Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Newsworthy - Gabriel and World Water Day

Gabriel was featured in last week's Borneo Bulletin, when he was interviewed during the Beach Bunch's boat cruise tour in celebration of the World Water Day. 

Unfortunately some of his words might have been taken out of context, especially the last sentence (the sentence also does not make sense - pull trash out of UBD?). 

From the article

According to Gabriel Yong, Brunei River has on the down valley, a tidal inlet, where the water flows in hence creating a depositional environment, where sediments get stuck and deposited in the area. Therefore, it must always be taken care of.

He said that a lot of areas may be affected, especially in Kg Ayer, where the sediments get stuck under the water. This explains why there is a lot of trash gathered under Kg Ayer water. The pollution is not to be blamed solely on the residents of Kg Ayer alone, things always get stuck there, and all they can do is to manage the waste and pull it out if it got trapped, he added.

In fact, the Beach Bunch are planning to introduce some types of automated system in UBD, where, when trash comes in, it will be pulled out, Gabriel Yong said.

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