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WWF Indonesia opens water laboratory in Bandung
I love science: The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesiaâs Payment for Water Services specialist Agus Haryanto (left) explains a procedure to test the acidity or alkalinity of water using a pH meter to students from private elementary school SD Yahya at a water education laboratory at Bumi Panda Learning House in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday
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I love science: The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesiaâs Payment for Water Services specialist Agus Haryanto (left) explains a procedure to test the acidity or alkalinity of water using a pH meter to students from private elementary school SD Yahya at a water education laboratory at Bumi Panda Learning House in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday. (thejakartapost.com/Arya Dipa) (WWF) Indonesiaâs Payment for Water Services specialist Agus Haryanto (left) explains a procedure to test the acidity or alkalinity of water using a pH meter to students from private elementary school SD Yahya at a water education laboratory at Bumi Panda Learning House in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday. (thejakartapost.com/Arya Dipa)
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span class="inline inline-center">I love science: The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia's Payment for Water Services specialist Agus Haryanto (left) explains a procedure to test the acidity or alkalinity of water using a pH meter to students from private elementary school SD Yahya at a water education laboratory at Bumi Panda Learning House in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday. (thejakartapost.com/Arya Dipa)
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia inaugurated a water education laboratory at Bumi Panda Learning House in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday, in line with celebrations for World Water Day.
WWF Indonesia marketing director Devy Suradji said the water-quality checking facility would be open to the public. The laboratory, she said, was fitted out with various equipment, including microscopes, litmus paper, lab coats and a device to test the acidity and alkalinity levels of water known as a pH meter.
'This facility is part of a water and river conservation program in Rimbang Baling, Riau,' said Devy, adding that the lab was realized via a partnership with the HSBC Water Programme.
Visitors can bring samples of water to the facility from their homes or other sources and perform tests to measure acidity and alkalinity levels, metal contamination levels and microbe levels.
'There are work sheets that can be used to test the water,' said WWF Indonesia's Payment for Water Services specialist Agus Haryanto.
To test for microbe levels, he said, visitors could put a water sample under a microscope and watch it on a screen. To test the acidity or alkalinity of water, they could use litmus paper. 'If it turns red, then the water's acidity level is quite strong or its pH is less than 7. If the water has a high alkalinity level, the paper will turn blue, showing a pH level of more than 7,' said Agus. (ebf)
