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TITLE OF PROPOSED RESEARCH:
Tajuk penyelidikan yang dicadangkan :
Introduction and Evaluation of Easy-to-use Water Quality Checker to Tackle the Gap between
Environmental Regulation and UrbanRiver Eutrophication in Malaysia
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DETAILS OF RESEARCHER / MAKLUMAT PENYELIDIK
Name of Project Leader:
Nama Ketua Projek:
IC / Passport Number:
No. Kad Pengenalan/ Pasport:
Akira KIKUCHI
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TZ0737206
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Faculty /School/Centre/Unit (Please provide full address):
Fakulti /Jabatan /Pusat/Unit (Sila nyatakan alamat penuh):
Institute of Environmental and Water Resource Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Office Telephone No.:
No. Telefon Pejabat:
07-5531725
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E-mail Address:
Alamat e-mel:
akira@utm.my
Handphone No.:
No. Telefon Bimbit:
012-208-9233
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Date of first appointment with this University:
Tarikh mula berkhidmat dengan Universiti ini:
April 1st, 2010
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___ March 31st, 2013____
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Location of Research:
Tempat penyelidikan dijalankan:
Environmental Laboratory, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310
Skudai, Johor.
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Other Researchers:
Ahli-ahli penyelidik yang lain:
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Akira Kikuchi
TZ0737206
Faculty of Civil
Engineering
Ph.D
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Mohd. Ismid bin
Mohd. Said
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Faculty of Civil
Engineering
Ph.D
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Shamila binti Azman
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Research projects that have been completed or ongoing by researchers for the last three years. Please
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Venture
buisiness,
Hiroshima
university
Project leader
Title of Research
Tajuk penyelidikan
High performance Ion
chromatography
application in order to
open new analytical
laboratory and capacity
development of
international official
development aid (ODA)
project for environmental
monitoring
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Duration
Tempoh
12 month
Start Date
Tarikh mula
1st April,
2009
End Date
Tarikh tamat
31 March,
2010
Please furnish information on academic publications that has been published by the researchers for the
last five (5) years. (Example: Journals, Books, Chapters in books, etc)
Sila kemukakan maklumat berkaitan penerbitan akademik yang telah diterbitkan oleh penyelidik dalam tempoh
lima (5) tahun terakhir. (Contoh: Jurnal, buku, bab dalam buku, dll)
Title of publication
Tajuk penerbitan
Interpretation of Balanced
Act in Ecological Concept
Ecological Information
Science and its application
for ecological education
Significance of the Easy-touse Water Quality Checker
for Participative
Environmental monitoring
and Experience Based
Learning
Ecological Open System
management for Human
Impacted Ecosystem
Name of journals/books
Nama jurnal/buku
Indonesian National Conference on Green
Technology for Better Future, 20th
Norvember 2010, at Fakultas Sain dan
teknologi, University Islam Negeri (UIN)
Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang
International Conference on Global
Resource Conservation (ICGRC) 2010,
University of Bravijaya
Year published
Tahun diterbitkan
2010
2010
International Journal of Tropical Life
2010
Journal of International Development and
Cooperation
2009
Quantative Analysis of
Landscape Structure in HajiDam Watershed, Hiroshima
Prefecture.
High Resolution Stream
Network in Haji Dam
Watershed.
Application of Asia
Environment Simulator
(AES) to Environmental
Assessment in Haji River
Watershed.
Ion-exclusion/cationexchange chromatography for
water quality monitoring of
river waters
Process of Phyllostachys
pubescens culm invasion at
expansion front.
Natural History of Nishi-Chugoku
Mountains
2008
Journal of International Development and
Cooperation
2007
Journal of International Development and
Cooperation
2007
Journal of Japan Industrial Water
Association
2007
Hikobia
2006
Plant species response against
Journal of International Development and
mowing in southwestern
Cooperation
Japan.
