Water Quality of Hills Water, Supply Water and RO Water Machine at Ulu Yam Selangor

Soft Soil Engineering International Conference 2015

Ngadiman, N.^1 ; Bahari, N.I.^2 ; Kaamin, M.^1 ; Hamid, N.B.^1 ; Mokhtar, M.^1 ; Sahat, S.^1

Civil Engineering Department, Center of Diploma Studies, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat Johor

86400, Malaysia^1

Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat Johor

86400, Malaysia^2

关键词: Ammoniacal nitrogen;    Drinking water sources;    Mineral water;    Natural spring waters;    Quality standard;    Spring water;    Supply waters;    Water quality standard;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/136/1/012081/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/136/1/012081

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The rapid development resulted in the deterioration of the quality of drinking water in Malaysia. Recognizing the importance of water quality, new alternatives for drinking water such as mineral water processing from reverse osmosis (RO) machine become more popular. Hence, the demand for mineral water, natural spring water or water from the hills or mountains rose lately. More consumers believed the quality of these spring water better than other source of drinking water. However, the quality of all the drinking water sources is to meet the required quality standard. Therefore, this paper aims to measure the quality of the waters from hills, from RO machine and the water supply in Ulu Yam, Selangor Batang Kali, Malaysia. The water quality was determined based on following parameters: ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3), iron (Fe), turbidity (NTU) and pH. The results show that the water from hills has better quality compared to water supply and water from RO machine. The value of NH3 ranged from 0.03 mg/L- 0.67 mg/L; Fe was from 0.03mg/L - 0.12 mg/L, turbidity at 0.42 NTU - 0.88 NTU and pH is at 6.60 - 0.71. Based on the studied parameters, all three types of water are fit for drinking and have met the required national drinking water quality standard.