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Quantifying household wastewater pollutants in Kuching

Household wastewater in Kuching is typically channeled into watercourses. Not much is known about the contribution of household wastewater from Kuching City towards water quality degradation. In this study, key pollutants concentrations and loadings were investigated over a two months period of dr...

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Main Authors: Ling, Teck Yee, Lee, Nyanti, Siew, Tuck-Fatt
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Chemical Congress 2002 2002
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AC Collections. Series. Collected works
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spelling my.unimas.ir.10442015-09-14T06:25:47Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1044/ Quantifying household wastewater pollutants in Kuching Ling, Teck Yee Lee, Nyanti Siew, Tuck-Fatt AC Collections. Series. Collected works Household wastewater in Kuching is typically channeled into watercourses. Not much is known about the contribution of household wastewater from Kuching City towards water quality degradation. In this study, key pollutants concentrations and loadings were investigated over a two months period of dry season at two housing areas. Results indicated that mean water consumption and wastewater flow were 222.1 l/c/d and 82.5 l/c/d respectively. Dissolved oxygen concentration ranged from 1.38 to 4.22 mg/l. Mean pollutant loadings of BOD5, phosphate, and nitrate were found to be 1,825 mg/c/d, 519 mg/c/d, and 3.3 mg/c/d respectively. With the population of 35,750 from the two housing areas, it is estimated that the mean daily contribution of BOD5, phosphate, and nitrate are 62.9 kg, 18.8 kg and 115 g respectively. Recommendations of control and management of household waste to reduce pollution were proposed. Malaysian Chemical Congress 2002 2002 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1044/1/Quantifying%20household%20wastewater%20pollutants%20in%20Kuching.pdf Ling, Teck Yee and Lee, Nyanti and Siew, Tuck-Fatt (2002) Quantifying household wastewater pollutants in Kuching. In: Malaysian Chemical Congress 2002. (Unpublished)
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topic AC Collections. Series. Collected works
spellingShingle AC Collections. Series. Collected works
Ling, Teck Yee
Lee, Nyanti
Siew, Tuck-Fatt
Quantifying household wastewater pollutants in Kuching
description Household wastewater in Kuching is typically channeled into watercourses. Not much is known about the contribution of household wastewater from Kuching City towards water quality degradation. In this study, key pollutants concentrations and loadings were investigated over a two months period of dry season at two housing areas. Results indicated that mean water consumption and wastewater flow were 222.1 l/c/d and 82.5 l/c/d respectively. Dissolved oxygen concentration ranged from 1.38 to 4.22 mg/l. Mean pollutant loadings of BOD5, phosphate, and nitrate were found to be 1,825 mg/c/d, 519 mg/c/d, and 3.3 mg/c/d respectively. With the population of 35,750 from the two housing areas, it is estimated that the mean daily contribution of BOD5, phosphate, and nitrate are 62.9 kg, 18.8 kg and 115 g respectively. Recommendations of control and management of household waste to reduce pollution were proposed.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ling, Teck Yee
Lee, Nyanti
Siew, Tuck-Fatt
author_facet Ling, Teck Yee
Lee, Nyanti
Siew, Tuck-Fatt
author_sort Ling, Teck Yee
title Quantifying household wastewater pollutants in Kuching
title_short Quantifying household wastewater pollutants in Kuching
title_full Quantifying household wastewater pollutants in Kuching
title_fullStr Quantifying household wastewater pollutants in Kuching
title_full_unstemmed Quantifying household wastewater pollutants in Kuching
title_sort quantifying household wastewater pollutants in kuching
publisher Malaysian Chemical Congress 2002
publishDate 2002
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1044/1/Quantifying%20household%20wastewater%20pollutants%20in%20Kuching.pdf
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