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2006
Executive Summary of Research Proposal (maximum 300 words)
(Please include the background of research, literature reviews, objectives, research methodology and
expected outcomes from the research project)
What kind of approach and tool can solve the gap between environmental policy and real urban river
problem? The reason we have carried out this research question is that urban river pollution is still
serious problem in Malaysia. Thereby, the eutrophication of urban river water is generally an
anthropogenic inconvenient consequence of local people’s life and economic. Accordingly, we have
addressed research objective to investigate a new concept “Strategic Environmental Participation” in
relation to the immediate onsite water quality monitoring. Besides, we have assumed that a Japanese
product Pack Test has potential to generate the citizen scientists. Skill transfer of the immediate onsite
water quality monitoring will be performed in this research, where 1) credibility of the method, 2)
applicability for Malaysian environment and user will be investigated. In relation to this tool, education
material also investigated, such as for 3) general water quality behavior interpretation, 4) educational
material investigation, and 5) teacher training curriculum. Then, a new knowledge domain will exist
basing on real educational materials and curriculums. As a result, we will make recommendation based
on, a) new ability of an immediate onsite water quality checker, such as Pack Test. b) new ability of
environmental educational material and curriculum for teacher training for Pack Test. c) new social
ability to held environmental education, teacher training, and environmental awareness program by
Pack Test. These research outcome will have i) national policy level impact for “Strategic
Environmental Participation”, and specific application on ii) public participation (PP) for
environmental awareness program, ii) environmental education (EE), and iii) strategic environmental
assessment (SEA), respectively. Above all, the existed new knowledge domain, with immediate onsite
water quality monitoring method, immediately can take a new role as catalyst in Malaysian society to
empower social capacity for environmental management via generating potential citizen scientists.
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Detailed proposal of research project:
Cadangan maklumat penyelidikan secara terperinci:
(a) Research background including Hypothesis /Research Questions and Literature
Reviews.
Keterangan latar belakang penyelidikan termasuk kenyataan hipotesis /
persoalan penyelidikan dan kajian literatur.
Background
After more than 30 years of environmental impact assessment and related experiences in the world, it
has been cleared that science on its own, without a process of consideration and argument amongst a
wide range of stakeholders, cannot provide guidance on the ‘best’ options for a future action (Tippett et
al., 2007). Traditionally, technical experts have been main player and advisor to draw up and chose the
best option in environmental consultancy. However, currently this conventional sense is required to be
extended towards new paradigm. This is still shocking consequence for a lot of scientists.
It can be said that the timing is coming soon to link technical approaches to socio-political debates,
increasingly prominent via multiple negotiations that are at the core of decision-making process
(Gauthier et al. 2010). If so, to begin with, what is a way to generate public participation and public
communication? The solution is never easy, because there are many different type of social actor such
as publics, authorities, specialist, and etc, accordingly, different explanations are required for different
type of parsons (Huang & Xia 2001). Of course this discussion is rather a new concept in the world,
and it is same for Malaysian too, so that Malaysian can forgive to consider this problem? In reality,
Malaysian government has started to deal with this matter from 9th Malaysian development plan.
However, the progress is still just early stage. In line with regarding, it is also a choice that we just
forgive this matter, however if this transformation is unsuccessful, then, even environmental impact
assessments have enhanced, so called implementation gap (IG) of environmental policy may
continuously appears one after another (Gauthier et al. 2010). In that case it will be difficult to
overcome the each problem by each social inner effort. Thereby the consequence is just conventional,
that each socio-environmental gap left generating environmental problem and sociological
inconvenience. For example, a lot of wise citizens are already noticing this problem about urban river
pollution in a daily sense, as people never seriously consider environmental problem until they lose
good water environment. Is it really impossible to tackle this problem before river environment is really
degraded?
As for water environmental problem, it is already noticed if the distance among environmental
information, water authority and public is far, the IG regrettably and easily be occurred in
environmental decision making process. It has been emphasized that strategic environmental
assessment is a challenge to overcome this matter (Gauthier et al. 2010). Has this movement always got
success to ignore IG? The answer is simple as it generally has been difficult or is still early challenging
process (Gauthier et al. 2010). However the inevitable approach is already recognized, that individuals,
groups and organizations decide to take an active role in making decisions (De Stefano 2010). On the
contrary, it is noticed that if stakeholders are not involved in the evaluation of water management
policy measures, the decisions taken can be controversial and generate public opposition, thus making
those decisions unfeasible (Mouratiadou & Moran 2007). At least, some sense is now becoming clear
that two way communications between environmental authority and public, i.e. common people, is
required to make better decision in environmental development and management.
