Assessment of heavy metal contamination in flooding area case study at Sungai Pahang and Sungai Kelantan

The news on of heavy metal contamination in environments especially in rivers is increasing nowadays. Uncontrolled urbanization in catchments, industrialization, improper dredging management and agricultural have caused the rivers to faced serious water and sediment pollution problems. Floods speed...

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Main Author:	Sandirasegaran, Kavitha
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	QH540-549.5 Ecology
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.5482021-08-05T03:16:52Z Assessment of heavy metal contamination in flooding area case study at Sungai Pahang and Sungai Kelantan 2018-05 Sandirasegaran, Kavitha QH540-549.5 Ecology The news on of heavy metal contamination in environments especially in rivers is increasing nowadays. Uncontrolled urbanization in catchments, industrialization, improper dredging management and agricultural have caused the rivers to faced serious water and sediment pollution problems. Floods speed up the metal mobilization in rivers. The first objective of this study is to determine heavy metal contamination in environmental samples obtained from flood prone areas in Pahang River and Kelantan River. This research proceeds with its second objective to compare the heavy metal concentration with the National Water Quality Standards of Malaysia, Interim Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines and Malaysian Food Act 1983 to determine its limits and risks. The third objective of this research is to make recommendation on how to minimize heavy metal contaminations in Malaysian Rivers by using online questionnaire method to officers from Department Of Environments from Pahang and Kelantan. Samples of water, sediment, snails and fishes were collected and analyzed for As, Cu, Cd, Cr, Fe, Pb, Ni, Mn and Hg by using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. It was found that the concentration of heavy metal namely As, Cu, Cd, Cr, Pb, Ni, and Hg in river water, sediment, snail and fish samples in Pahang River were lower than the maximum allowable limits. Moreover, in Kelantan River the concentration of heavy metals indicating that it is contaminated with Fe, Mn, Pb, Cr, Cu, Hg, and As; as all heavy metals exceeded the maximum allowable limits. Ion exchange, phytoremediation, law punishment, awareness programmes and proper effluent systems management by industries are recommended measures to minimize heavy metal contaminations in rivers. Preliminary studies and early precaution are needed to overcome heavy metal pollution especially in Malaysian Rivers before extreme effects occurs. 2018-05 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/548/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/548/1/24p%20KAVITHA%20AP%20SANDIRASEGARAN.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/548/2/KAVITHA%20AP%20SANDIRASEGARAN%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/548/3/KAVITHA%20AP%20SANDIRASEGARAN%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Faculty of Technology Management and Business
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description	The news on of heavy metal contamination in environments especially in rivers is increasing nowadays. Uncontrolled urbanization in catchments, industrialization, improper dredging management and agricultural have caused the rivers to faced serious water and sediment pollution problems. Floods speed up the metal mobilization in rivers. The first objective of this study is to determine heavy metal contamination in environmental samples obtained from flood prone areas in Pahang River and Kelantan River. This research proceeds with its second objective to compare the heavy metal concentration with the National Water Quality Standards of Malaysia, Interim Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines and Malaysian Food Act 1983 to determine its limits and risks. The third objective of this research is to make recommendation on how to minimize heavy metal contaminations in Malaysian Rivers by using online questionnaire method to officers from Department Of Environments from Pahang and Kelantan. Samples of water, sediment, snails and fishes were collected and analyzed for As, Cu, Cd, Cr, Fe, Pb, Ni, Mn and Hg by using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. It was found that the concentration of heavy metal namely As, Cu, Cd, Cr, Pb, Ni, and Hg in river water, sediment, snail and fish samples in Pahang River were lower than the maximum allowable limits. Moreover, in Kelantan River the concentration of heavy metals indicating that it is contaminated with Fe, Mn, Pb, Cr, Cu, Hg, and As; as all heavy metals exceeded the maximum allowable limits. Ion exchange, phytoremediation, law punishment, awareness programmes and proper effluent systems management by industries are recommended measures to minimize heavy metal contaminations in rivers. Preliminary studies and early precaution are needed to overcome heavy metal pollution especially in Malaysian Rivers before extreme effects occurs.
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qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Sandirasegaran, Kavitha
author_facet	Sandirasegaran, Kavitha
author_sort	Sandirasegaran, Kavitha
title	Assessment of heavy metal contamination in flooding area case study at Sungai Pahang and Sungai Kelantan
title_short	Assessment of heavy metal contamination in flooding area case study at Sungai Pahang and Sungai Kelantan
title_full	Assessment of heavy metal contamination in flooding area case study at Sungai Pahang and Sungai Kelantan
title_fullStr	Assessment of heavy metal contamination in flooding area case study at Sungai Pahang and Sungai Kelantan
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of heavy metal contamination in flooding area case study at Sungai Pahang and Sungai Kelantan
title_sort	assessment of heavy metal contamination in flooding area case study at sungai pahang and sungai kelantan
granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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publishDate	2018
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Assessment of heavy metal contamination in flooding area case study at Sungai Pahang and Sungai Kelantan

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