An assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in Sungai Tunggak and Sungai Balok, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015

An assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in Sungai Tunggak and Sungai Balok, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015

Water pollution caused by radioactive elements and heavy metals has become serious threats to the survival of aquatic organisms, human, and environment especially in Pahang. This alarming circumstance has inspired the study to measure water quality parameters, concentration of radioactive elements a...

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Main Authors: Ab Wahab, Siti Umi Kalthum, Shaibullah, Siti Hajar, Abu Samah, Mohd Armi, Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri
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Language:English
Published: Research India Publications 2016
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GE Environmental Sciences
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spelling iium-545552017-10-17T09:18:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54555/ An assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in Sungai Tunggak and Sungai Balok, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015 Ab Wahab, Siti Umi Kalthum Shaibullah, Siti Hajar Abu Samah, Mohd Armi Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri GE Environmental Sciences Water pollution caused by radioactive elements and heavy metals has become serious threats to the survival of aquatic organisms, human, and environment especially in Pahang. This alarming circumstance has inspired the study to measure water quality parameters, concentration of radioactive elements and heavy metals in the rivers within an industrial area. For achieving these objectives, collected data was done for Balok and Tunggak Rivers in dry seasons (April – June) in the year 2014 and 2015. Both data were compared and analyzed based on different locations at the selected rivers in Gebeng industrial area, Pahang. METHODS: The physical parameters such as temperature, specific conductivity, pH, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen (DO) were measured by using hydrolab. The water samples were then collected for tracing the radioactive elements and heavy metals by using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Malaysian Interim National Water Quality Standard (INWQS) was used as reference. RESULTS: Heavy metals and water quality parameters were all within the permissible limit except for turbidity and specific conductivity in both years 2014 and 2015. Besides, radioactive elements investigated in this study showed that the concentration of one of the investigated elements was thorium, exceeded the permissible limit at the upstream area which recorded 2.54ppb in year 2014 and 0.75ppb in 2015. CONCLUSIONS: The study outcomes showed the pollutants presence were reflected to some water quality parameters from upstream, middle stream and downstream for both years. Research India Publications 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54555/1/international%20journal%20of%20applied%20chemistry_%202016.pdf Ab Wahab, Siti Umi Kalthum and Shaibullah, Siti Hajar and Abu Samah, Mohd Armi and Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri (2016) An assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in Sungai Tunggak and Sungai Balok, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015. International Journal of Applied Chemistry, 12 (1). pp. 146-151. ISSN 0973-1792 https://www.ripublication.com/ijacspl/ijacv12n1spl_28.pdf
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topic GE Environmental Sciences
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Ab Wahab, Siti Umi Kalthum
Shaibullah, Siti Hajar
Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri
An assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in Sungai Tunggak and Sungai Balok, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015
description Water pollution caused by radioactive elements and heavy metals has become serious threats to the survival of aquatic organisms, human, and environment especially in Pahang. This alarming circumstance has inspired the study to measure water quality parameters, concentration of radioactive elements and heavy metals in the rivers within an industrial area. For achieving these objectives, collected data was done for Balok and Tunggak Rivers in dry seasons (April – June) in the year 2014 and 2015. Both data were compared and analyzed based on different locations at the selected rivers in Gebeng industrial area, Pahang. METHODS: The physical parameters such as temperature, specific conductivity, pH, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen (DO) were measured by using hydrolab. The water samples were then collected for tracing the radioactive elements and heavy metals by using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Malaysian Interim National Water Quality Standard (INWQS) was used as reference. RESULTS: Heavy metals and water quality parameters were all within the permissible limit except for turbidity and specific conductivity in both years 2014 and 2015. Besides, radioactive elements investigated in this study showed that the concentration of one of the investigated elements was thorium, exceeded the permissible limit at the upstream area which recorded 2.54ppb in year 2014 and 0.75ppb in 2015. CONCLUSIONS: The study outcomes showed the pollutants presence were reflected to some water quality parameters from upstream, middle stream and downstream for both years.
format Article
author Ab Wahab, Siti Umi Kalthum
Shaibullah, Siti Hajar
Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri
author_facet Ab Wahab, Siti Umi Kalthum
Shaibullah, Siti Hajar
Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri
author_sort Ab Wahab, Siti Umi Kalthum
title An assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in Sungai Tunggak and Sungai Balok, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015
title_short An assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in Sungai Tunggak and Sungai Balok, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015
title_full An assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in Sungai Tunggak and Sungai Balok, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015
title_fullStr An assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in Sungai Tunggak and Sungai Balok, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015
title_full_unstemmed An assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in Sungai Tunggak and Sungai Balok, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015
title_sort assessment of surface water quality and heavy metals involving the radioactive elements in sungai tunggak and sungai balok, gebeng, kuantan, pahang: comparison between year 2014 and 2015
publisher Research India Publications
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/54555/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/54555/1/international%20journal%20of%20applied%20chemistry_%202016.pdf
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