If so, each public people is required to be wise player in environmental matters. Of course this
assumption is difficult in reality, however it explain the needs of environmental education for
sustainability (EES). EES has aim to develop a well-informed, responsible public who “has the
potential as an exemplary vehicle for what many believe all of education should consider its primary
function: furthering the development of higher-order skills – critical thinking, creative thinking,
integrative problem-solving thinking” (Disinger 1993). Here, to provide leaner-centered education
(Kikuchi et al. 2010, Schleicher 1989), especially on experimental base education is key issue towards
environmental context.
Research question and hypothesis
The importance of formative experience (Schleicher 1989) can be core to generate potential for public
participation (PP) and EES in order to generate both personal and social knowledge domain. Because,
school teaching has only limited influence to generate environmental behavior, on the contrary, once
youth that attitudes towards nature are established in childhood, that environmental behavior is more
determined by personal in their life (Schleicher 1989). Accordingly, experience-based education has
potential to make awaken the people’s self motivation, and indirectly generate environmental
awareness of public. Thereby, citizen scientist (Cooper et al. 2007) is a parson who awaken the
environmental awareness and has ability to consider environmental problem from own experience and
philosophy. In Malaysia, urban river pollution is generally still serious problem, and eutrophication of
urban river water is generally an anthropogenic inconvenient consequence of local people’s life and
economic. Accordingly, social capacity for environmental management needs to be empowered from
inside of their society, where wise citizen, namely citizen scientists will be important players. Besides,
we has research question as follow,
Research
question
What kind of methodology and approach can solve the gap between
environmental policy and real urban river problems?
According to the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000), new strategy to
overcome the IG is participative environmental monitoring, by particular method and tools that can
include rapid delivery of results on-site, low-cost, and capacity to acquire large number of observations
within a short time frame. According to our experience (Kikuchi et al. 2010, Faiz 2011), we agree their
vision and call such a method as immediate onsite water quality monitoring in this research. Thus, we
take notice on significant potential of Pack Test (Kyoritsu Chemical-Check Lab. Corporation, Japan;
e.g. Kikuchi et al. 2010). According to Kyoritsu Chemical-Check Cooperation, this tool is one of the
most simplify water quality checker for professional use. Pack Test is originally has been developed as
professional self-management tool for process management engineers of factory effluent and
environmental monitoring. Then the usages were extended for environmental education and others, and
it already common for environmental education and participative environmental work shop in Japan.
Pack Test has been applied for activities to investigate about daily familiar water environment by
workshop, school lectures, and other activities since 1980th in Japan. However, even this tool is one of
the most simple and professional water quality checker and good quality and cheep (RM3 for one time
test), the users are mostly restricted in Japan. Thus, this tool is now expected to be introduced in
Malaysia, Indonesia and other South-eastern Asian countries (Kikuchi et al. 2010). Our approach of
this research is to introduce new immediate onsite water quality monitoring method to overcome IG.
Then, we had research hypothesis, as follow,
Research
hypothesis
A Japanese immediate onsite water quality monitoring method has
potential to overcome the implementation gap generating the citizen
scientists.
(b) Objective (s) of the Research
Objektif Penyelidikan
This study embarks on the following objectives:
1) To investigate a new concept “Strategic Environmental Participation” from technical
approach.
2) To assess the credibility and applicability of Japanese immediate onsite water quality checker
for Malaysian environment and users.
3) To investigate and evaluate Japanese educational material and teacher training curriculum
based on immediate onsite water quality checker.
4) To make recommendation based on
 New ability of an immediate onsite water quality checker, such as Pack Test.
 New ability of environmental educational material and curriculum for teacher training for Pack
Test.
 New social ability to held environmental education, teacher training, and environmental
awareness program by Pack Test.
(i)The above objectives fulfills the following criteria (please tick at least one) :
Preliminary work on untested and novel ideas (Kajian awal ke atas idea baru dan belum diuji).
Ventures into emerging and potentially transformative research ideas (Meneroka idea penyelidikan baru
yang berpotensi ke arah penjanaan transformasi).
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Application of new expertise or new approaches to ”established” research topic( Aplikasi kepakaran baru
atau pendekatan baru kepada tajuk penyelidikan yang mapan)
Having severe urgency with regards to availability of, or access to data, facilities or specialised
equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar
unanticipated events .(Kajian yang berkaitan dengan penyediaan kemudahan atau peralatan masalah
yang mendesak dan amat diperlukan seperti bencana alam, antropogenik atau kejadian yang tidak
diduga)
Efforts of similar character likely to catalyse rapid and innovative advances (Kajian yang boleh
mencetuskan penemuan segera dan inovatif).
