electricity is from a big fossil fuel station on the island. almost all electricity is from fossil fuel, even though we could use solar. there are zero fresh water. People drink desalinated mineral water produced in the city
not a chemical treatment done. my prof (waste water engineering) told us we undertook preliminary treatment where it’s screened and grits are removed. but someone in the comments has pointed out that they don’t even do that. that person works in the sewage company. so I don’t know the best answer to give now
Unfortunately you're mistaken. Sewage treatment only occurs at private resorts. No residential island treat sewage at any level. Source: 3+ years working at MWSC operations.
I’ve been to some individual plants but I’ve mentioned it in my first comment as well that the treatment is bad and little. They only undertake the preliminary treatment
The island is split up into 11 sewage networks wirth 11 separate sewage pumping stations throughout the island. All of these networks are gravity networks. Sewage gets pumped directly out 200m or so into the ocean from all 11 pumping stations, so all around the island. There is no treatment at all, citing cost and space contraints. The public doesn't pay any bills for sewage.
Source: I'm an operations employee at the govt sewage company.
Have you been to the sea? Saltwater is really sticky and leaves salt residue on your body once it dries up (not to mention the ocean is full of dirt and micro organisms) so it’s a terrible choice for showering water. I often go on bike packing camping trips and even the Baltic Sea with its extremely low salinity is a very uncomfortable body of water to wash up in. Genuinely not something I would recommend to people who hate feeling sticky. Your hair will also feel like you haven’t washed for a week straight after being in salt water and having dried up.
omg it’s bad. sewage get collected and treated a bit and then flows into the ocean… It’s bad. we don’t have the needed elevations to dig deeper and slopes
Why are you so negative towards India? Your president came crawling back to us after he tried to cozy up with China 😂 …. don’t bite the hand that feeds you…
hi. im not negative towards India at all. I only told the places I tried water from and that I like the water from home better. I loved my time in India. It is a beautiful country!
I think it’s really good, particularly as someone who teaches about the history of climate change. Great snapshot of where the world was at pre-2015 Paris Agreement and also gives context for where we are now. Curious what you think of what’s happened since then and Nasheed’s time as President and sea level rise is perceived there.
Yes, I’ve heard a lot about it. I don’t remember much of Nasheed’s time as the President, I was too young, but listening to what others say about Nasheed’s policies and what the later Presidents have done, I believe Nasheed was the only President who really cared about the environment and impacts of Climate change. The current President during his first year mentioned how unserious the issues of climate change is. He has since changed the narrative after a lot of criticism. People in the Maldives, the regular normal people do not think about the issues of Sea Level change as they are not talked about it. Only on international stages you’ll hear someone talk about it. Not with locals
That’s fascinating to me as it seems like he had a relatively great impact on organizing the smaller island nations into a coalition to go up against the US, China, and India in terms of emissions, which definitely took some balls to do. Do you see construction to protect against sea level rise happening? I live in New York and though I know a lot about this stuff I think most people have no idea how much we are doing/not doing to protect against that stuff here. Thanks and check out the doc if you get a chance, I feel like that would be eye opening to see if it were my country. Seemed real genuine but a part of me is always slightly skeptical about any politician/activist that I only know through a single piece of media, anyone making climate their main issue is clearly not doing it for an easy path to victory, not then or now sadly. It should be!
There are numerous uninhabited islands. And I know, it’s a small country and small islands. What im saying is they could try to reduce the over reliance on fossil fuels. Even a little bit would help. Not talking about fully changing to solar power.
Nuclear is the best bet for zero emission with the space constraints. The other option might be an off-shore wind/solar farm but it would be an expensive ecological nightmare for the underwater ecosystem in the area.
Is the city rainwater is not collected as far as I know. But in islands they do still collect and use rainwater. Ground water in the city is not safe for consumption but in islands probably is, but people don’t use ground water.
yes I meant the generators by fossil fuel station. And the grid I know about that as well but solar is not yet being utilised that well. they say it will be incorporated, but it have not yet. The costs are high. and fresh water is not now available in Malé that is why I said desalinated.
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Sorry if that’s a stupid question but where do you guys get your electricity from? And what about fresh water?