Water Quality Index Malaysia 2018
The department of environment doe uses water quality index wqi and national water quality standards for malaysia nwqs to evaluate the status of the river water quality the wqi introduced by doe is being practiced in malaysia for about 25 years and serves as the basis for the assessment of environment water quality while nwqs classifies the.
Water quality index malaysia 2018. If the value is 0 it means it is perceived as very low and if the value is 100 it means it is perceived as very high. In order to satisfy the minimum requirements for this category data should be available on level of the following chemicals by water source. This statistic depicts the distribution of rivers in malaysia in 2018 by water quality. The compilation of the statistics includes environmental conditions impacts of human activities on the environment and actions taken to minimise the impact.
17 174 million litres per day 2018 the scheduled waste generated in malaysia. In this year around 38 percent of rivers in malaysia were classed as slightly polluted. The index either looks at the quality of designated drinking water sources or of environmental water sources if drinking water data is not available. The compendium of environment statistics ces malaysia 2018 presents statistics on environment for the period 2013 2017 2018 namely air water land and population.
Compendium of environment statistics malaysia 2018. Sungai selangor is very important from the viewpoint of water supply and multipurpose water use in malaysia. Doe water quality classification based on water quality index index range sub index water quality index clean slightly polluted polluted biochemical oxygen demand bod 91 100 80 90 0 79 ammoniacal nitrogen nh 3 n 92 100 71 91 0 70 suspended solids ss 76 100 70 75 0 69 water quality index wqi 81 100 60 80 0 59. The water quality of this river is degrading due to point and non point sources of pollution.
Department of environment ministry of environment and water level 1 4 podium 2 3 wisma sumber asli no 25 persiaran perdana presint 4 pusat pentadbiran kerajaan persekutuan 62574 putrajaya malaysia. 2018 emission of pollutants to the atmosphere from motor vehicles. These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years. Water cuts affect over 309 687 accounts in klang valley due to sg semenyih pollution incident 26 09 water industry solutions from germany.
2 4 million tones 2018 volume of water supplied in malaysia. Some will have to wait until friday oct 23 to get water supply restored 20 10 resolve the water woes 04 10 media release.