(ii) Explain the relevancy of your research objectives to the above criteria
A new knowledge domain, such as Strategic Environmental Participation, will be generated coin
side with actual technical approach and material by introduced immediate onsite water quality
checker. It clearly will aid public environmental awareness, public participation (PP) for environmental
matters, especially in a field of environmental education (EE) and strategic environmental assessment
(SEA).
(c) Methodology
1. Description of Methodology
1-1) Skill transfer from Japan to Malaysia
In order to assess the credibility and applicability of Japanese immediate onsite water quality checker
for Malaysian environment and users (objective 2), we choose six considerable parameters to
investigate about daily familiar water environment, such as NH4+, NO2-, NO3-, PO43-, COD, and total
hardness. Because, the water quality of these parameters for urban river are directly related to daily life
of the regional people’s life and significance for water environment quality.
Credibility test
At first, we will conduct credibility test of the Japanese immediate onsite method. Using variety
of environmental water in Johor, data from Pack Test and data from Malaysian standard method are
compared. Approximately 20 type water samples from different environment will be collected for this
experiment, e.g. urban river water, waste water, acidified lowland swamp water, brackish water, and
etc. Samples will be collected into plastic bottle, and then will be carried to laboratory without air
exposure at 5 degree Celsius. Before environmental water quality will be measured, standard solution
will be prepared from stock solution. Then, no diluted sample, 60%, 30%, 10% diluted samples by
deionized water are prepared, and then water quality will be measured by immediate onsite method by
conventional visual estimation and by portable spectrophotometer, respectively. On the other hand,
same samples will be analyzed by standard Method by HACH DR 5000. Besides, in order to check
credibility, recovery test will be performed to examine Pack Test. As for detection range, it will be
compared between detection range of immediate onsite water quality checker and Malaysian water
quality standard. Detection limit is also tested by standard solution and questioners. Our experiment is
the first credibility test and applicability test of Pack Test in Malaysia and other tropical countries.
Applicability test
Then applicability test will be conducted. A variety of environmental water, such as approximately
100 sites of environmental water will be analyzed by field survey by Pack Test in order to test the
applicability of this tool. Analysis will be triplicated and average data will be used. In the research both
visual observation and digital analysis by portable spectrophotometer will be performed, respectively.
In the field survey, as back data, DO, EC, pH, ORP, temperature will be measured by handy sensors.
As for COD, Japanese standard and Pack Test are basing on Mn method, but Malaysian standard is
basing on Cr methods, respectively, accordingly it need compare these for Malaysian environmental
water. It is generally said that the Cr method is approximately two times larger value than Mn method.
In addition, to change Cr method to Mn method is world trend now, as toxicity of Cr, so that we
compare Cr method and Mn method in standard method and Pack Test respectively, and make
suggestion to the environmental monitoring authority in Malaysia. Collected data is investigated for
each parameter first, then the whole data will be analyzed by multi parameter analysis, e.g. Principle
Correspondence Analysis.
1-2) Educational materials development
We investigate and evaluate Japanese educational material and teacher training curriculum basing on
immediate onsite water quality checker (objective 3). The immediate onsite water quality checker
has been taken important role in grassroots environmental monitoring and education in Japan since
1980th. Accordingly, a lot of good designed manuals, important and attractive educational materials are
already available. However, these are all written in Japanese. As an initial stage of the activity,
receiving the permission from the producer, we translate these materials from Japanese into English in
this research.
General water quality behavior
If local people or children give some easy question, such as, What is water pollution of a river? and
Why river water degraded?, it is sometimes difficult to answer immediately in relation to their feeling
of daily life. We are too much used to scientific technical term and chemical term, and data base. Thus.
It needs to prepare environmental information to child, university student, governmental authority, and
scientist, i.e. it is to prepare knowledge domain for each publics. Accordingly, at first, easy to
understand information that enables users to understand the natural creasing activity of a river. Thereby
user can understand transformation among NH4+ => NO2- => NO3- and behavior of PO43-, and these
consumption by plant and decomposition by bacteria in a river. Besides, effect of dissolved organic
material (COD) is explained as risk of low oxygen of water bodies and local biota. The concept and
architecture of created educational material is at highly research level. However actual material will be
mate targeting 12 years old child, and water authority. Then the material will be evaluated via
workshops, experiment base Scholl educations, teacher training courses for environmental awareness.
