10.2190/KMHR-W9L7-PD7T-T1LX KMHRW9L7PD7TT1LX 6 Garbage Problems of a Water Settlement, Kampong Ayer, Brunei Darussalam 85 99 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 KMHRW9L7PD7TT1LX.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=KMHRW9L7PD7TT1LX 1 K. C. Goh Nanyang Technological University, Singapore The concentration of population in the traditional water settlement of Kampong Ayer, Brunei Darussalam, brings about its own unique problem of waste and garbage production and disposal. The lack of waste disposal facilities has meant that all of the wastes are discharged into the surrounding waters of the Brunei River. This article examines the output of garbage by households based on a sample survey and the environmental implications for river water quality. Though the river quality has not deteriorated greatly over the years, action must be taken soon to dispose of the garbage of the whole settlement in a proper way. M. C. Cleary, The Changing Socio-Economic Structure of Brunei's Kampong Ayer, <i>Proceedings Conference on "Geography in the ASEAN Region"</i>, Department of Geography, University of Brunei, pp. 375-396, 1990. Brunei Darussalam Census Report, 1981. Public Works Department, <i>Kampong Ayer Waste Management Study</i>, Brunei Darussalam, 1986. Public Works Department, <i>Sungai Brunei Water Quality and Pollution Study</i>, Final Report, Brunei Darussalam, 1987. Muhammad Jambul, <i>Rubbish Problems in Kampong Ayer</i> (In Malay), B. A. Academic Exercise, University of Brunei, Unpublished, 1989. K. C. Goh, <i>Patterns of Domestic Water Consumption on Penang Island</i>, Report submitted to Penang Water Authority, 60 pp., 1990. K. Maniatis, S. Vanhille, A. Martawijaya, A. Buekens, and W. Verstraete, Solid Waste Management in Indonesia: Status and Potential, <i>Resources and Conservation, 15</i>, pp. 277-289, 1987. D. J. Currie, Some Aspects of the Hydrology of the Brunei Estuary, <i>Brunei Museum Journal, 4</i>:3, pp. 199-239, 1979.