Benchmarking river water quality in Malaysia

The water quality status of rivers in Malaysia has always been a cause for concern for various local authorities, government agencies as well as the public at large. Rivers in Malaysia are generally considered to be polluted with coherent examples such as Sg. Klang in Selangor (shown in Figure 1.1),...

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Main Author: Zainudin, Zaki
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Language:English
Published: Institution of Engineers Malaysia 2010
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spelling iium-29542011-10-05T06:57:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2954/ Benchmarking river water quality in Malaysia Zainudin, Zaki GE Environmental Sciences TA170 Environmental engineering TC401 River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TD169 Environmental protection TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes The water quality status of rivers in Malaysia has always been a cause for concern for various local authorities, government agencies as well as the public at large. Rivers in Malaysia are generally considered to be polluted with coherent examples such as Sg. Klang in Selangor (shown in Figure 1.1), Sg. Juru in Penang and Sg. Segget in Johor. From physical observation alone, one can deduce that something is not right with the current water quality condition of these rivers. From a scientific perspective though, it is still necessary to quantify the degree of pollution, in order to manage the pollution issues in a systematic and optimised fashion. Institution of Engineers Malaysia 2010-02-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2954/1/Feature-BenchmarkingRiverWater3pp.pdf Zainudin, Zaki (2010) Benchmarking river water quality in Malaysia. Jurutera. pp. 12-15. ISSN 0126-9909 http://myiem.org.my/content/iem_bulletin_2010-185.aspx
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topic GE Environmental Sciences
TA170 Environmental engineering
TC401 River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)
TD169 Environmental protection
TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
TA170 Environmental engineering
TC401 River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)
TD169 Environmental protection
TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
Zainudin, Zaki
Benchmarking river water quality in Malaysia
description The water quality status of rivers in Malaysia has always been a cause for concern for various local authorities, government agencies as well as the public at large. Rivers in Malaysia are generally considered to be polluted with coherent examples such as Sg. Klang in Selangor (shown in Figure 1.1), Sg. Juru in Penang and Sg. Segget in Johor. From physical observation alone, one can deduce that something is not right with the current water quality condition of these rivers. From a scientific perspective though, it is still necessary to quantify the degree of pollution, in order to manage the pollution issues in a systematic and optimised fashion.
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author Zainudin, Zaki
author_facet Zainudin, Zaki
author_sort Zainudin, Zaki
title Benchmarking river water quality in Malaysia
title_short Benchmarking river water quality in Malaysia
title_full Benchmarking river water quality in Malaysia
title_fullStr Benchmarking river water quality in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Benchmarking river water quality in Malaysia
title_sort benchmarking river water quality in malaysia
publisher Institution of Engineers Malaysia
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/2954/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2954/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2954/1/Feature-BenchmarkingRiverWater3pp.pdf
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