Educational material development
As for environmental educational material, we focus on these direction, as follows,
To know the real status of our familiar environment by self activity
To monitor water environment by experiment by Pack Test
To find something new
To consider environmental problem from integrated point of view and trying to find solution that
can be approachable from any individual in their daily life.
to make user realized the relationship between their life and water environment is the main concept.
For example, we make educational material to measure COD of orange juice or any kind of soupby
onsite immediate method and daily stuffs, such as straw and plastic bottle for mineral water. Participant
from child to adult can measure water quality of juice or soup in a workshop. Then they can estimate
the magnitude of environmental impact on river by food waste. Then, we can make participant
recognized the impact of food waste to the river, then discuss to improve it via our daily life or
development of infrastructure, such as sanitation system. As a solution, basing on such an educational
material, if people can rethink about daily attitude it is a great progress, e.g. if they start to wipe food
waste before dish is washed in a kitchen environmental impact for water will be decreased. We develop
several such a educational material in this research, and evaluate these.
Teacher training
After these educational materials will be prepared, teachers training program for Pack Test will be
performed, which was suggested from our research team (Faiz 2011). Because it was pointed out that
there were needs of teacher training in order to usage of Pack Test. This problem status is different
from Japanese situation; it may because such a easy-to-use water quality checker is new in Malaysia,
and water environmental education also still not so familiar. According to such needs, to establish
training chance in Malaysia will be new and good experience and it produce good example in other
south eastern Asian countries. Thereby, the curriculum for teachers training and recruitment of
participants will be successively designed in Johor area, and then these will be evaluated via workshop
and model training course.
1-3) Project sustainability and function of this research
We will make recommendation based on our research (objective 4).
When this research project will be finished at December 2012, as a consequence, these will be
established in Malaysia,
* New ability of an immediate onsite water quality checker, such as Pack Test.
* New technical material and curriculum for environmental education, and teacher training by Pack
Test.
* New social ability to held environmental education, teacher training, and environmental awareness
program by Pack Test.
Basing on these potential outcomes, our research can be addressed to contribute to new research field
such as “Strategic Environmental Participation” generating contribution on positive participation (PP)
for environmental awareness program, environmental education (EE) and strategic environmental
assessment (SEA), respectively (objective 1).
2. Flow Chart of Research Activities ( Please enclose in the Appendix)
Appendix 1.
3. Gantt Chart of Research Activities (Please enclose in the Appendix)
Appendix 2.
4. Milestones and Dates
Appendix 2.
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Expected Results/Benefit
1.Novel theories/New findings/Knowledge
A new knowledge domain of “Strategic Environmental Participation”.
Actual technical approach and tool to realize this new concept.
2. Research Publications
Three (3) impact factor journal publications for objective 1), 2) and 3), respectively.
Three (3) domestic journal publications as case studies.
3. Specific or Potential Applications
 National policy level impact for Strategic Environmental Participation.
 New tool and educational materials, training curriculum to contribute public participation (PP) for
environmental awareness program, environmental education (EE) and strategic environmental
assessment (SEA), respectively
4. Number of PhD and Masters (by research) Students
Two (2) Ph.D student.
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ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL / KEMUDAHAN SEDIA ADA UNTUK KEGUNAAN BAGI
PENYELIDIKAN INI
Equipment
Peralatan
Location
Tempat
Faculty of civil engineering, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia
Refrigerator
Oven
Analytical weight
Glassware (Volumetric flasks, Beaker, and etc.)
Micro pipette and tip tubes, Spoon and glass stick
DO prove and other water quality sensors
Facility to measure BOD.
UV/Vis spectrophotometer (DR 5000)
E
BUDGET /BELANJAWAN
Please indicate your estimated budget for this research and details of expenditure according to the
guidelines attached.
Sila nyatakan anggaran bajet bagi cadangan penyelidikan ini dan berikan butir – butir perbelanjaan lengkap
dengan berpandukan kepada garis panduan yang dilampirkan.
