Bintaro Lama Kampung movie about water treatment

This is a movie that I worked on for a very long time and I gave my best for it.

I really hope you will learn something about cleaning water that you haven't known.

Enjoy the movie!!

Why is fresh water scarce?

1. List the main reasons for water scarcity.
The main reasons are variations in climate, land degradation, population growth and water pollution.
2. What is a drought? What type of hardship do you think that a drought could cause if you were living in a village in a poor country such as Ethiopia?
A drought is a period of below average precipitation. This can vary in length. You could have no water, no food, you get sick, no hygiene and many people die.
3. How does land degradation effect the supply of fresh water?
It greatly reduce the ability of the soil to store water.
4. (a) What is El Nino?
El Nino is a periodical change (3-5 years) in the atmosphere and ocean of the pacific.
(b) Why does El Nino often cause drought in Australia?
El Nino brings high presume over most of Australia. The result is a prolonged and serious drought.
5. Observe the map showing the global effects of El Nino in 1982-83.
(a) What effect does El Nino have on the availability on fresh water?
Floods, heavy storms, rapid melting of snow and tidal waves affects the supply of fresh water because water becomes heavily polluted and little clean water is available. As a result could be fatal diceases such as cholera.
(b) Name the countries and describe the problems that arose from decreased rainfall caused by El Nino.
In the Philippines, China, Africa, Papua New Guinea and Australia El Nino caused drought and water scarcity: Bad Wheat export for Australia, lower rice harvest in the Phillippines, high air polution in Indonesia and reduced corn crop in sub-Saharan region.

Where the red fern grows

The book where the red fern grows is a book about a boy that wanted to have two hounds. But his family didn't have enoght money to buy those hounds. Billy (the boy) found a can and then he saved 2 jears long for the money that he needed to buy the hounds. When Billy took the money and went to town to pick up the hounds. Billy went hunting every night and they always cought coons.
His grandpa signed Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann ( the dogs)up to a hunting contest. first they had a beauty contest and then the hunting contesst. Billy and his dogs won both of the contests. He won two cups and a box with money inside. The family used this money to move to town. Unfortunatelly Billy's dogs died. At the graves of Billy's dogs grew a nice red fern.

Bintaro Lama Kampung

This week our class went to the Bintaro Lama Kampung. It was so different from the Water Treatment Plant. Actually the process was similar, just that it was not big but small.

The guide in the kampung first showed us a kind of school or something. The kids sat on the floor and learned about washing their hands and why it is so important.

In front of every house was a water barrel to wash the hands.

Then the guide showed us how to make the water drinkable. The people in the kampung can buy a pack that costs only 1,000Rp. That's not much at all it's only about 0.11$.

The pack has got Alum. As we already know from the water treatment plant, Alum makes the dirt clump together and the go to ground. They people in the kampung stir the water for 5 minutes and then they have a glass with a towel on top and they let the water flow on the towel and then into the glass. from there they first have to wait 20 minutes and then they can drink The guide also told us what to do if you are in the Sahara for instant and you have access to water but not clean water you can take a bottle, put in the water and then let it in the sun. After the water has stayed in the sun for a while, you can drink it. Isn't it cool?

They also showed us two other ways of getting access to clean water. One of them is to use Aqua Tabs ( tablets) and put them into the water that is clean, but not drinkable. they let the tablet dissolve in the water and then again they can drink it.
The second way is to use Air Rah Mad ( I think so I spelled it wrong) to make the water drinkable. Depending on the amount of water you put some of the liquid into the water and the water gets drinkable again.

I just thought the kampung was a very good place to see the live of the people in these kampungs that are located in Jakarta. They use the water very wisely, because they don't have that much of this clean water. Oh I almost forgot. On the end of the trip, when we just were about to leave, we all sang a song about hand washing together with the kampung people. It was a good, but hot trip.

