Heavy Metals Determination in the Rivers in Kuching City and Relationship of the Land-use Changes to the Heavy Metals Present in Water

Heavy Metals Determination in the Rivers in Kuching City and Relationship of the Land-use Changes to the Heavy Metals Present in Water

Water is a source of life, nowadays, it become scarcity due to the anthropogenic activities especially the heavy metals which has polluted the river and become harmful for humans health. A study on concentration of heavy metals of surface water was carried out in three selected land-use; shipping ya...

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Main Author: Grace, Stephen
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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GE Environmental Sciences
QD Chemistry
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9415/1/Grace.pdf
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spelling my-unimas-ir.94152023-03-31T07:36:33Z Heavy Metals Determination in the Rivers in Kuching City and Relationship of the Land-use Changes to the Heavy Metals Present in Water 2015 Grace, Stephen GE Environmental Sciences QD Chemistry Water is a source of life, nowadays, it become scarcity due to the anthropogenic activities especially the heavy metals which has polluted the river and become harmful for humans health. A study on concentration of heavy metals of surface water was carried out in three selected land-use; shipping yard/industrial area, residential area and agriculture area. The in-situ data were recorded on-site and water samples were taken and analyzed ex-situ using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS).The result showed that the concentration of heavy metals higher in rivers namely Zn, Fe, As and Al within the range of overall mean of 0.016 mg/l - 0.081 mg/l, 0.196 mg/l - 0.439 mg/l, 0.145 mg/l - 0.397 mg/l and 0.236 mg/l - 0.340 mg/l respectively. The other elements, Pb found high in concentration in Station 1 maybe due to the usage of lead-containing oil in the shipping area. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2015 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9415/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9415/1/Grace.pdf text en validuser masters University Malaysia Sarawak Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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topic GE Environmental Sciences
QD Chemistry
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
QD Chemistry
Grace, Stephen
Heavy Metals Determination in the Rivers in Kuching City and Relationship of the Land-use Changes to the Heavy Metals Present in Water
description Water is a source of life, nowadays, it become scarcity due to the anthropogenic activities especially the heavy metals which has polluted the river and become harmful for humans health. A study on concentration of heavy metals of surface water was carried out in three selected land-use; shipping yard/industrial area, residential area and agriculture area. The in-situ data were recorded on-site and water samples were taken and analyzed ex-situ using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS).The result showed that the concentration of heavy metals higher in rivers namely Zn, Fe, As and Al within the range of overall mean of 0.016 mg/l - 0.081 mg/l, 0.196 mg/l - 0.439 mg/l, 0.145 mg/l - 0.397 mg/l and 0.236 mg/l - 0.340 mg/l respectively. The other elements, Pb found high in concentration in Station 1 maybe due to the usage of lead-containing oil in the shipping area.
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author Grace, Stephen
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title Heavy Metals Determination in the Rivers in Kuching City and Relationship of the Land-use Changes to the Heavy Metals Present in Water
title_short Heavy Metals Determination in the Rivers in Kuching City and Relationship of the Land-use Changes to the Heavy Metals Present in Water
title_full Heavy Metals Determination in the Rivers in Kuching City and Relationship of the Land-use Changes to the Heavy Metals Present in Water
title_fullStr Heavy Metals Determination in the Rivers in Kuching City and Relationship of the Land-use Changes to the Heavy Metals Present in Water
title_full_unstemmed Heavy Metals Determination in the Rivers in Kuching City and Relationship of the Land-use Changes to the Heavy Metals Present in Water
title_sort heavy metals determination in the rivers in kuching city and relationship of the land-use changes to the heavy metals present in water
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granting_department Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
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