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Water Quality of Sungai Anak Telipot Using BWQI Approach
Nur Faizah Syahirah binti Mohd Faiz
Supervisor: Dr. Nik Mohd Shibli Bin Nik Jaafar
Bachelor of Applied Science
(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Sungai Anak Telipot is a small stream that receives surface runoff from its
surrounding developments like housing area and golf course. The study used
Biological Water Quality Index (BWQI) to measure water quality of this stream.
Although BWQI is a common approach to measure water quality in large river
but it is seldom used in small stream. The aims of this study are to determine
the macrobenthos community in Sungai Anak Telipot and water quality status
of this small stream using BWQI approach. The macrobenthos were collected
in January 2018 from four different stations which are UMT mosque, Academic
building, PPSMS and Aquatrop. From the finding, mollusc is commonly found in
this stream. The class of Anak Sungai Telipot maybe 3.33 (level III) which can
be categorised as rather dirty water sewage but further study need to confirm
the BWQI level of this small stream.
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