creators_name: Noor Wahida Mahasim,  
creators_name: Ahmad Saat,  
creators_name: Zaini Hamzah,  
creators_name: Rita Rohaizah Sohari,  
creators_name: Khaniza Hasliza Abdil Khali,  
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creators_id: ahmad183@salam.uitm.edu.my
creators_id: drzainihamzah@yahoo.com
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datestamp: 2008-07-03 03:38:39
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corp_creators: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Applied Sciences
corp_creators: Universiti Teknologi MARA. INTEC
corp_creators: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Applied Sciences
corp_creators: Universiti Teknologi MARA. INTEC
corp_creators: Universiti Teknologi MARA, INTEC
title: Nitrate and Phosphate Contents and Quality of well water in North-Eastern Districts of Kelantan
ispublished: unpub
subjects: Q
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: Well-water, Water quality index, phosphate, nitrate, content analysis

note: The authors wish to thanks IRDC of UiTM for providing the research grant for the study (Grant No.: 600-IRDC/ST 5/3/938).
abstract: In the north-eastern district of state of Kelantan almost 40% of the populations are still relying on well water for their domestic uses and consumption. Generally, the wells are located within the vicinity of agricultural activities, such as tobacco, paddy, rubber plantation and orchards. There is possibility that the activities, especially related to application of chemical fertilizers, may pollute the well either through runoff or underground transportation. A study was carried out on fifteen wells in the district of Bachok, Pasir Puteh and Machang to determine the well water quality as well as the nitrate and phosphate contents of the water samples. The sampling was done twice, one in early October 2004 (representing dry season sampling), and the end of January 2005 (representing rainy season sampling). Data for turbidity, temperature, DO, and pH were determined in-situ, while the nitrate and phosphate contents, BOD and COD were determined in laboratory. Water Quality Index (WQI) of the samples was determined based on the method suggested by the Interim Water Quality Standard (INWQS) for Malaysia. The study found that nitrate contents ranged between 0.01 to 2.42 mg/L in rainy season and between non detectable to 0.3 mg/L in dry season. The corresponding phosphate contents for rainy and dry seasons are ranging between 0 – 2.2 mg/L and 0.5 – 1.5 mg/L respectively. In general, WQI of all the wells studied fall into class III or IV. However, WQI values of all the wells improved (increased) in wet season as compared to dry season. Based on the INWQS, these classes of water required extensive treatment before being regarded as suitable for public water supply. 
date: 2005
date_type: submitted
event_title: Simposium Sains Analisis Malaysia ke-18 (SKAM18)
event_location: Johor Bharu, Malaysia
event_dates: 12-14 September 2005
event_type: conference
refereed: FALSE
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citation: Noor Wahida Mahasim, and Ahmad Saat, and Zaini Hamzah, and Rita Rohaizah Sohari, and Khaniza Hasliza Abdil Khali, (2005) Nitrate and Phosphate Contents and Quality of well water in North-Eastern Districts of Kelantan. In: Simposium Sains Analisis Malaysia ke-18 (SKAM18), 12-14 September 2005, Johor Bharu, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
document_url: http://myais.fsktm.um.edu.my/2269/1/SKAM18Paper.pdf