The Lake - before
The Lake - now
A closer look at the lake now - filthyI received an email from a Journalist of StarMetro, stating that a resident from Villa Laman Tasik wrote an email to StarMetro complaining about the foul smell that emanates from the lake behind, claiming that there was a pile of waste there and therefore, the smell was unbearable at most times...
However, when the said Journalist went down the site on one morning, he noticed that there wasn’t anything really wrong with the lake. He claimed that the lake was actually beautiful, clean and clear, except for a small portion maybe at the water mouth that had plastic bags floating and some dead fish there...
Later, I replied his email, giving my views as follow:
When Kerayong river swells up during a heavy downpour, overflow water will be led into this lake through a canal, so that areas along Kerayong river will not be flooded. But due to that they had not built any trap to filter litters at the mouth of the canal, whatever rubbish will also flow into the lake too.
The likely consequences of this will be:-
- As time passes, the depth of the lake will be shallower due to the large amount of litters, soil and mud that pours into the lake.
- Litters create unsightly view of the lake and produces unpleasant smell.
- Toxic matters that flow into the lake causes contamination of the lake. This may be the cause of large amount of fishes that were found dead. Aquatic birds that feed on the poisoned fishes may also be in danger, thus it is very eco-unfriendly.
It is true that this lake always give out intolerable foul smell. The smell may be due to the decomposed rubbish or dead fishes.
However, when the said Journalist went down the site on one morning, he noticed that there wasn’t anything really wrong with the lake. He claimed that the lake was actually beautiful, clean and clear, except for a small portion maybe at the water mouth that had plastic bags floating and some dead fish there...
Later, I replied his email, giving my views as follow:
When Kerayong river swells up during a heavy downpour, overflow water will be led into this lake through a canal, so that areas along Kerayong river will not be flooded. But due to that they had not built any trap to filter litters at the mouth of the canal, whatever rubbish will also flow into the lake too.
The likely consequences of this will be:-
- As time passes, the depth of the lake will be shallower due to the large amount of litters, soil and mud that pours into the lake.
- Litters create unsightly view of the lake and produces unpleasant smell.
- Toxic matters that flow into the lake causes contamination of the lake. This may be the cause of large amount of fishes that were found dead. Aquatic birds that feed on the poisoned fishes may also be in danger, thus it is very eco-unfriendly.
It is true that this lake always give out intolerable foul smell. The smell may be due to the decomposed rubbish or dead fishes.
A common resident waterbird of the lake - Little Heron
A common visitor to the lake - Blue-tailed Bee eaterHopefully authorities concerned do something to return the beautiful lake to the residents of Bandar Sri Permaisuri, cause this had been a place where the residents gathered, jogged, exercised, practising Tai Chi, fishing, bird watching, photographing, watching fireworks displayed etc...
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Chanced upon your blog and bravo on the write-up on the Alumni Dinner 2007 with Master Chan Khin Seng. In fact, I just posted an article about him. Would like to know you and feel free to visit,
peterkhiew.blogspot.com
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