Assessing groundwater contamination potential by pesticides using application of Geographical Information (GIS) in Kuala Selangor / Chongi Tanuk

This study used geographic information systems (GIS) technology tools to access the groundwater contamination potential by pesticides. The study area is Kuala Selangor District, located in the State of Selangor. Factors used for this purpose were soil texture, percent slope, types of land use and la...

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Main Author:	Tanuk, Chongi
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Enviromental management Remote sensing Groundwater
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49537/1/49537.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.495372023-01-12T07:43:45Z Assessing groundwater contamination potential by pesticides using application of Geographical Information (GIS) in Kuala Selangor / Chongi Tanuk 2010 Tanuk, Chongi Enviromental management Remote sensing Groundwater This study used geographic information systems (GIS) technology tools to access the groundwater contamination potential by pesticides. The study area is Kuala Selangor District, located in the State of Selangor. Factors used for this purpose were soil texture, percent slope, types of land use and land cover, aquifer media, and impact of vadose zone. These factors, which effect the movement of pesticides to reach groundwater, were then reclassified to a common scale showing potential to cause groundwater contamination by pesticides. Reclassified factors then overlaying by put the weight for each factor. Scale values and weight used to reclassified and weighted those factors selected from the rating values in DRASTIC model, which developed by U.S Environment Protection Agency and other previous research. Geographical Information System (GIS) also used to compile, manage, manipulate, and analyzes geospatial data, besides also used to display the results for every stages of GIS operation for this study. Other than that, Geographical Information System also used to create a map showing the groundwater contamination potential by pesticides, by overlaying the factors. Final result will be useful for policy makers or administrators of government agencies to prioritize areas susceptible to pesticide pollution. Once the areas are prioritized, groundwater monitoring programs and protective actions can be focused particularly on those areas. This helps agencies to save the budget because it is not necessary to monitor groundwater resources beneath all of the entire study area. This is a very important contribution of Geographical Information System (GIS) towards environmental management. 2010 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49537/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49537/1/49537.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying Ismail, Zamani (Assoc. Prof. Sr.)
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language	English
advisor	Ismail, Zamani (Assoc. Prof. Sr.)
topic	Enviromental management Remote sensing Groundwater
spellingShingle	Enviromental management Remote sensing Groundwater Tanuk, Chongi Assessing groundwater contamination potential by pesticides using application of Geographical Information (GIS) in Kuala Selangor / Chongi Tanuk
description	This study used geographic information systems (GIS) technology tools to access the groundwater contamination potential by pesticides. The study area is Kuala Selangor District, located in the State of Selangor. Factors used for this purpose were soil texture, percent slope, types of land use and land cover, aquifer media, and impact of vadose zone. These factors, which effect the movement of pesticides to reach groundwater, were then reclassified to a common scale showing potential to cause groundwater contamination by pesticides. Reclassified factors then overlaying by put the weight for each factor. Scale values and weight used to reclassified and weighted those factors selected from the rating values in DRASTIC model, which developed by U.S Environment Protection Agency and other previous research. Geographical Information System (GIS) also used to compile, manage, manipulate, and analyzes geospatial data, besides also used to display the results for every stages of GIS operation for this study. Other than that, Geographical Information System also used to create a map showing the groundwater contamination potential by pesticides, by overlaying the factors. Final result will be useful for policy makers or administrators of government agencies to prioritize areas susceptible to pesticide pollution. Once the areas are prioritized, groundwater monitoring programs and protective actions can be focused particularly on those areas. This helps agencies to save the budget because it is not necessary to monitor groundwater resources beneath all of the entire study area. This is a very important contribution of Geographical Information System (GIS) towards environmental management.
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author	Tanuk, Chongi
author_facet	Tanuk, Chongi
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title	Assessing groundwater contamination potential by pesticides using application of Geographical Information (GIS) in Kuala Selangor / Chongi Tanuk
title_short	Assessing groundwater contamination potential by pesticides using application of Geographical Information (GIS) in Kuala Selangor / Chongi Tanuk
title_full	Assessing groundwater contamination potential by pesticides using application of Geographical Information (GIS) in Kuala Selangor / Chongi Tanuk
title_fullStr	Assessing groundwater contamination potential by pesticides using application of Geographical Information (GIS) in Kuala Selangor / Chongi Tanuk
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing groundwater contamination potential by pesticides using application of Geographical Information (GIS) in Kuala Selangor / Chongi Tanuk
title_sort	assessing groundwater contamination potential by pesticides using application of geographical information (gis) in kuala selangor / chongi tanuk
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department	Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
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Assessing groundwater contamination potential by pesticides using application of Geographical Information (GIS) in Kuala Selangor / Chongi Tanuk

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