Water Resources Study and Modeling at North Kedah: A Case of Kubang Pasu and Padang Terap Water Supply Schemes

Toriman Mohd Ekhwan, and Mazlin Mokhtar, and Gasim, Muhamad Barzani, and Sharifah Mastura Syed Abdullah, and Osman Jaafar, and Nor Azlina Abd Aziz, (2009) Water Resources Study and Modeling at North Kedah: A Case of Kubang Pasu and Padang Terap Water Supply Schemes. Research Journal of Earth Sciences, 1 (2). pp. 35-42. ISSN 1995-9044

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Affiliations

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Institute of Environment and Development
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, School of Environment, Natural Resource Sciences
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Dept. of Civil Engineering
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Abstract

The increasing demand between man and water makes “urban water” an issue: water resources and services including public water supply, water resources availability and future water projection. In North of Kedah, the area has suffered from extreme serious water deficiency for decades. Except for the climate change in physical dimension, unlimited industrial enlargement, extensive agricultural irrigation and continuous improvement of living standard constitute the main factors in human dimension to influence the change of balance between water supply and demand. This article focuses on the research carried out in Kubang Pasu
and Padang Terap regions with the aim to obtain the clear information on the potential water resource availability. Current water resources conditions and future water supply projection will be discussed in the context of water supply and demand characteristics. The resulting water demand per water supply schemes can be useful information for forecasting water demand in the area as well as actual water supply particularly those come from Sungai Tok Kassim.

Item Type:

Journal

Additional Information:

This study was conducted and supported by the GUP fund (UKM-GUP-ASPL-07-06-002). The authors are resources; in Climate Change 2001: Impacts, also thankful to the Centre for Research and Innovation Adaptation and Vulnerability, (ed.) J.J. McCarthy, Management (CRIM), Universiti Kebangsaan malaysia for O.F. Canziani, N.A. Leary, D.J. Dokken and funding the research. Special thank also due to the Lestari K.S. White, contribution of Working Group II to Software (M), UKM Pakarunding Sdn Bhd, Kota Perdana the Third Assessment Report of the Development Project and Water Supply Department, State Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, of Kedah for general assistant

Keywords:

Water Resources, Water Demand, Water Supply, Streamflow, River Modeling

Subjects:

Q Science, Computer Science
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation

ID Code:

9768