Quality and quantity of domestic wastewater studies and effectiveness of sewage treatment plant at Seberang Perai Jaya,Perai/Mohd Izzaham Ismail

Wastewater generation is something that we should pay more attention to as
every individuals and almost everything produce waste such as domestic waste and
industrial waste. Since Malaysia is experiencing rapid population growth, the needs to
evaluate the quality and quantity of domestic wastewater and the effectiveness of a
sewage treatment plant is ought to be necessary.
These studies will focused on studying the quality and quantity of domestic
wastewater including the effectiveness of a treatment plant which is situated at Seberang
Perai Jaya. From the data of influent and effluent obtained from Indah Water
Konsortium, the analysis of the quality, quantity and the effectiveness of the domestic
wastewater studies will be made.
It will be based on the effluent standard from the Department of Environment
and in this case, the parameters involved in identifying all the requirements is basically
BOD, SS, COD, pH and Ammonia.
Based on the effluent standard and the Malaysian Standards Code for the
Practice for Design and Installation of Sewerage Systems, which is MS 1228, the
determination of quality whether it is normal or not, comply with standards or not and
whether it is effective or not, can be done subsequently.