RUANG PEMBERDAYAAN DAN EKSPLORASI POTENSI AIR DI WADUK TOMANG

Author(s):  
Yoga Gouwijaya ◽  
Petrus Rudi Kasimun

At the author’s self-authentication stage during the COVID-19 pandemic, looking at perspective of water in Jakarta that has been capitalized and controlled by the fresh water scarcity campaign. The perspective of water divided into fresh water and polluted water, that raises resident’s concerns about living in utilizing water. This makes the vital programs in large water reservoirs, such as Tomang Reservoir, that can be a place to properly empower the district, the integration between humans and water brings out the potential of this water. With the experimental architecture method and Bio-Integrated Design, spatial narrative in Tomang Reservoir presents space and visual that created by the water of Tomang Reservoir, and can provide benefits for humans and the environment, starts from the desire to save, accept, waiting, and start to realize moments, ideas, or new things to get to dwelling, so that the programs that formed can recover the environment and human’s survival. Not only to produce architectural buildings, but also non-architectural, and the result can be widely disseminated and trigger the enthusiasm for the residents in other places to process and utilize water. This project that redefining water can present a cultural element in responding to water between fresh water and polluted water, and the results can also be enjoyed by the wider community. This also answers the challenges of The Future of Dwelling itself. Keywords: Culture; Dwelling; Reimagining Water;  Water DimensionAbstrakPada tahap otentikasi diri penulis selama pandemi ‘Covid-19’, melihat gambaran gambaran tentang air di Jakarta yang telah di kapitalisasi dan dikendalikan oleh kampanye kelangkaan air bersih. Pandangan mengenai air terbagi menjadi air bersih dan air kotor memunculkan kekhawatiran masyarakat dalam berhuni dalam memanfaatkan air. Hal ini membuat adanya program vital pada tempat penampungan air besar seperti Waduk Tomang dapat menjadi wadah untuk memberdayakan kawasan dengan baik, integrasi antara manusia dan air memunculkan potensi dari air tersebut, Dengan metode arsitektur eksperimental yang didukung dengan Bio-Integrated Design, narasi spasialitas di Waduk Tomang menghadirkan ruang dan visual hasil cipta atau produk dari ‘air’ Waduk Tomang yang dapat memberikan keuntungan bagi manusia dan lingkungan. Dimulai dari keinginan menyelamatkan, menerima, menunggu dan memulai merealisasikan momen, ide, atau hal yang baru untuk menuju dwelling. Sehingga program yang terbentuk dapat memperbaiki lingkungan serta keberlangsungan hidup manusia. Tidak hanya menghasilkan banguna arsitektural tetapi juga produk air kreatif non-arsitektural, hasilnya dapat disebarkan secara luas dan memicu semangat masyarakat di tempat lain dalam mengolah dan memanfaatkan air. Sehingga dapat dikatakan dari proyek memaknai kembali air dapat menghadirkan unsur budaya dalam menanggapi air antara air bersih dan kotor yang hasilnya juga dapat dinikmati oleh masyarakat luas. Hal ini juga menjawab tantangan dari The Future of Dwelling itu sendiri.    

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 885
Author(s):  
Aida M. Díez ◽  
Helen E. Valencia ◽  
Maria Meledina ◽  
Joachim Mayer ◽  
Yury V. Kolen'ko

Considering water scarcity, photo-based processes have been presented as a depollution technique, which should be optimized in order to be applied in the future. For that, the addition of an active photocatalyst and the usage of solar radiation are mandatory steps. Thus, Fe3O4–SiO2–TiO2 was synthesized, and its performance was evaluated using simulated solar radiation and methylene blue as a model pollutant. Under optimal conditions, 86% degradation was attained in 1 h. These results were compared to recent published data, and the better performance can be attributed to both the operational conditions selection and the higher photocatalyst activity. Indeed, Fe3O4–SiO2–TiO2 was physico-chemically characterized with techniques such as XRD, N2 isotherms, spectrophotometry, FTIR, electrochemical assays and TEM.


