Kajian indeks kualiti air di Lembangan Sungai Paka, Terengganu

A study of the Water Quality Index (WQI) has been conducted at Paka River basin, Terengganu. It involved the measurements of dissolved oxygen, pH, biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids and ammonia at eight sampling stations. The results showed that all the sampling...

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Main Authors: Suhaimi Suratman, Mohamad Awang, Loh, Ai Ling, Norhayati Mohd Tahir
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009
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spelling ukm-752016-12-14T06:26:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/75/ Kajian indeks kualiti air di Lembangan Sungai Paka, Terengganu Suhaimi Suratman, Mohamad Awang, Loh, Ai Ling Norhayati Mohd Tahir, A study of the Water Quality Index (WQI) has been conducted at Paka River basin, Terengganu. It involved the measurements of dissolved oxygen, pH, biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids and ammonia at eight sampling stations. The results showed that all the sampling stations were in the clean status except for the two polluted stations situated at Rengat River and Rasau River. Nonetheless, the overall mean WQI value of Paka River basin was 72.4% and can be classified as class II with the status of slightly polluted. Results also showed that the effluents from oil-palm factories were the major contributor for deterioration of WQI values in the study area. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/75/1/ Suhaimi Suratman, and Mohamad Awang, and Loh, Ai Ling and Norhayati Mohd Tahir, (2009) Kajian indeks kualiti air di Lembangan Sungai Paka, Terengganu. Sains Malaysiana, 38 (2). pp. 125-131. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/~jsm/kandungan.html
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description A study of the Water Quality Index (WQI) has been conducted at Paka River basin, Terengganu. It involved the measurements of dissolved oxygen, pH, biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids and ammonia at eight sampling stations. The results showed that all the sampling stations were in the clean status except for the two polluted stations situated at Rengat River and Rasau River. Nonetheless, the overall mean WQI value of Paka River basin was 72.4% and can be classified as class II with the status of slightly polluted. Results also showed that the effluents from oil-palm factories were the major contributor for deterioration of WQI values in the study area.
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author Suhaimi Suratman,
Mohamad Awang,
Loh, Ai Ling
Norhayati Mohd Tahir,
spellingShingle Suhaimi Suratman,
Mohamad Awang,
Loh, Ai Ling
Norhayati Mohd Tahir,
Kajian indeks kualiti air di Lembangan Sungai Paka, Terengganu
author_facet Suhaimi Suratman,
Mohamad Awang,
Loh, Ai Ling
Norhayati Mohd Tahir,
author_sort Suhaimi Suratman,
title Kajian indeks kualiti air di Lembangan Sungai Paka, Terengganu
title_short Kajian indeks kualiti air di Lembangan Sungai Paka, Terengganu
title_full Kajian indeks kualiti air di Lembangan Sungai Paka, Terengganu
title_fullStr Kajian indeks kualiti air di Lembangan Sungai Paka, Terengganu
title_full_unstemmed Kajian indeks kualiti air di Lembangan Sungai Paka, Terengganu
title_sort kajian indeks kualiti air di lembangan sungai paka, terengganu
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2009
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/75/
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