No shortcuts to clean water
I have been asked by many quarters, be it the laymen, media and even fellow academics regarding the state of river pollution in Malaysia and why isn’t something immediate being done about it. The most common question that is posed: why not develop a technology to treat the river water itself ? A...
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| description | I have been asked by many quarters, be it the laymen, media and even fellow academics regarding the state of river pollution in Malaysia and why isn’t something immediate being done about it.
The most common question that is posed: why not develop a technology to treat the river water itself ? A technology that will remove all pollutants from the water and make it crystal clear again ?
While this may seem to be a logical and straightforward course of action; it is not quite that simple. |
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| spelling | iium-400352018-06-19T06:05:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40035/ No shortcuts to clean water Zainudin, Zaki TC401 River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes I have been asked by many quarters, be it the laymen, media and even fellow academics regarding the state of river pollution in Malaysia and why isn’t something immediate being done about it. The most common question that is posed: why not develop a technology to treat the river water itself ? A technology that will remove all pollutants from the water and make it crystal clear again ? While this may seem to be a logical and straightforward course of action; it is not quite that simple. The Star Newspaper 2014-07-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40035/1/NoShortcuts4.png Zainudin, Zaki (2014) No shortcuts to clean water. The Star. p. 36. http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Letters/2014/07/02/No-short-cuts-to-clean-water/ |
| spellingShingle | TC401 River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes Zainudin, Zaki No shortcuts to clean water |
| title | No shortcuts to clean water |
| title_full | No shortcuts to clean water |
| title_fullStr | No shortcuts to clean water |
| title_full_unstemmed | No shortcuts to clean water |
| title_short | No shortcuts to clean water |
| title_sort | no shortcuts to clean water |
| topic | TC401 River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/40035/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40035/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40035/1/NoShortcuts4.png |