Bali Aquifers and Population increases....

Published on 29-06-2011 07:06 PM

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Does anyone have any information, or links, that discuss the levels of the ground water and the impact of development against the resource.

Sitting in Canggu looking at the 3Are plot population density coming in here, a population very used to using tons of water, I wonder how this island can support this development.

-AB in Berawa

PS: Currently India is over tapping their aquifers by 100million people. An interesting FYI. (in other words, to keep water levels steady, no more new people and 100 million have to leave)

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gilbert de jong - 01-07-2011, 09:43 PM

if singapore sees money in it..yes
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mariaandrobert - 05-07-2011, 03:03 AM

Maybe a few more natural reservoirs need to be kept clean and tapped or dams built. I'm no expert but it seems the mountains catch plenty of moisture and that it just needs better conservation management than running it all needlessly into the ocean. Curtailing the influx from Java may help too! Gray water re-use, smaller swimming holes and higher prices all help conservation too!
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mariaandrobert - 05-07-2011, 03:30 AM

Bali has significant rivers, high-country lakes, subak/irrigation canal infrastructure that can be better used for water distribution. High density populations surely provide enough wastewater to recycle as is being done more and more here in the U.S. (effluent to drinking conversion). The key is to get people to pee into a treatment plant rather than onto the sidewalk. That would solve more than one problem.

Understand water is a resource that naturely recycles itself. It never disappears though it may be easily re-located by mother nature.
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goldminer - 05-07-2011, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by mariaandrobert

Maybe a few more natural reservoirs need to be kept clean and tapped or dams built. I'm no expert but it seems the mountains catch plenty of moisture and that it just needs better conservation management than running it all needlessly into the ocean. Curtailing the influx from Java may help too! Gray water re-use, smaller swimming holes and higher prices all help conservation too!

Good point, we actualy discussed dams and reservoirs at the Bali Pod meeting. A good option but again, would need to be maitained by expats
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