The excess level of physicochemical parameters in drinking water

quality can lead to detrimental health effects.

The drinking water quality should be monitored from time to time.

Objectives of the study:
(a) To analyze the physiochemical parameters of
the drinking water quality.
(b) To identify the source of pollution for the
significant parameters.
(c) To compare with the National Standards for Drinking
Water Quality set by the Ministry of Health Malaysia.
(d) To serve as a source of reference for the
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The secondary data obtained
from Kuala Kubu Bharu Water
Treatment Plant.
Raw Water, Settled Water, Clean Water

clean water.




Data Pre-processing Analysis

Raw Data Transformation


Discriminant Analysis (DA)
Principal Component Analysis
(PCA)
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Table 1: The mean value of each physicochemical parameter for each
class.
PARAMETERS MEAN OF EACH CLASSES
RAW WATER SETTLED WATER CLEAN WATER
pH 6.97 6.64 7.37
TURBIDITY (NTU) 13.78 3.57 2.18
COLOUR (HU) 26.52 6.81 5.03
IRON
(mg/l)
0.035 0.082 0.017
ALUMINIUM (mg/l) 0.017 0.00 0.00
AMMONIA
(mg/l)

0.0096 0.00 0.0035
MANGANESE
(mg/l)
0.046 0.00 0.019
Clean Water
100.00%
Raw Water
86.30 %
Settled Water
89.32%
Clean water
100.00%
Raw Water
86.30%
Settled Water
89.32%
Clean Water
100.00%
Raw Water
86.30%
Settled water
89.32%
Standard DA
Mode
(7 variables)

Forward Stepwise
Mode
(6 variables)


Backward Stepwise
Mode
(2 variables)
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VF1
Colour
Rotting organic objects.
Cleaning process of the water tanks.
Excess amounts of disinfectant by- products.
Sewage waste from the aquaculture activity.
Turbidity
Biofilm in distribution method.
Soil erosion (Goontilleke et al, 2005).
Construction activities.
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VF2

pH
Acid rain.
Pipe corrosion of the distribution system
(Safe Drinking Water Foundation).

Iron (Fe)
Fertilizers from agricultural industry.
Coagulation process during water treatment
Irrigation activities carried out by the
farmers(Rim-Rukeh et al, 2006).

Aluminium (Al)
Soil and the mineral rocks
Fertilizers from agricultural industry.


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VF3

Ammonia (NH
3
)
Aquaculture industry.
Domestic waste and sludge discharge.
Disinfection process.
Pipeline systems


Manganese (Mn)
Aquaculture industry.
Human elimination.

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