Water Quality from a Mixed Land-Use Catchment in Miri, Sarawak
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Ho, Carrie Lee Ing
Kumar, D.
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2011Type
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Urbanization has been found to impact stormwater runoff quantity and quality. A study catchment with mixed land use, residential and industrial were investigated and the water quality discharged from the catchment were sampled and tested for four basic water quality parameters; BOD5, NH3-N, NO3-N and P. One dry weather flow and several stormwater runoff were sampled. Results were compared to the USEPA stormwater quality benchmark values and the Interim National Water Quality Standards for Malaysia (INWQS). The concentration of the parameters was found to vary significantly between storms and the pollutant of concern was found to be NO3-N.
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Ho, Carrie and Kumar, Darshana J. 2011. Water Quality from a Mixed Land-Use Catchment in Miri, Sarawak, in International Conference on Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ICESE 2011), Dec 21 2011. Phuket, Thailand: APCBEES.
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Proceedings of the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology Issue 60
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