How much fresh water is there

1. What percentage of the world's supply of water is fresh water?
Only 2.5 percent of our water is fresh water.
2. Where is the world's supply of fresh water found?
Supply of fresh water is found in ice, ground soil, atmosphere, rivers and lakes.
3. Even though the supply of fresh water is abundant it is still a problem. Why?
Fresh water supply is a problem because water and people are unevenly distributed.
4. Observe the map of world average annual precipitation (opposite).
(a) Describe the changes in rainfall that occur as you move from the southern
to the northern tip of Africa.
The rainfall rises from the southern tip of Africa to central Africa and than it sinks rapidly as you move to the northern tip. The highest rainfall is in central Africa, slightly less in the south while the northern part is very dry.
(b) Describe the changes in rainfall that occur as you move from the western
to the eastern tip of Australia along the Tropic of Capricorn.
More than a half of Australia along the Tropic of Capricorn is constantly dry. The rainfall rises than towards the east coast.
5. Observe the map above of water availability per person.
(a) Which parts of the world appear to have a large amount of water available
per person?
Northern parts of: Asia, north and south America and Australia appear to have large amount of water available per person.
(b) Which parts of the world appear to have a small amount of water per person?
The southern part of Asia, the northern part of Africa and Europe appear to have a small amount of water available per person.
6. Observe the diagram of water use.
(a) What are the main uses of water?
By far the main use of fresh water is in agriculture.
(b) Which uses have increased the most over the last century?
The Industrial use of water increased almost thirty times over the last century. That is more than all other uses have increased.

Water Treatment Plant

Last Thursday we(our class) was on a field trip. In science and social studies we learned about water and now still are. We went to the field trip to see how they make the river water in Jakarta, that is very dirty, clean.

Step 1: They use a gate to capture the big garbage. They have to clean it every hour so it can capture the other garbage even better. When they wouldn't clean it at all then the garbage would just pile and the water cannot get through. That can cause flooding.
The reason why they do this is to stop the big garbage from coming to the water that they want to clean. I wonder how much garbage there is in that one hour.

Step 2: The water treatment plant oxygenates and adds minerals to the water. They do this to give the water oxygen. I am wondering why they do this.

Step 3: In this step they add alum. The dirt gathers together. I would like to know how the alum does that.

Step 4: Now they let the water sit for a while. The water sediments. That means that the clumps of dirt fall to the ground of the water.

Step 5: There is a layer of sand that is 1meter high. It filters the water even more. I was wondering how often they wash the filter.

Home

This is is my cat Maxi, she looks soooo cute. I think she feels comfortable with these stuffed animals. Maxi has a sister that she lives with. Her sisters name is Felix. Felix is a bit older than Maxi and they both are five years old. Our friends had these cats before and after they had them three years they had to leave Jakarta and we took the cats. I am sooo glad that I finally have a picture of Maxis face. It's hard to take a picture of both of the cats. It's because they move too much or don't look in the camera.

In Country Woods we have a model of the Residence. This is a part of it. I guess almost everybody who has ever been to Country Woods knows the leisure pool with the slide that out of order. Well this is the model of it. I like those kind of models because they are in 3D and look so real. I call this statue a Green haired man because of his green hair that he has only in the rainy season. In the dry season his hair are dried out because his hair are maid out of grass. This is the slide that is out of order. When it would be in order then you would come out of the man's mouth. I think it's pretty disgusting to come out of a persons mouth and to me he looks like a person that is only stoned.





The yellow colored circle shows my house on the model. It feels weird to see my house in a very small way. Actually my house looks slightly different in real. I don't only mean that in real life it's bigger, but also that we did some renovation in the front and the model is an old one. That's why it looks that different.

Bike Tour in Bali

My family and I went for a bike tour in Bali. It was raining and we had to wear rain coats. The rain coats were big and not dry. It was hard to ride, but we managed.
I was cold and wet. When we were already half way my bike slipped into the mud and I was in the mud with my feet and hands. My shoes and feet were buried in the mud. I stood up a while later. It was hard, because the bike was on me. But I somehow did it. I just couldn't ride anymore when I was so tired and just walked, because it was easier. But not as easy as I thought it would be while I had muddy shoes.
It’s not nice to walk or ride with muddy shoes. I felt pain in my legs and never gave up walking. I was super tired of the weather and bike tour that still didn't come to an end. I was walking by the others with all my faith.
As we finished with the ride I first had to wash my shoes and feet before we ate lunch. We ate rice with sate. For that kind of food it tasted pretty good, but not as good as the food my mother cooks. There was a car that brought us home to the hotel.
As we came to the hotel we all had to take a shower, because we all were dirty. After taking a shower my brother and I read our own books. After I finally finished the whole book, I was so happy about it. I first took a very little nap and then went swimming in the pool we had right next our room. We could just open a small door and right in front of us was the pool. I couldn't swim, because I was so tired, but it was nice and refreshing in the pool. I went to bed earlier than usual.

This is my first movie and I hope you enjoy it.

As the picture shows, evaporation is the process where water molecules raise from water to the atmosphere forming clouds.

Precipitation is condensed moisture that falls to the ground as rain, sleet, snow, or freezing rain

Infiltration is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.