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Infiltration Rate of Crude Oil Residue Stained Sand and Silt Sediment
Rohaniza Binti Abdul Wahab
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Edlic Sathiamurthy
Bachelor of Technology (Environment)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Oil spillage brings a lot of adverse effects to the environment especially on hydrology
system that involved the sediment. After episodes of the oil spill, it may decrease the
quality of water. In this study, residual of crude oil stained sand and silt sediment has
been prepared. The infiltration rate of polluted sand will be different from unpolluted.
Infiltration rate was affected by the particle sizes of the sediment, the size of the sand
that has been used in this study is between 0.0710 mm to 0.0355 mm. As there is
presence of crude oil residue, it clogged the pore spaces that available and thus
inhibits the water to penetrate through the interconnected pore inside the sediment.
As a result, the infiltration rate of crude oil residue stained sand sediment that has
recorded by the Diver data logger is reduced compared before they have been stained.
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