Johor water supply
Why does Johor need to import treated water from Singapore?
Where are the new reservoirs found?
How will the building of the new reservoirs help Johor be more self-reliant in water supply?
Showing posts with label Water resource. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Water resource. Show all posts
Flooding in China
What caused the flood?
Where are the areas vulnerable to the flood?
What are the impacts of the flood?
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Flooding in Australia
What caused the flooding?
Where are the places affected by the flood?
How does the flood affect the people?
Flooding in Russia
Where are the places affected by the flood?
How does the flood affect the people?
Drought in Vietnam March 2024
What caused the drought?
Where are the areas affected?
How does this affect people?
Reducing water footprint
Sustainability Learning Lab and NIE Postgraduate Diploma in Education students showcase their commitment to sustainability and environmental education on World Water Day.
How can you reduce your water footprint?
Why is there a need to reduce water footprint?
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pRj2yYYv48oQH3dq/?mibextid=oFDknk
More than 2.2 billion people do not have access to clean and safe water. Watch the video on water crisis.
Creating water from air
Amazing innovation in creating water from air. Water is an essential resource and as mentioned in the article half of Kenya population suffer from water shortage and 10000 people died yearly because of water shortage.
How can water be created from air?
Why is creating water important in countries such as Kenya?
How will water availability affect people?
Do you agree that our dehumidifier has similar ability?
https://www.facebook.com/share/2t6eF2eBZJohHsNt/?mibextid=oFDknk
Increase in water prices Singapore
Singapore to raise water prices by 18% over two phases in 2024 and 2025.
How will this help to improve water security in Singapore?
What will be the impacts on households and businesses?
Water shortage in Koh Samui
What is Sustainable Tourism Development?
Libya floods
As many as 20,000 people may have died in the floods that had devastated northern Libya after dams burst during storms. The coastal city of Derna suffered the worst of the disaster. Many people were washed out to sea when the floods struck. Rescue teams have been digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the hope of finding survivors. At least 30,000 people are said to be homeless.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/libya-flood-survivor-missing-death-toll-storm-daniel-3770186
What caused the floods?
How could have flooding be mitigated?
What are the impacts of the floods?
What are the humanitarian help given?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/libya-flood-natural-disaster-human-climate-change-3796761
Adaptation vs mitigation
Although deaths from natural disasters have been decreasing on the whole as disaster management has improved, climate change is making it much harder by spurring events well outside of previous experiences. Mitigation measures may be expensive, but any costs involved will pale in comparison to doing nothing.
Water Pollution in Singapore
How is the high levels of heavy metals and boron in public sewers in Tuas detected between December 2021 and January 2022?
Who is responsible in regulating water pollution in Singapore?
How is water treated and recycled to produce NEWater?
Energy from water
What is water light?
Where was the technology developed?
Why is the development of renewable energy important?
How can this technology be adapted on a larger scale in Singapore?
Drinkable Tap water
Does the 2 maps show distinctive groups of countries in terms of development?
Does the map on the left (blue) shows DCs (Developed Countries) and the map on the right shows LDCs ( Less Developed Countries)?
What are the indicators of development?
Where are more developed countries found?
How does economic development affects the accessibility to food and level of health in a country?
Water crisis in Nepal
Where are the areas water is contaminated?
Who are affected by contaminated water?
How do the people get access to water in Nepal?
What are the impacts of drinking water that is not clean?
How can this problem be solved?
Why is it difficult to mitigate the issue?
Watch the video below to find out other factors contributing to lack of clean water in Nepal.
Singapore's fifth desalination plant
Singapore opens its fifth desalination plant, which is 5% more energy efficient, on 17 April 2022.
Where are the other 4 desalination plants located?
Why is there a need for more desalination plants?
What are the limitations getting more water from desalination?
Where is the new desalination plant located?
Why is there a need to increase water supply in Singapore?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using desalination to increase our water supply?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using desalination to increase our water supply?
Conflict over water resources
Where is Yuam river and the Bhumibol dam?
Who will be affected by the diversion of the water from Yuam river to Bhumibol dam?
What will be the impacts on the river ecosystem?
Why is water a important resource?
How will this lead to the conflicts?
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/3/386/htm
Water Crisis Mekong River
Watch the video on how dams activity and climate change threatened the livelihood of fishermen in Cambodia.
What is to be blamed for the decline in the water level in
Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, Tonle Sap in Cambodia?Station readings at the lake recorded a level of just 3.86m on 31 Aug, 2021 which is nearly 1m lower than in 2020 and about half the normal average at this time of the year.Upstream dams, constructed along the upper Mekong river in Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and China - where the river is known as Lancang - withholding water are a contributing factor to the lower levels of flow into the lake.
Data from the Mekong Dam Monitor, an online platform that tracks indicators in the Mekong basin, shows that more than 12 billion cubic metres of water have been held back by 45 upstream dams since early July.Climate change is also creating havoc with the timing and intensity of the monsoon season, further disrupting the natural behaviours of the lake system and decimating agriculture in Cambodia.What are the impacts of declining water level?
Environmental and Ecological impacts
Increase in storage, reduced rainfall volume and timing of the monsoon rains affecting the volume and timing of the reverse flows into the Tonle Sap.Increased fishing pressures, pollution, reduced sediment transport and barriers to fish migration, poses an existential threat to the Lower Mekong River ecosystems.
Social impacts Millions of people rely on the Tonle Sap lake for their livelihoods and survival. The situation has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.Fishing is no longer the viable income-earner it once was, with locals forced to move to urban areas for low-paying and notoriously difficult construction work.At the same time, migrant workers who normally do construction jobs in neighbouring Thailand have been forced to return to their local communities, only to find that the situation is desperate.Illegal fishing and the grabbing of land around flooded forest areas are compounding the problems.https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/tonle-sap-cambodia-mekong-low-water-level-dams-2161036
Water conflict in Thailand
Industrialisation in eastern Thailand, namely three provinces - Rayong, Chonburi and Chachoengsao has brought water conflict as the industry compete with farmers for the water resources.
Climate change has caused droughts in recent years which took a heavy toll on eastern Thailand’s water resources, adversely affecting local farmers. Flooding is a regular threat too to the farmers as saltwater flows into rivers and along the coastline is worsening.
Why does industry need water?
Why is water important for the farmers?
It is important that the water resources is shared among various stakeholders including new and existing industry, large and small agriculture, and cities and villages.
How can water conflict be resolved?
Water Conflicts Mekong River
Watch the following videos and reflect on the questions below.
Where does the Mekong river flow through?
Why does the water level in the river fluctuate?
Who are the ones affected?
How do the people adapt to the fluctuations in the water level?
What are the impacts of more dams built along the river in China and Laos?
Tibet Super Dam
A new dam is planned along the Yarlung Zangbo river in Tibet, China.
Who will be affected by the construction of the dam?
Where will the dam be constructed?
Why is there a concern on the building of dams along the river?
What are the benefits and problems brought by the construction of the dam?
How can this lead to conflict between China and India?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/china-plans-himalayan-tibet-super-dam-stoke-fears-india-14600280
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