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Determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis

A field investigation was conducted at all water treatment plants throughout 11 states and Federal Territory in Peninsular Malaysia. The sampling points in this study include treatment plant operation, service reservoir outlet and auxiliary outlet point at the water pipelines. Analysis was perf...

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Main Authors: Soh, Shiau Chian, Abdullah, Md. Pauzi
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spelling my-inti-eprints.3162016-06-14T07:48:29Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/316/ Determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis Soh, Shiau Chian Abdullah, Md. Pauzi TP Chemical technology A field investigation was conducted at all water treatment plants throughout 11 states and Federal Territory in Peninsular Malaysia. The sampling points in this study include treatment plant operation, service reservoir outlet and auxiliary outlet point at the water pipelines. Analysis was performed by solid phase micro-extraction technique with a 100μm polydimethylsiloxane fibre using gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection to analyse 54 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of different chemical families in drinking water. The concentration of VOCs ranged from undetectable to 230.2μg/l. Among all of the VOCs species, chloroform has the highest concentration and was detected in all drinking water samples. Average concentrations of total trihalomethanes (THMs) were almost similar among all states which were in the range of 28.4–33.0μg/l. Apart from THMs, other abundant compounds detected were cis and trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene, 1,2-dibromoethane, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, chlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene and 1,2-dichloro-benzene. Principal component analysis (PCA) with the aid of varimax rotation, and parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) method were used to statistically verify the correlation between VOCs and the source of pollution. The multivariate analysis pointed out that the maintenance of auxiliary pipelines in the distribution systems is vital as it can become significant point source pollution to Malaysian drinking water. Springer International Publishing 2007 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/316/1/1.pdf Soh, Shiau Chian and Abdullah, Md. Pauzi (2007) Determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 124 (1-3). pp. 39-50. ISSN 1573-2959 10.1007/s10661-006-9207-8 ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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Soh, Shiau Chian
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Determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis
description A field investigation was conducted at all water treatment plants throughout 11 states and Federal Territory in Peninsular Malaysia. The sampling points in this study include treatment plant operation, service reservoir outlet and auxiliary outlet point at the water pipelines. Analysis was performed by solid phase micro-extraction technique with a 100μm polydimethylsiloxane fibre using gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection to analyse 54 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of different chemical families in drinking water. The concentration of VOCs ranged from undetectable to 230.2μg/l. Among all of the VOCs species, chloroform has the highest concentration and was detected in all drinking water samples. Average concentrations of total trihalomethanes (THMs) were almost similar among all states which were in the range of 28.4–33.0μg/l. Apart from THMs, other abundant compounds detected were cis and trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene, 1,2-dibromoethane, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, chlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene and 1,2-dichloro-benzene. Principal component analysis (PCA) with the aid of varimax rotation, and parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) method were used to statistically verify the correlation between VOCs and the source of pollution. The multivariate analysis pointed out that the maintenance of auxiliary pipelines in the distribution systems is vital as it can become significant point source pollution to Malaysian drinking water.
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author Soh, Shiau Chian
Abdullah, Md. Pauzi
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Abdullah, Md. Pauzi
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title Determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis
title_short Determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis
title_full Determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis
title_fullStr Determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis
title_full_unstemmed Determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis
title_sort determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis
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