The effectiveness of different grass types for pollutants removal in level spreader system

Water is one of the most essential elements for human and other organisms. However, water pollution has become a serious problem and gives bad impact on human health. Stormwater runoff and sullage water from urban areas have been recognised as some of the main sources that contribute to the water po...

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Main Author:	Sinang, Som Cit
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/3721/1/SomCitSinangMFKA2006.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.37212018-01-10T04:51:37Z The effectiveness of different grass types for pollutants removal in level spreader system 2006-05 Sinang, Som Cit TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Water is one of the most essential elements for human and other organisms. However, water pollution has become a serious problem and gives bad impact on human health. Stormwater runoff and sullage water from urban areas have been recognised as some of the main sources that contribute to the water pollution in the receiving waters such as rivers and lakes. Level spreader system is one of the best management practices used to reduce pollutants in urban runoff and domestic wastewater before entering the receiving watercourse. In this study, field grass and carpet grass were used to identify their efficiency for pollutants removal in level spreader system. Laboratory analysis results shows level spreader with carpet grass as vegetative strip is more effective in pollutants removal. It can remove approximately 45% turbidity, 52% TSS, 43% oil and grease, 35% ammoniacal nitrogen, 28% zinc and 22% nickel. Carpet grass is more effective because it grows in higher density than field grass, thus providing more surface area for treatment mechanism to take place. Besides that, analysis of grass samples shows that plant uptake mechanism contributes to the pollutants removal in level spreader system. Carpet grass is able to take up more pollutants than the field grass. 2006-05 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/3721/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/3721/1/SomCitSinangMFKA2006.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
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description	Water is one of the most essential elements for human and other organisms. However, water pollution has become a serious problem and gives bad impact on human health. Stormwater runoff and sullage water from urban areas have been recognised as some of the main sources that contribute to the water pollution in the receiving waters such as rivers and lakes. Level spreader system is one of the best management practices used to reduce pollutants in urban runoff and domestic wastewater before entering the receiving watercourse. In this study, field grass and carpet grass were used to identify their efficiency for pollutants removal in level spreader system. Laboratory analysis results shows level spreader with carpet grass as vegetative strip is more effective in pollutants removal. It can remove approximately 45% turbidity, 52% TSS, 43% oil and grease, 35% ammoniacal nitrogen, 28% zinc and 22% nickel. Carpet grass is more effective because it grows in higher density than field grass, thus providing more surface area for treatment mechanism to take place. Besides that, analysis of grass samples shows that plant uptake mechanism contributes to the pollutants removal in level spreader system. Carpet grass is able to take up more pollutants than the field grass.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Sinang, Som Cit
author_facet	Sinang, Som Cit
author_sort	Sinang, Som Cit
title	The effectiveness of different grass types for pollutants removal in level spreader system
title_short	The effectiveness of different grass types for pollutants removal in level spreader system
title_full	The effectiveness of different grass types for pollutants removal in level spreader system
title_fullStr	The effectiveness of different grass types for pollutants removal in level spreader system
title_full_unstemmed	The effectiveness of different grass types for pollutants removal in level spreader system
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
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The effectiveness of different grass types for pollutants removal in level spreader system

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