Bakas

Unit Bekalan Air & Kebersihan Alam Sekeliling (BAKAS)

we were brief by PKD of unit BAKAS about BAKAS. he made a presentation to give us a general view of how these unit run.

Objective:

1) improve health standard of citizen

2)decrease water borne disease

3)increase use of clean water

4)increase awareness of usage of clean water

Main activity run by BAKAS:

1)GFS( Gravity Feed System) 

2)STAH- system tadahan  air hujan( in Kelantan only)

3)SPAL-system pelupusan air limbah - sewerage drainage into earth

4)SPAP system pelupusan sisa pepejal- waste disposal system in rural area( in urban area- control by Majlis Perbandaran)

5) control and sampling of water innrural area

6)Iodine deficiency progromme- done in primary school, they test urine confirm.

7) Sanitation control of Tourism spot. for eg: Groupsol Resort, Camp PREK.

we also discuss on SPAL

-main function:draining of sewerage to earth. 

this is build this system in the area lack for efficient sewerage drainage system. this is fully subsidize by government, eligible  for income less than RM700.00. it's take 2 days to build. one sinki cost about RM600.00.but filter have change frequently ,so that it won't smells and cause infection.

-other than that we also well drilling.

1 well able to supply 4 houses. usually they will drill more than 50 feet deep, so that the surface earth water won't contaminate the water la. 1 well estimated cause RM5000.00.currently only 1 drilling machine in Kedah.

Excreta disposal were not much discuss.

we only told that in city or urban area is manage by Indah Water through septic tank. If is rural area- usually will use 'Gelung Cement'- and they cover and shift this well once is full.

after that we were bring to Jeniang Recreasi Centre to see the Gravity feeding System. Its able to supply 75 houses. The problem is there are leptospirosis cases the that damp. So the water have to cook before being drink or used.