it, life does not exist as it is essential element in earth. What is water? Water is a clear colourless liquid the falls as rain, fills lake and river, and is necessary for life to exist Seawater, bathwater, rainwater is a freshwater are articular ty es of water. !"on#man $ictionary of %otem orary &n#lish, #. '(')* articular ty e of water saltwater,

+sian is facin# a serious water crisis. ,e#rettably most eo le doesn-t reali.e it they even turn it out of whack/ 0he environmental challen#e we face is quite sim le, there is a limit su ly of fresh water on earth and it has been consumed by more and more

eo le. +ccordin# to 1rofessor 0ommy 2oh, it was estimated that 344 of us which +sian don-t have the excess to save the drinkin# water. So, erha s eo le will be #oin# fi#htin# over water as tou#h as oil next decade? 5ased on library research and #rou discussion this re ort consists of6 a* 7reshwater sources and filtration technolo#y. b* ,ecycled water as an alternative of freshwater. c* 0he effects of drinkin# water !89, :;$+<+: 50 =>:+=&$ *

8ew filtration technolo#y sto s water #oin# down the drain and it hel s in makin# water safe for eo le around the world #et their drinkin# water in many ways. :uman bein# always strike to wells, streams, rivers and rain water for sources. 0hese are of course as the easiest methods for the mankind, but they are facin# with the terms of contamination. 8owadays, mostly su eo le in develo ment countries do a#rees that the ta water

lied to them is filtered and cleaned by their local #overnment or water authority.

:owever, it-s not uncommon in many ma?or cities to be lost at least @4 ercent or more of treated water throu#h leakin# munici al i es or ille#al i es, before it reaches most households. =oreover, technolo#ies are always develo in# new, better and less ex ensive ways of filterin# water. +nd these are also #oin# throu#h around the #lobe too, sedimentation, sand filtration, micro filtration, ultra filtration, nanoA filtration and reverse osmosis. 0his is what we call a membrane filtration rocess who comes in access to treated water for develo nations use. 7irstly, after the raw water is screened for bi# ob?ect, chemicals are added to make sus ended articles clum to#ether. 0hen, that water flows into a still basin where the coa#ulated sediment settles out. Water is then filtered throu#h sand or activated carbon filters. =eanwhile, in the disinfection hase, chemicals will be added , o.one #as would be used and the water will be ex osed to ultraviolet li#hts to take out any remainin# contaminants. !8>,+78;& +$;,+ 50 =+2:0+,*

 Sin#a ore-s #overnment is visionary and a##ressive in

ursuin# its water

mana#ement strate#ies, creatin# a very efficient business environment, says BeanA =icheal :erreyn, %&> of Ceolia Water Solutions D 0echnolo#ies. ! ,eader-s $i#est, 8ovember E44F* Sin#a ore is a #reat exam le to learn from facin# #rave water roblems.

5ecause of this roblem, this country-s leaders ut their wei#ht behind somethin# new, the soAcalled membrane technolo#y. 0his technolo#y can be used to urify not only already treated wastewater comin# from toilets and sinks but also salty seawater. =oreover, it uses s ecially en#ineered membranes throu#h im ure water is forced, im urities are taken out and the resultin# water comes out so clean, it-s ready to drink. ;n addition to usin# the technolo#y, Sin#a ore has allowed the country to be a testin# #round for com anies who have #ood ideas to try on a lar#e scale, when it comes to urifyin# water. 0oday, Sin#a ore brandin# the treated water as 8&Water. 8&Water meets 'G ercent of Sin#a ore-s water needs, which will increase to @4 ercent when the country-s fifth treatment inau#urated a desalination lant is ready in E4'4. :owever, in E44G, Sin#a ore lant, roducin# '@(,@F4 cubic metres of water a day,

o enin# what the #overnment labels its fourth ta H after im orted water. So, in conlusion, with an area of ?ust 344 square kilometers, Sin#a ore does not have much land to store water. 5ut, this in#enious solution will increase the catchments area.

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+s eo le are more aware of what they consume, drinkin# water from lastic bottles has become incredibly o ular. =any eo le are hesitant to drink water from their faucets after harmful minerals were found in some wells. "ike most health trends, humans have taken the fad to excess and it is havin# a ne#ative effect on the lanet and human bodies. :ere are a few hidden dan#ers you should be aware of as you consume water from lastic drinkin# bottles. 0hose who drink from bottles made with a harmful chemical com ound, 5is henol + !51+* 51+ has been found in lastic

drinkin# bottles are at hi#her risk for uterine fibroids !nonAcancerous #rowths*, breast cancer, decreased s erm count and rostate cancer. 0o take recautionary measures, the 9.S. #overnment has banned 51+ to be used in baby bottles and drinkin# bottles. 5ritish scientist $r. William Shotyk discovered antimony in bottles of mineral water. +natomy is harmful because it leaves eo le ill and de ressed. ;t is often found in

bottles made from olyethylene tere hthalate. 1lastic drinkin# bottles have a ne#ative im act on the environment. 0he World Wildlife 7ederation states that '.G million tons of lastic is used in bottlin# FJ billion liters of water each year. 0his rocess assists in the drainin# of the worldKs fossil fuels. ;nstead of buyin# so many bottles of water, they su##est you rinse and reuse the bottles. >ne investment to make would be a ta urifier. ;nstead of recyclin# bottles, eo le often throw the lastic bottles in the

#arba#e with the rest of the waste. 5ottles are fillin# the landfills, creatin# excess waste when they could be recycled.

1eo le should take note on the water crisis that we are facin# now. %ut on unnecessary activity that wastes the water. We should take Sin#a ore as a #reat exam le. ;t is difficult for them !Sin#a ore* to drink clean water strai#ht from the ta . 5ecause of inadequate water su lies they have to retreat the used water to drink. 0o lanned very well to avoid

overcome this, the construction in =alaysia must be

corru tion of the freshwater sources. 8ext, rethink of what you drinkin# of/ 0he bottled water is not as ure as the com any demanded. ;n addition bottlers wouldn-t let the consumers discover if their roducts are contaminated. 5ased on the re ort and some research, here are some su##estion on how to save water. a* +uthorities !Babatan 1en#airan dan Saliran* should reduce on water demand6 ut into ractice strict water restrictions. b* %reate an artificial reservoir from the sea. c* 1ractice on desalination d* ,etreat the water and reuse itL reversed osmosis water. e* =inimi.ed the amount of water used in the bathroom. f* ,euse the water you used to washed fruits, ve#etables etc on your house lants. ;n conclusion, we should consume less water and mana#e water su systematically. :ence lease a our fra#ile lanet. ly

ly those strate#ies we have recommended to save

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