Budget details
Butiran belanjawan
Amount requested by applicant
Jumlah yang dipohon
oleh pemohon
Year 1
Tahun 1
(RM)
E(i)
Year 2
Tahun 2
(RM)
Year 3
Tahun 3
(RM)
Total
Jumlah
(RM)
Please Indicate the overall Budget
Sila nyatakan bajet secara
keseluruhan
Vote 11000 Salary and wages
Upah dan Elaun
PhD. Student
(Muhammad Faiz bin
Abd Rahman, and
another student)
20,00RMx24M x1
=48,000
One PhD student under
Scholarship
Amount approved by VC/Dep.VC
(R&D)/Director of RMC
Jumlah yang diluluskan oleh Naib
Canselor/ TNC (P&I)/Pengarah RMC
24,000
24,000
Nil
48,000
E(ii)
Vote 21000 Travelling
and
Transportation/
.
Please specify
Sila nyatakan secara
lengkap
dengan
pecahannya sekali.
Conference (3 times;
national)
*Researcher, Research
assistant, and M student
Daily allowance+Travelling+
Lodging
= (RM220 + RM300 +
RM220) x 3 times
= RM2,760
Workshop (1 time, national)
and Seminar (1 time, Kuala
Lumpur)
Details:
* Researcher, Research
assistant, and M student
Daily allowance+Travelling+
Lodging
= (RM220 + RM300 +
RM220) x 1 time
= RM740
740
1,480
Nil
2,220
Nil
740
Nil
740
600
1,440
Nil
2,040
Nil
6,000
Sampling and data
collection (travelling to
sampling site): (2 times/
month)
Details:
*Researcher & 2 student
= RM60 x 2 times
x 17 months
= RM 1200
International conference in
Korea (1 persons, 1 time)
Details: International Water
Association, Busan, Korea.
16-21 Sep. 2012
*Researcher
Allowance+Travelling+
Lodging
= (RM2100 + RM2500
+ RM1400 )
= RM19,000
6,000
Budget details
Butiran belanjawan
Amount requested by applicant
Jumlah yang dipohon
oleh pemohon
Year 1
Tahun 1
(RM)
E(iii)
Year 3
Tahun 3
(RM)
Total
Jumlah
(RM)
Vote 24000 Rental
Sewaan
Please Indicate the overall Budget
Sila nyatakan bajet secara
keseluruhan
Please specify
Sila nyatakan secara
lengkap
dengan
pecahannya sekali.
E(iv)
Year 2
Tahun 2
(RM)
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
3000
5000
Nil
8,000
8,000
9,000
Nil
17,000
8,000
2,000
Nil
10,000
20,000
10,000
Nil
30,000
Books and research reports
2,000
2,000
Nil
4,000
Paper, stationary, printing,
other stuff for office work
4,000
5,000
Nil
9,000
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Vote 27000 Research Materials
Supplies
&
Please specify
-Chemical
reagents for wastewaters
parameter supply
reagents, such as COD,
BOD standard reagentsHACH testing kits for water
quality analysis.
Consumables (Disposable
materials such as
pipette tips, grass ware,
membrane, sampling bottle,
gloves, etc.)]Merck/ Sigma
Microbiological kits
Water quality sensor
expendables (EC, pH, DO,
ORP)
Pack Test (NH4+, NO2-, NO3, PO43-, COD) 1000 test kit
for each. RM6000x5 =
RM30,000
E(v)
Amount approved by VC/Dep.VC
(R&D)/Director of RMC
Jumlah yang diluluskan oleh Naib
Canselor/ TNC (P&I)/Pengarah RMC
Vote 28000 Maintenance and Minor
Repair Services
Please specify
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Jumlah yang dipohon
oleh pemohon
Year 1
Tahun 1
(RM)
E(vi)
Year 3
Tahun 3
(RM)
Total
Jumlah
(RM)
Vote 29000 Professional Services
Perkhidmatan Ikhtisas
Please specify
Sila nyatakan secara
lengkap
dengan
pecahannya sekali.
E(vii)
Year 2
Tahun 2
(RM)
Amount approved by VC/Dep.VC
(R&D)/Director of RMC
Jumlah yang diluluskan oleh Naib
Canselor/ TNC (P&I)/Pengarah RMC
Please Indicate the overall Budget
Sila nyatakan bajet secara
keseluruhan
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
7000RMx1 = RM 7,000
7,000
Nil
Nil
7,000
Computer for data
analysis
5,000
Nil
Nil
5,000
TOTAL AMOUNT
JUMLAH BESAR
82,340
66,660
Nil
149,000
Vote 35000 Accessories
and
Equipment
Aksesori dan Peralatan
Please specify
Sila nyatakan secara
lengkap
dengan
pecahannya sekali.
