Water Supply Treatment Sustainability of Semambu Water Supply Treatment Process - Water Footprint Approach

Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology 2017

Aziz, Edriyana A.^1,2 ; Malek, Marlinda Abdul^3 ; Moni, Syazwan N.^1 ; Hadi, Iqmal H.^1 ; Zulkifli, Nabil F.^1

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, Pahang, Kuantan

26300, Malaysia^1

Center for Earth Resources Research and Management (CERRM), Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, Pahang, Kuantan

26300, Malaysia^2

Institute of Energy, Policy and Research (IEPRe), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia^3

关键词: Fresh water resources;    Rainfall intensity;    River water;    Treatment process;    Water consumption;    Water demand;    Water footprint;    Water scarcity;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/318/1/012027/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/318/1/012027

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In this study, the assessment by using Water Footprint (WF) approach was conducted to assess water consumption within the water supply treatment process (WSTP) services of Semambu Water Treatment Plant (WTP). Identification of the type of WF at each stage of WSTP was carried out and later the WF accounting for the period 2010 - 2016 was calculated. Several factors that might influence the accounting such as population, and land use. The increasing value of total WF per year was due to the increasing water demand from population and land use activities. However, the pattern of rainfall intensity from the monsoonal changes was not majorly affected the total amount of WF per year. As a conclusion, if the value of WF per year keeps increasing due to unregulated development in addition to the occurrences of climate changing, the intake river water will be insufficient and may lead to water scarcity. The findings in this study suggest actions to reduce the WF will likely have a great impact on freshwater resources availability and sustainability.