576
S. Y. Teh and H. L. Koh
Fig. 4 Surface DO
measured at Tasik Harapan
a at one site between 4 and 5
December 2004 and b at
three sites between 21 and 22
December 2010
from outside the campus. A flowing river is a living river; a stagnant lake is a dead
lake. To maintain mass balance of water in the lake, additional water sources need to
be identified, while the water in the lake needs to be removed regularly. The removed
lake water can be used for watering non-food plants in the campus. Rainwater should
be harvested and stored within the campus to provide additional sources of water to
be added to TH on a continuous basis. This idea of harnessing rainwater has been
actively promoted and used in various countries (Han et al. 2004; Furumai 2008;
Thomas et al. 2014) but its implementation in Malaysia is limited due to various
challenges in environmental, policy, economic, social and technical aspects (Lee
et al. 2016). Appointed as a Regional Center of Expertise (RCE) by the UNESCO
under the program of Decade of Education in Sustainable Development, USM has
the aspiration to provide leadership example in this area of sustainable utilization of
water. This case study may then be extended to the state of Penang and other states
in Malaysia to promote and practice sustainable development as a living example.
S. Y. Teh and H. L. Koh
Fig. 4 Surface DO
measured at Tasik Harapan
a at one site between 4 and 5
December 2004 and b at
three sites between 21 and 22
December 2010
from outside the campus. A flowing river is a living river; a stagnant lake is a dead
lake. To maintain mass balance of water in the lake, additional water sources need to
be identified, while the water in the lake needs to be removed regularly. The removed
lake water can be used for watering non-food plants in the campus. Rainwater should
be harvested and stored within the campus to provide additional sources of water to
be added to TH on a continuous basis. This idea of harnessing rainwater has been
actively promoted and used in various countries (Han et al. 2004; Furumai 2008;
Thomas et al. 2014) but its implementation in Malaysia is limited due to various
challenges in environmental, policy, economic, social and technical aspects (Lee
et al. 2016). Appointed as a Regional Center of Expertise (RCE) by the UNESCO
under the program of Decade of Education in Sustainable Development, USM has
the aspiration to provide leadership example in this area of sustainable utilization of
water. This case study may then be extended to the state of Penang and other states
in Malaysia to promote and practice sustainable development as a living example.