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KUALA LUMPUR: Mudballs made of live micro-organisms will be released at the Zoo Negara lake to purify its water and restore aquatic life.
The 40,000 Effective Micro-organism (EM) mudballs will be released on March 22 in conjunction with World Water Day.
Yesterday, more than 250 Standard Chartered staff members and 20 visually-impaired people from the Malaysian Association for the Blind started making 14,000 mudballs, to add to the 26,000 that were made in December.
Release the mudballs: (From left) Malaysian Celebrities Go Green co-founder Baki Zainal, Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia chief information officer and Scope International Malaysia head Arif Siddiqui, Kurup and Zoo Negara Malaysia president and chairman Datuk Ismail Hutson officiating the lake restoration project at Zoo Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Saturday.Khairulnizam Abdul Rahman, a visually-impaired individual, said he felt good because he was able to contribute to the environment.
“This is my first time making such mudballs. And I am also having fun because I get to make new friends,” said the 24-year-old.
The event kickstarted the Zoo Negara lake restoration project, which is a joint effort by the National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia, the Natural Resources and Environ ment Ministry, Standard Chartered, Zoo Negara and Bioremeds, which provided the technological expertise for the EM mudballs.
Deputy Natural Resources and Environment Minister Tan Sri Joseph Kurup, in his speech when launching the project, said he was confident that the collaboration between the Govern ment and private sectors and civil society would spark new thoughts on water conservation techniques and yield success.
The EM technology was developed by Japan ese horticulturist Dr Teruo Higo.
EM is the natural occurring of live micro-organisms such as bacteria and yeasts, which are used to improve the quality of water, solve sanitary problems and improving the environment.
3) http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/8/21/north/4553758&sec=northEffective mud ball ‘treatment’
By TAN SIN CHOW
THE water within a 100m radius off the Gurney Drive coast in Penang is now less murky and smelly, thanks to the 200,000 effective microorganism (EM) mud balls which were thrown into the sea on Aug 8.
State Youth, Sports, Women, Family and Community Development Committee chairman Lydia Ong Kok Fooi said the mud balls had also helped to break down the sludge and reduce the growth of algae in the sea.
“Sludge has been significantly reduced as can be seen from the measurement tape placed by the state Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID). It has reduced by 10cm.
“The water is clearer now during low tide,” she told reporters after a site inspection on Wednesday.
The crowd throwing the mud balls into the sea off Gurney Drive.The EM mud balls were earlier thrown into the sea in a move to revive aquatic life and remove sludge. The massive bio-remedial campaign titled ‘A Million Apologies to Mother Earth’ was a statewide programme.
Ong hoped that the mud balls would help restore the seafront promenade which used to be a popular picnic spot for Penangites in the 70s.
Over the years, the beach has been covered with mud and sludge due to development and pollution.
Ong said the state government was planning to set up an EM mud ball research centre at each district to further educate the public on the importance of such a technology.
A participant empties a whole basket of mud balls into the sea.The EM technology uses naturally occurring microorganisms to purify water which in turn will revive aquatic life.
It is currently being used in more than 130 countries. EM technology is widely used to purify water and sewage, and improve recycled water.
