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Record W4414620245 · doi:10.5539/jsd.v18n6p1

The Environmental Pollution of Lake Joao Paulo II and Impact on The Population Around Lake, Dili, Timor-Leste

2025· article· en· W4414620245 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Antero Freitas Branco

Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Sustainable Development · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPollutionPollutantPopulationEnvironmental pollutionSample (material)Environmental degradationEnvironmental changeEnvironmental dataQualitative analysis

Abstract

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Lake environmental pollution refers to a shift from normal to abnormal conditions in the environment, caused by various factors. This change is called a pollutant when the environment of the lake exceeds the tolerance limit of the existing ecosystem. Lake João Paulo II is one of the lakes whose condition has undergone changes in the water body due to the activities of the population around the lake. This study aims to investigate the environmental conditions of Lake João Paulo II, particularly regarding the activities of residents, and their impact on environmental pollution in freshwater lakes, saltwater lakes, and rivers. It also examines regulations regarding pollution and waste management, as well as the implications of environmental pollution. This qualitative descriptive method, according to Flyvbjerg (2011), while a detailed examination of a single instance of a phenomenon through a case study may not yield reliable information regarding the broader class, it can be beneficial during the initial phases of an investigation. This approach facilitates the generation of hypotheses that can subsequently be tested systematically with a larger sample of cases. Furthermore, it involves an in-depth analysis of an individual unit, such as a person or community, with an emphasis on developmental factors related to the environment. Sample analysis was conducted at the Laboratory. At the same time, the data analysis strategy uses qualitative analysis methods, descriptive and quantitative statistical methods to determine the level of problems and effect factors that cause an impact on the health of residents suffering from environmental pollution of Lake João Paulo II water. The results of this research show that several main factors trigger environmental pollution, with residents around Lake João Paulo II causing adverse health effects in the environment, where many people live on the edge of the lake. Following the analysis of secondary data on the Health Center of Comoro, the types of diseases that are generally suffered by residents around are infection via respiratory/IVR, allergies, diarrhea, malaria/dengue have increased in early 2019 and 2020, the number decreased in 2021 due to the prohibition on the limitation of activities. Still, it increased again in early 2022 and 2023. The turbidity level was found to be 71.2 NTU. The value is marginally elevated for standard measurements due to the index being slightly larger. The acidity/pH level of the sample was found to be 7.22. The pH value and salinity level, which has a value of 140 ‰, both exceed the normal standards. The elevated values of this index can be attributed to the presence of high salt content and the subsequent accumulation of salt elements. The value for the dissolved oxygen (DO) level is 0.0643 mg/L, which is marginally higher than the typical range for water content. For biochemical oxygen demand, the value is 41.22 mg/L, which is also elevated compared to the standard value. Furthermore, the turbidity level of domestic wastewater was found to be 104 NTU, which is indicative of dense and abnormal turbidity. The pH level of the substance under investigation was found to be 7, with an acidity index value that was marginally superior due to the negligible disparity in measurement. The salinity index is notably low, attributable to the presence of a minimal salt content. The DO index value is also found to be abnormal, a consequence of the quality of the wastewater, which contains solid elements. The BOD index value is 201. The observed value of 20 mg/L indicates an abnormality, as it exceeds the standard value. Consequently, these unstable test results have a significant impact on the quality of the lake water due to the presence of intervention elements from residents around the lake.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.148
Threshold uncertainty score0.295

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.006
GPT teacher head0.201
Teacher spread0.195 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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