A study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources

Ex-mining lake is not favorable to be utilized as raw water source in Malaysia due to the general perception that water from this body is highly contaminated. The constituent of heavy metals in water from ex-mining lakes is the largest concern in this issue. This report focuses on a study to investi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Suhaila Hani, Abu Hamid
Format:	Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:	English English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/1/FKASA%20-%20SUHAILA%20HANI%20ABU%20HAMID%20%28CD9326%29.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/7/FKASA%20-%20SUHAILA%20HANI%20ABU%20HAMID%20-%20CHAP.1%20%28CD9326%29.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/13/FKASA%20-%20SUHAILA%20HANI%20ABU%20HAMID%20-%20CHAP.3%20%28CD9326%29.pdf

id	ump-12239
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ump-122392016-03-17T06:45:09Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/ A study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources Suhaila Hani, Abu Hamid TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Ex-mining lake is not favorable to be utilized as raw water source in Malaysia due to the general perception that water from this body is highly contaminated. The constituent of heavy metals in water from ex-mining lakes is the largest concern in this issue. This report focuses on a study to investigate the potential of water from mining lakes to be used as alternative raw water source for the treatment of domestic and industrial water supply and to observe the most suitable type of coagulant to be used to treat water from ex-mining lakes. In this study, the water samples were extracted from the ex-mining lakes in Bestari Jaya, Selangor. The samples were collected from three (3) different sampling points of the lakes. The lake water samples that came from the mining lakes were analyzed for three different categories of parameters; 1) physical parameter, 2) chemical parameter, 3) microbiological parameter, and tested before and after being treated by two different types of coagulants; Alum and Poly Aluminium Chloride. The physical parameters include the temperature, pH, and turbidity. The Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and heavy metals were tested under the chemical characteristics. The heavy metals that involved in this study include the Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Cl, Cd, and Pb. Finally, the samples were tested for the Total Coliform existence. The results showed that water from ex-mining lakes has high COD values. The concentration of Pb and Cd in the three stations exceeded the limits prescribed by the Ministry of Health (MOH), but can be eliminated using coagulation treatment using Alum and Poly-Aluminium Chloride. Based on the study, it can be concluded that water from ex-mining lakes has the potential in becoming the alternative water source in Malaysia. 2015 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/1/FKASA%20-%20SUHAILA%20HANI%20ABU%20HAMID%20%28CD9326%29.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/7/FKASA%20-%20SUHAILA%20HANI%20ABU%20HAMID%20-%20CHAP.1%20%28CD9326%29.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/13/FKASA%20-%20SUHAILA%20HANI%20ABU%20HAMID%20-%20CHAP.3%20%28CD9326%29.pdf Suhaila Hani, Abu Hamid (2015) A study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources. Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:92294&theme=UMP2
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
building	UMP Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English English English
topic	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Suhaila Hani, Abu Hamid A study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources
description	Ex-mining lake is not favorable to be utilized as raw water source in Malaysia due to the general perception that water from this body is highly contaminated. The constituent of heavy metals in water from ex-mining lakes is the largest concern in this issue. This report focuses on a study to investigate the potential of water from mining lakes to be used as alternative raw water source for the treatment of domestic and industrial water supply and to observe the most suitable type of coagulant to be used to treat water from ex-mining lakes. In this study, the water samples were extracted from the ex-mining lakes in Bestari Jaya, Selangor. The samples were collected from three (3) different sampling points of the lakes. The lake water samples that came from the mining lakes were analyzed for three different categories of parameters; 1) physical parameter, 2) chemical parameter, 3) microbiological parameter, and tested before and after being treated by two different types of coagulants; Alum and Poly Aluminium Chloride. The physical parameters include the temperature, pH, and turbidity. The Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and heavy metals were tested under the chemical characteristics. The heavy metals that involved in this study include the Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Cl, Cd, and Pb. Finally, the samples were tested for the Total Coliform existence. The results showed that water from ex-mining lakes has high COD values. The concentration of Pb and Cd in the three stations exceeded the limits prescribed by the Ministry of Health (MOH), but can be eliminated using coagulation treatment using Alum and Poly-Aluminium Chloride. Based on the study, it can be concluded that water from ex-mining lakes has the potential in becoming the alternative water source in Malaysia.
format	Undergraduates Project Papers
author	Suhaila Hani, Abu Hamid
author_facet	Suhaila Hani, Abu Hamid
author_sort	Suhaila Hani, Abu Hamid
title	A study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources
title_short	A study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources
title_full	A study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources
title_fullStr	A study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources
title_full_unstemmed	A study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources
title_sort	study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources
publishDate	2015
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/1/FKASA%20-%20SUHAILA%20HANI%20ABU%20HAMID%20%28CD9326%29.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/7/FKASA%20-%20SUHAILA%20HANI%20ABU%20HAMID%20-%20CHAP.1%20%28CD9326%29.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12239/13/FKASA%20-%20SUHAILA%20HANI%20ABU%20HAMID%20-%20CHAP.3%20%28CD9326%29.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T22:13:41Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T22:13:41Z
_version_	1777415195436515328

A study on the potential of ex-mining lakes as alternative water sources

Similar Items