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Figure 8 : Graph of step tests<br />

Figure 9 : Resistivity survey during step tests<br />

A <strong>Malaysian</strong> River with potential for exploration in river bed/bank<br />

filtration.<br />

CONCLUSION<br />

Initial results from this study, which was<br />

funded by Ministry of Education under<br />

LRGS, on water security entitled “Protection<br />

of Drinking <strong>Water</strong> for Society:<br />

Source abstraction and treatment” has<br />

shown the light at the end of the tunnel.<br />

Langat basin in Selangor has great<br />

potential for riverbank/bed filtration<br />

for resource abstraction. The players<br />

in drinking water industry should embark<br />

on this agenda as initial results on<br />

turbidity and pathogenic organisms’<br />

removal using laboratory model currently<br />

conducted in USM has also shown<br />

promising results.<br />

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