Water Conservation Initiative: Greywater Recycling System

DEFINITION

Used water from your bathroom sinks, showers, tubs, and washing machines. It is not water that has come into contact with feces, either from the toilet or from washing diapers. It contain traces of dirt, food, grease, hair, and certain household cleaning products. It may look “dirty,” but it is a safe and even beneficial source of irrigation water in a yard. 

BENEFITS

Keep in mind that if greywater is released into rivers, lakes, or estuaries, its nutrients become pollutants, but to plants, they are valuable fertilizer. Aside from the obvious benefits of saving water (and money on your water bill), reusing your greywater keeps it out of the sewer or septic system, thereby reducing the chance that it will pollute local water bodies. 

THE SYSTEM

Basically, the grey water is collected through a piping system. Then, the collected water will be irrigated to the nearby yard to plant the trees through a pipe.

SCHOOL INITIATIVE

The greywater recycling system has been installed at the school canteen. The greywater used for cleaning raw materials are channeled to the plant outside through a long pipe.

Water Conservation Initiative: Rainwater Harvesting

DEFINITION

Accumulation and storage of rainwater for reuse. Rainwater collected from the roofs is considered as harvesting.

BENEFITS

• Collected for free.
• A sustainable source of water.
• Reduce dependence on mains water, hence reduce water bill.
• Can be used for watering plants and cleaning.

SCHOOL INITIATIVES

In order to conserve water and reducing water bills, this initiative provides an alternative source of water. In SDJ, we have two rainwater harvesting tanks.

Rainwater harvesting tank 1 at the toilet near the field

Second rainwater harvesting tank near the garden area at surau. Aiman Akim from 2P1 is using the rainwater to water the plant at the garden.

Grow well, little tree :)

So we hope this initiative could show a significant result in order to spread the awareness in water conservation. 

Save water, spread the awareness.

Second Water Audit

On 26 September 2016, the second water audit has been conducted by Dr. H20s in SDJ. The aim of the second audit is to identify if there's any reduction in water usage after few water conservation iniatiatives  took place in our school, whether it's physical or awareness.

So far, we have done:

• Sand water bottle trick for flush tank
• Installing water saving gadgets at canteen
• Installing the second rain water harvesting tank at surau
• Installing water recycle system at canteen
• Water conservation awareness campaign

Calculating the water usage at the school canteen. Based on our calculation in first water audit before we install the water saving gadjet, 1 L water is used per person to wash his hand. After the installation of the gadget, the average usage is reduced from 1 L to 0.4 L per use. What a result! 

So we do know that the water saving gadget is an effective way to significantly reduce our water consumption, hence our water bill. 

Apart from canteen, we also did water audit at several places like Science lab, field, toilet, garden and also surau. Most of the place showed a promising result. There is a reduction of water usage compared to the first water audit We can take it as result of the awareness already there inside the students' mind. 

We hope that this awareness can stay in our life and hopefully everyone can do their part to spread the awareness. Remember, even the smallest thing counts. 

All in all, the second water audit is a success. We had fun and we learn something. Thank you and see you again in the next activity.

Save water, spread the awareness!

Kompilasi Sajak Air oleh Jaafarian

Pertandingan mengarang sajak telah dijalankan di bawah program Konservasi Air. Berikut adalah antara hasil nukilan sajak-sajak terbaik yang dikarang oleh pelajar SDJ

Air Oh Air - Muhamad Nabil bin Lazam (4SNT)

Air oh air,

Kaulah sumber kehidupan abadi,

Sejak kecil kami menggunakan kau,

Engkau juga mendatangkan kebaikan dan keburukan.

Air air air,

Kau juga penawar penyakit,

Kami boleh hidup tanpa makanan,

Tetapi tidak tanpamu air.

Air oh air,

Bumi ini kian kekeringan,

Akibat kebodohan kami manusia,

Janganlah kita bazirkan air,

Kerana air sumber kehidupan

Air - Muhammad Ikmal (4SI2)

Air oh air,
Siapa yang tidak mengenalimu,
Kaulah sumber utama di alam semesta,

Sekiranya badanku kotor terkena najis.
Aku membersihkannya menggunakanmu.
Sekiranya aku kehausan,
Akanku basahi tekakku dengan titisanmu,

Air oh air,
Kaulah yang membawa kesenangan,
Namun kadang kau jua membawa kesusahan.

Ceramah Konservasi Air

Pada 7 September 2016, ceramah konservasi oleh Cik Radziah, wakil dari GEC telah dijalankan untuk memberikan pendedahan dan kesedaran tentang penggunaan dan penjimatan air. Kumpulan sasaran adalah semua pelajar Tingkatan 2, ahli kelab Geografi dan Alam Sekitar serta Dr. H20. Ceramah diadakan di Bilik APD SMK Dato Jaafar. 

Selain dari ceramah, sesi permainan dan perbincangan mengenai kepentingan memelihara air juga telah dijalankan. Semua pelajar memberikan kerjasama yang baik.

Permainan dam ular yang menarik. Pelajar diberikan soalan-soalan yang berkaitan dengan konservasi dan kepentingan air.

Sesi brain storming mengenai kepentingan usaha pemeliharaan  sumber air. Pelajar perlu menghasilkan peta minda mengenai tajuk yang diberikan,

Hasil kerja pelajar berkenaan pemeliharaan sumber air

Terima kasih diucapkan kepada wakil dari GEC atas usaha murni untuk mendidik generasi tentang kepentingan menjaga sumber-sumber alam semulajadi.

Trivia menarik dari ceramah:

• Tahukah anda negeri Johor mencatatkan penggunaan air yang paling tinggi berbanding negeri lain di Malaysia iaitu sebanyak 200000++ liter setahun?
• Singapura sedang dalam usaha untuk mengurangkan penggunaan air di negara mereka dan hampir mencapai sasaran. 

Jika penduduk Singapura boleh, mengapa tidak kita? Apakah langkah yang bijak untuk mengurangkan jumlah penggunaan air?

Kempen Konservasi Air Peringkat SMK Dato Jaafar

Pada 14 Ogos 2016, Dr. H20 SDJ dan Kelab Alam Sekitar dengan kerjasama Panitia Geografi Tingkatan 6 telah melancarkan Kempen Konservasi Air peringkat sekolah.

Antara objektif kempen ialah untuk meningkatkan kesedaran tentang penggunaan air yang bijak dan langkah-langkah penjimatan air.

Antara aktiviti yang dijalankan ialah pertandingan pengucapan awam, pertandingan mencipta sajak, deklamasi sajak oleh wakil Dr. H20, pertandingan melukis poster dan juga ceramah.

Pertandingan melukis poster 

Pertandingan pengucapan awam

Deklamasi sajak oleh wakil Dr. H20 bertajuk Air Oh Air

Johan pengucapan awam, Hilda Helena dengan ucapan yang bertajuk Water Poverty

Terima kasih diucapkan kepada semua pihak yang terlibat secara langsung dan juga tidak dalam menjayakan program ini. Diharapkan agar program ini dapat memberi kesedaran terhadap penggunaan air.

Water Conservation Initiative: Campaign

Our next project, water conservation campaign starting from 14 August 2016