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Trend Analysis of Water Quality at Sungai Sarawak

Yuhani Jamian, Zainap Lamat and Nurazura Rali

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 25, Issue S, May 2017

Keywords: Correlation, management trends analysis, water quality

Published on: 01 Nov 2017

Sungai Sarawak is the most important river in Sarawak. This study was aimed at assessing water quality in the selected stations from Satok bridge to the downstream, Muara Tebas, located along Sungai Sarawak. Water quality trend analysis was conducted to determine the correlation between the water quality parameters. Trend analysis was carried out using Mann-Kendall Test because data collected was non-parametric. Next, Spearman rank was used in order to determine the correlation between parameters. The results obtained and the observation made in this study reveals that the trend exists only for Chemical Oxygen Value (COD). But there are trends for Biochemical Oxygen Demand, (BOD), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Total Suspended Solid (TSS), Ammoniacal Nitrogen (NH4N) and Turbidity to decrease or increase with no trends between 2007 and 2011. The correlation between parameters is not very strong because there are many determinants of water quality parameters. The result from this study would provide useful information for water quality management in order to maintain and improve the water quality of Sungai Sarawak.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

Article ID

JST-0232-2016

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