Indeks Kualiti Air (IKA) Sg. Selangor pasca pembinaan Empangan Sg. Selangor

A study of Sg. Selangor Water Quality Index (WQI) after the construction of Sg. Selangor Dam has been conducted in 2008. The results show that the overall WQI of Sg. Selangor may be categorized as Class III. However, the downstream part of Sg. Selangor could be categorized as Class IV. With concentr...

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Main Authors: Mokhtar Jaafar, Asmah Ahmad, Zaini Sakawi, Maimon Abdullah, Norela Sulaiman, Normukhnun Mokhtar
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Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2009
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spelling ukm-17552016-12-14T06:30:10Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1755/ Indeks Kualiti Air (IKA) Sg. Selangor pasca pembinaan Empangan Sg. Selangor Mokhtar Jaafar, Asmah Ahmad, Zaini Sakawi, Maimon Abdullah, Norela Sulaiman, Normukhnun Mokhtar, A study of Sg. Selangor Water Quality Index (WQI) after the construction of Sg. Selangor Dam has been conducted in 2008. The results show that the overall WQI of Sg. Selangor may be categorized as Class III. However, the downstream part of Sg. Selangor could be categorized as Class IV. With concentrations of BOD and NH4 being the highest reported among the WQI parameters, it can be concluded that Sg. Selangor is in need of an intensive treatment to stabilise its water quality. The degradation of the river water quality could be linked to recent changes in land use within the Sg. Selangor Basin, especially with regard to agricultural activities, urban development and housing schemes. A continuous monitoring process should be implemented to ensure that Sg. Selangor can sustain the various socio-economic activities happening on the downstream part of the river Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1755/1/Geografia_3_%2C1_%2868-75%29_%282009%29.pdf Mokhtar Jaafar, and Asmah Ahmad, and Zaini Sakawi, and Maimon Abdullah, and Norela Sulaiman, and Normukhnun Mokhtar, (2009) Indeks Kualiti Air (IKA) Sg. Selangor pasca pembinaan Empangan Sg. Selangor. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 5 (3). pp. 68-75. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia
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description A study of Sg. Selangor Water Quality Index (WQI) after the construction of Sg. Selangor Dam has been conducted in 2008. The results show that the overall WQI of Sg. Selangor may be categorized as Class III. However, the downstream part of Sg. Selangor could be categorized as Class IV. With concentrations of BOD and NH4 being the highest reported among the WQI parameters, it can be concluded that Sg. Selangor is in need of an intensive treatment to stabilise its water quality. The degradation of the river water quality could be linked to recent changes in land use within the Sg. Selangor Basin, especially with regard to agricultural activities, urban development and housing schemes. A continuous monitoring process should be implemented to ensure that Sg. Selangor can sustain the various socio-economic activities happening on the downstream part of the river
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author Mokhtar Jaafar,
Asmah Ahmad,
Zaini Sakawi,
Maimon Abdullah,
Norela Sulaiman,
Normukhnun Mokhtar,
spellingShingle Mokhtar Jaafar,
Asmah Ahmad,
Zaini Sakawi,
Maimon Abdullah,
Norela Sulaiman,
Normukhnun Mokhtar,
Indeks Kualiti Air (IKA) Sg. Selangor pasca pembinaan Empangan Sg. Selangor
author_facet Mokhtar Jaafar,
Asmah Ahmad,
Zaini Sakawi,
Maimon Abdullah,
Norela Sulaiman,
Normukhnun Mokhtar,
author_sort Mokhtar Jaafar,
title Indeks Kualiti Air (IKA) Sg. Selangor pasca pembinaan Empangan Sg. Selangor
title_short Indeks Kualiti Air (IKA) Sg. Selangor pasca pembinaan Empangan Sg. Selangor
title_full Indeks Kualiti Air (IKA) Sg. Selangor pasca pembinaan Empangan Sg. Selangor
title_fullStr Indeks Kualiti Air (IKA) Sg. Selangor pasca pembinaan Empangan Sg. Selangor
title_full_unstemmed Indeks Kualiti Air (IKA) Sg. Selangor pasca pembinaan Empangan Sg. Selangor
title_sort indeks kualiti air (ika) sg. selangor pasca pembinaan empangan sg. selangor
publisher Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate 2009
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1755/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1755/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1755/1/Geografia_3_%2C1_%2868-75%29_%282009%29.pdf
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