Water Quality Assessment of Perak River, Malaysia

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

1 1. Department of Environmental Sciences and Disaster Management, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh 2. Faculty of Earth Science Jeli Campus, University Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli, 17600, Malaysia

2 Department of Environmental Sciences and Disaster Management, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh

3 Faculty of Earth Science Jeli Campus, University Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli, 17600, Malaysia

Abstract

The present investigation has been conducted to assess the status of physico-chemical parameters as well as the concentrations of some selected heavy metals to understand the present scenario of water quality at Perak River basin, Malaysia. The temperature, turbidity, pH, EC and DO values of all the examined samples have been within the range of 25.0 to 30.5 0C, 39.5 to 168.00 NTU, 6.8 to 7.33, 30.3 to 113.8 μs/cm and 3.62 to 7.01 mg/L, respectively. The concentrations of trace metallic constituents have been determined by means of Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES), giving the following ranges: Cr: 0.01 to 0.052 mg/L; Pb: 0.01 to 0.03 mg/L; Zn: 0.11 to 0.92 mg/L; Fe: 1.38 to 5.55 mg/L; Mn: 0.10 to 0.25 mg/L and Ca: 2.55-23.23 mg/L, respectively. The concentrations of heavy metals at downstream of Perak River water were higher than the concentrations of upstream. The order of heavy metallic constituents in the water samples was Fe > Zn > Mn > Cr > Pb. R mode Cluster Analysis (CA) suggests that multiple anthropogenic activities like urban runoff, agricultural runoff, discharges of vehicles washing and workshops, land use changes, unplanned settlements, domestic effluents, wastewater of livestock husbandry farms etc., are influencing the physico-chemical parameters and heavy metals concentrations of Perak River water. The present study is highly significant for providing baseline information of potential hazardous level of heavy metals to human health, environment, and sustainable water resources management for economically and environment friendly uses of Perak River.

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