2011 ◽  
Vol 347-353 ◽  
pp. 1902-1905
Author(s):  
Hua Li You

Water is the basis of natural resources and strategic economic resources.Deteriorated water environment of streams in Shenzhen city could have a great impact on ecological safety, people's health,and economic development.Based on the data of field observation and Remote sensing (RS) image,integrated analysis of the water degradation causes,and the changes of biochemical oxygen demand in five days(BOD5)concentration by mathematical model were carried out,which is on basis of percentage of waste water disposal,fresh water transformation,and harbor excavation, respectively.The results show that degradation causes of water quality were resulted from waste water discharge, harbor construction,and ecological environment damage, which could lead to slowly water exchange. Accordingly,the pollution can be easily to store in the bay,which result in water quality changes.The most important improved countermeasure is the control of waste water, which could be had a great effectiveness to decrease pollution.In addition, fresh water must be supplied after polluted water was cut off,which can be better improvement for water quality.This would be extreme improvement for hydrological dynamics due to 15m harbor excavation,which can significantly reduce BOD5 concentration.The innovation points of this paper is to mathematical model,which is based on the basis of qualitative analysis.


Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wu ◽  
Baona Ren ◽  
Haohong Pi ◽  
Xin Zhao ◽  
Miaomiao Hu ◽  
...  

Fresh water scarcity becomes a crisis to human survival and development. Atmospheric water capture with remarkable advantages such as energy-independence, low-cost, etc., has been supposed as a promising way to...


2021 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 2150012
Author(s):  
Sahar Farid Yousef

More than one-quarter of the world’s population lives in water-scarce areas, while most countries share at least one transboundary river. If water scarcity is this prevalent, should we expect riparian countries to fight over the water allocation of shared rivers? To answer this question, I develop a modified one-shot three-stage river-sharing game where countries can resort to force to solve their water allocation problem. Using backward induction, I solve for the probability of the downstream country initiating conflict against the upstream country and the likelihood of the latter responding with force to the former’s hostile actions. I test the model empirically using a set of all upstream–downstream riparian dyads with available data from AQUASTAT and the Correlates of War Project for the years 1960–2010. The main contribution of this paper is that it demonstrates how upstream and downstream riparian countries differ in their decision to use force against the other country when experiencing water scarcity. I find that water scarcity increases the likelihood of the downstream country initiating the conflict, but it has no effect on the upstream country’s likelihood of responding with force. If history is a predictor of the future, then the results imply that as more riparian countries become water-scarce, militarized conflicts between upstream and downstream countries are likely to increase, especially if there is heterogeneity in water availability between the riparian dyad.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven D. Culberson

Estuaries are places on the earth where rivers meet oceans. When rain and snowmelt drain off the land, the fresh water collects in streams and rivers and eventually makes its way to the ocean. At the same time, the ocean has tides that push salty water upstream into the rivers. This place, where rivers and oceans mix, is called an estuary. Estuaries contain many kinds of habitats that are home to plants and animals. Many people work and live in estuaries. In this article, I describe what makes estuaries interesting and important to plants, animals, and people. I also explain how these important areas are under threat from certain human activities.


Author(s):  
Man Djun Lee ◽  
Pui San Lee

This chapter gives an overview about reverse osmosis membrane desalination technology and process. Desalination process can be considered as one of the crucial processes in obtaining fresh water to meet the increasing fresh water demand throughout the world. Desalination process begins with the intake of seawater or brackish water. The intake system usually comprises a pump and piping system. Then, the seawater goes through pre-treatment process. From there, the treated seawater will go through desalination process. The most widely used desalination is membrane desalination utilizing reverse osmosis membrane. After desalination process, the fresh water will go through more filtration and a series of post-treatment. Post-treatment consists of conditioning and stabilizing the water for distribution. This chapter concludes with a case study to illustrate the operation and sustainability of a small-scale desalination plant that utilizes brackish city polluted water as source.


Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1605
Author(s):  
Chaoxing Sun ◽  
Xiong Zhou

The assessment of future climate changes on drought and water scarcity is extremely important for water resources management. A modeling system is developed to study the potential status of hydrological drought and water scarcity in the future, and this modeling system is applied to the Jinghe River Basin (JRB) of China. Driven by high-resolution climate projections from the Regional Climate Modeling System (RegCM), the Variable Infiltration Capacity model is employed to produce future streamflow projections (2020–2099) under two Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios. The copula-based method is applied to identify the correlation between drought variables (i.e., duration and severity), and to further quantify their joint risks. Based on a variety of hypothetical water use scenarios in the future, the water scarcity conditions including extreme cases are estimated through the Water Exploitation Index Plus (WEI+) indicator. The results indicate that the joint risks of drought variables at different return periods would decrease. In detail, the severity of future drought events would become less serious under different RCP scenarios when compared with that in the historical period. However, considering the increase in water consumption in the future, the water scarcity in JRB may not be alleviated in the future, and thus drought assessment alone may underestimate the severity of future water shortage. The results obtained from the modeling system can help policy makers to develop reasonable future water-saving planning schemes, as well as drought mitigation measures.


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