Portable
sprctrophotometer
F
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I hereby confess that:
Saya dengan ini mengaku bahawa:
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without prior notice if there is any inaccurate information given.
Semua maklumat yang diisi adalah benar, KPT dan IPT berhak menolak permohonan atau
membatalkan tawaran pada bila-bila masa sekiranya keterangan yang dikemukakan adalah tidak benar.
√
2. Application of this exploratory research is presented for the Exploratory Research Grant
Scheme (ERGS).
Permohonan projek penyelidikan ini dikemukakan untuk memohon peruntukan di bawah Geran
Penyelidikan Eksploratoil IPT.
3. Application of this research grant is also presented for the other reasearch grant/s (grant’s name
and total amount)
Permohonan projek penyelidikan ini juga dikemukakan untuk memohon peruntukan geran penyelidikan
dari (nama geran dan jumlah dana)____________________________________
Date :
Tarikh :
Mar 21, 2011
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Semua permohonan dianggap sulit. Keputusan Jawatankuasa Induk Skim Geran Penyelidikan Eksploratori KPT
adalah MUKTAMAD.
Appendix 1.
Introduction and Evaluation of Easy-to-use Water Quality Checker to Tackle the Gap
between Environmental Reguration and UrbanRiver Eutrophication in Malaysia
Question
What kind of methodology and approach can solve the gap
between environmental policy and real urban river problems?
Hypothesis
A Japanese imme diate onsite wate r quality monitoring method has
potential to overcome the implementation gap by generated citizen scientists.
Pack Test
Pack Test is one of the most simple professional use
water quality checker in the worl d.
To investigate a new concept “Strategic Environmental
Participation” in relation to immediate onsite water qualityObjective
monitoring.1
Research
Objective 2
Skill transfer from Japan to Malaysia
Credibility test of immediate onsite
method (Pack Test).
Applicability test for Malaysia.
Objective 3
Educational materials investigation
General water quality behavior interpretation.
Materials for experience based education.
Teacher training curriculum investigation.
Expected outcome (1 index and local journal publicat ion for each outcome, respectibely)
New ability of an immediate onsite water quality checker, such as Pack Test.
New technical material and curriculum for environmental education, and
teacher training by Pack Test.
New social ability to held environmental education, teacher training, and
environmental awareness program by Pack Test.
To make
specific or
potential
applications
Objective 4
National policy level impact for “Strategic Environmental Participation”.
New tool, educational materials, and training curriculum to contribute,
1) public participation (PP) for environmental awareness program
2) environmental education (EE)
3) strategic environmental assessment (SEA)
Appendix 2.
2011
Project Activities/Month
8
9 10 11 12
2012
1
2
3
4
5
6
2013
7
8
9 10 11 12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
General procedures
1 Review of literature
2 Credibility test of Pack Test
Applicability test (field work) and data
3 analysis
General water quality behavior
4 interpretation
5 Educational material investigation
Teacher training curriculum
6 investigation
8 Publication and Report writing
Milestones
M1 Compleating the credibility test
Compleate the educational material,
M2 teacher training curriculum preparation
M3 Compleate the applicability test
M4 Publication and Report writing
Mx: Planned mile stone.
M1
M2
M3
M4
Note. If Dr. Akira KIKUCHI will leaf from University Teknologi Malaysia, because of the expertly day of the contract on March 31, 2013, one of a
member of this research member will complete this research. However, if Dr. Akira KIKUCHI continue to work he complete this research.
Appendix 3.
LIST OF EQUIPTMENTS AND JUSTIFICATION (V35000)
EQUIPTMENT
Portable
spectrophotometerr
(RM7,000 x 1)
Computer for data
analysis
(RM 5,000 x 1)
JUSTIFICATION
In order to increase credibility of Pack Test, both visual
estimation and analysis by spectrophotometer will be
performed, respectively, in applicability test.
Accordingly, this equipment is inevitable to complete
this research.
Portable spectrophotometer will be used with data
processor. Plus, huge amount of data will be deal with
this research, all the data will managed by this PC in the
laboratory.
All these stuffs are selected from common quality choice, and estimated
as market price.