ABSTRACT CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Research Background The water situation in the country is deteriorating and changing of the abundance of many over the past decade and the amount of water is decreasing. This is because population growth in Malaysia has increased the demand and pressure on water resources. Due to the excessive usage of water, human have faced the loss of treated water from the water supply system. The amount number of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) has been ignored by users, even regarded naturally occurring the rate water supply is never stopped and the tariff from SYABAS or LUAS is not costly. In future, the availability of water supply may not continue to cater the growth of population indefinitely. Migration of rural residents to cities has led to the increasing population in the city. For the rural population, consumer use water for crops, small-scale industrial and domestic. But for the city, the use of water is widespread compared to rural areas. Dam, reservoir, river and tank is hydraulic system structure that store the water for continues supply to all life on earth. In addition, the underground pipeline is used so that the water can be flow along the bottom of the street or highway. …show more content…
Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is defined as the difference between supplied water from water treatment plant and value or tariff that actually can be billed to the consumers. According to the standard International Water Association (IWA), NRW is a sum of real and apparent losses plus unbilled authorized consumption. According to the National Water Services Commission (SPAN), non-revenue water (NRW) in Malaysia accounted for 36.6% of all water pumped out of treatment plants in 2013, or about 5.69 billion litres a day. This NRW amount is higher than 2012 with difference 0.2 %, which result a
The North Dakota Access Pipeline is a topic of controversy because it is economically beneficial for the oil and energy industry, but environmentalists claim that the construction and presence of this access pipe is damaging to the surrounding environment
The problem of North Dakota Access Pipeline is that the digging of the pipeline under Lake Oahe would affect people who drink from the water. In addition, the North Dakota Access Pipeline was built on scared land. This is a violation of Native Americans culture. There is no respect for Native Americans as oppressors just want to profit from their land. Many
Because of the United States dependency on oil, having the pipeline would help fulfill its oil-hungry needs. In addition, it comes from an ally and neighbor, Canada, rather than more turbulent places like the Middle East. This will cause an increase in national security because we won’t be as dependent on OPEC if we have another way to get oil. One of the arguments that the people who want the pipeline is that it will decrease gasoline prices. However, that isn’t true.
The Dakota Access Pipeline is a line to carry oil from an oil-rich area in North Dakota to the final destination in Illinois. This pipeline goes directly through culturally important areas in the Sioux Indian Reservation. Many people have protested against the project, but the Army Corps of Engineers keep giving it the go-ahead (Ellis). The Dakota Access Pipeline is an issue that is negatively affecting Native Americans. This project
President Obama. After interviewing with aNebraska news reporter, President Obama addressed that adding the pipeline will accommodate Unites State economy and will produce thousands of jobs, but the health and safety of the American people comes first. No need to build the pipeline that will be a danger to American citizens. The Pipeline will go through the Ogallala aquifer, which supplies one forth of drinking water key sources in Nebraska and the Midwest. Nebraska residents also supports the president and they will choose their children’s safety over a few jobs added if it will harm their kids by drinking potentially hazardous water that would damage their
The powerful words, “We stand for our people, for our nation. We stand for our brothers and our sisters. We stand for water, for life”(Urban Native Era), are chanted by protesters as the fight against Energy Transfer and its construction of the Dakota access pipeline ensues. According to MSNBC, this $3.7 billion dollar project in the making is half completed and will run through four different states including, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and North Dakota. Essentially, the pipeline will be delivering 470,000 barrels of oil daily along the 1,100 mile stretch (NBC).
It would transport crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. The project developer, Dakota Access, says the pipeline would help the U.S. become less dependent on importing energy from precarious regions throughout the world. They also say a pipeline is the safest, most cost effective, and environmentally responsible way to transport crude oil. Although some view this pipeline as an asset, and something that would bring in millions of dollars along with thousands of jobs, many neglect to perceive the blatant racism involved in this act. The pipeline would be dug under the Missouri River, potentially affecting the Standing Rock Sioux Indians drinking water supply and seventeen million Americans.
The Dakota Access Pipeline is a underground oil pipeline. Part of the pipeline is on Native American territory. To get access to the pipeline, burial grounds of the Natives Americans would have to be annihilated, going against the tradition of Native American culture. In the article,”
We must take an alternative route to ensure that the indigenous tribes of our country stay sacred. Native people are non materialistic. They are rich in culture and morality. Native Americans use very little energy and are eco friendly. A pipeline would separate the Sioux tribe, potentially damage the casino industry, our source of entertainment and many tribes source of income.
According to Dean DePountis, “This pipeline is going through huge swaths of ancestral land. It would be like constructing a pipeline through Arlington Cemetery or under St. Patrick’s Cathedral.” People have been arrested for breaking down wire fences and trespassing into the pipeline construction sites, they were dispersed with dogs and pepper spray. It’s conflicts like this that give our government a bad name. Unfortunately, the resulting protests aren’t the only thing that makes this conflict a huge deal.
The pipeline stretches about 1,100 miles and is about 90 percent complete. At the uncompleted part of the pipe, protestors have been persistent in voicing their opinions on the matter. The main subject of the protest is the land itself; the land is a little ways away from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Presented in a public meeting about the Dakota Access Pipeline, information about soil contamination specific to the area provides proof of destructive pipelines from the past. The land where the unfinished pipeline is part of their ancestor’s homeland and the construction of the pipeline is controversial not only because of the land’s history but also because of previous pipeline spills that caused contamination in the land and soil in May 2015.
The Scheme collects and stores the water that would normally flow east to the coast and diverts it through trans-mountain tunnels and power stations. The water is then released into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for irrigation. Seventy per cent of all the workers were migrants. They came to Australia to work on the project, attracted by the relatively high wages.
water agencies can replace underground water storage by several methods, including the use of recharge ponds that allow water to infiltrate into the groundwater basin, or aquifer. recharge ponds are usually located close to rivers where coarse sands, scoured by stream flow, and shallow aquifers allow water to reach the basin quickly. First move to save Mojave 's water resources from getting drain is to control the over-usage of water and city building. Next is to restore water sources by Recharge Ponds, and also give people an awaness about how is the situation and what they can do to help.
But when concerns were raised about an oil spill, the pipeline was rerouted south to go under Lake Oahe right next to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. This caused major upheaval and led to protests due to Native American inhabitants stating it was would contaminate drinking water and damage sacred burial grounds. The US Army Corps of Engineers suspended the project last year. However, Donald Trump signed an executive order to advance the construction of the pipeline. The order stated that the pipeline will “serve the national interest”.
TAPS transports 17% of the United State’s domestic petroleum. If the pipeline were to stop, “A loss of that production would increase prices by at least 10 to 16 percent” (Balan). This is very important, as the majority of the American population is in constant need of these resources. A shift this dramatic in the economy would lead to outrage and possible changes in economic inflation. All in all, the Trans Alaska pipeline has provided for a great number of people and has not failed to let them down.