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Exhibition and Talk at Earth Fest 2024 – Grow Community Market – Hin Bus Depot – 4th to 6th October 2024

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At the bustling community market situated in Hin Bus Depot, Water Watch Penang held a three-day exhibition and talk as a part of Earth Fest 2024. This event, filled with all sorts of sustainable vendors, was organized by Grow Community Market, and ran from the 4th to 6th of October 2024, 10 am to 6 pm every day for the duration of the event.

As usual, we laid out our chemical water quality test kits to teach kids about the various parameters that must be maintained within a safe level for the aquatic ecosystem and human use. Aside from that, Ms. Fatin Azahara had some simple games prepared for the children who visited the booth. Many visitors, children and adults alike, clamoured to view our macroinvertebrate samples under the microscope – a stonefly nymph and a caddisfly nymph – as well as a live specimen of a stonefly nymph captured just days before at the Penang Botanical Garden.

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The Salcon Smart Water Programme, a CSR initiative between Salcon Engineering Berhad and Water Watch Penang (WWP), took place at Taman Rimba Bukit Kerinchi on September 28, 2024. The programme was participated by a total of 38 students and 5 teachers from SMK Taman Ehsan in Kepong, along with Salcon Berhad’s representative, Mr. Chin Yaw Ying, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Executive and Aini Suhailah Binti Mukhtar, the Corporate Affairs Protégé.

In the first session, the participants were given an information about rivers, water and the national water issues, facilitated by Dr. Hong Chern Wern, the Executive Manager of WWP. Together with Education Officers Ms. Fatin Azahara and Ms. Nur Atiqah, supported by trained facilitators Mr. Yee Jean Chai, and Ms. Elsheena Joan, and assisted of interns Ms. Nurul Husna, Ms. Khor Ci Shan, and Ms. Nurul Fatin.

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Five Water Education and Awareness Programme in Schools in Bachok District, Kelantan – 8th to 12th September 2024

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From September 8 to 12, 2024, the Water Watch Penang successfully organized five Water Education and Awareness Programs at five schools in the Bachok District, Kelantan. These schools are participants in the Rainwater Harvesting System Project in the state.

The primary objective of these educational sessions was to raise students’ awareness of global, national, and state-level water issues, as well as the benefits of using rainwater as a clean secondary water source for daily use. During the program, the Water Watch Penang team demonstrated the operation of the installed rainwater harvesting systems at the schools and introduced the UV system that supplies clean, drinkable water.

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River and Water Education Programme for Prince of Wales Island International School (POWIIS) – Taman Jajar, Sungai Ara, 10th September 2024

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At the Taman Jajar, Sungai Ara on September 10, 2024, Prince of Wales Island International School (POWIIS) participated in a river and water education event that was successfully planned by Water Watch Penang (WWP).

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River and Water Education Programme for Penang Buddhist Association (PBA) Dharma Sunday School – 8th September, Penang Botanical Garden.

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On the 8th of September 2024, a programme on River and Water Education for the students of PBA Dharma Sunday School was conducted at the Penang Botanical Gardens. A total of 20 students and 6 teachers participated in this programme, which ran from 8:45 am to 12:00 pm. Mr. Yee Jean Chai, the WWP’s Lead Facilitator of the day, initiated the session by outlining the organization’s goals and the programme’s objectives. Subsequently, he provided an introduction to Penang’s water supply status and the functions of rivers.

The students were then guided in assessing the river water quality by the Lead Facilitator. Mr. Aiman, Ms. Fatin Azahara, Ms. Nur Atiqah and and Ms. Tew Yi Lin. were the facilitator assisted by Ms. Khor Ci Shan, Ms. Fatin Amira, and Ms. Nurul Husna, a trio of interns. A physical assessment took place later in the session, where students were guided, using instruments to measure temperature, turbidity, and river velocity, among other physical characteristics of the river water. After that, the students measured the pH, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, and dissolved oxygen (DO) levels of the river water using water quality testing kits. We got a short break after finished the chemical assessment.

Following the break, the facilitators led the biological assessment session. The students practiced catching macroinvertebrates that are typically found in clearer river water, such as flattened mayfly nymphs, dragonfly nymphs, caddisfly larvae, and stonefly nymphs. At the end of the programme, Mr. Yee Jean Chai explained the process of obtaining data from the river’s macroinvertebrates, which are important indicators for evaluating water quality.
For more information, please contact WWP Executive Manager, Dr. Hong Chern Wern, at hong.wwp@gmail.com or contact WWP at +6019-5751253.