Sains Malaysiana 45(6)(2016): 841–852
Evaluation
of Dissolved Heavy Metals in Water of the Sungai Semenyih (Peninsular Malaysia)
using Environmetric Methods
(Penilaian
Logam Berat Terlarut dalam Air Sungai Semenyih (Semenanjung Malaysia)
Menggunakan
Kaedah Environmetrik)
FAWAZ AL-BADAII, AZHAR ABDUL HALIM*
& MOHAMMAD SHUHAIMI-OTHMAN
School
of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and
Technology
Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Diserahkan:
21 September 2015/Diterima: 30 Disember 2015
ABSTRACT
The study to determine the concentrations of dissolved heavy metals
in the Sungai Semenyih and to use the environmetric methods to evaluate
the influence of different pollution sources on heavy metals concentrations
was carried out. Cluster analysis (CA) classified 8 sampling stations
into two clusters based on the similarity of sampling stations characteristics,
cluster 1 included stations 1, 2, 3 and 4 (low pollution area),
whereas cluster 2 comprised of stations 5, 6, 7 and 8 (high pollution
area). Principal component analysis (PCA) of the two datasets yield
two factors for low pollution area and three factors for the high
pollution area at Eigenvalues >1, representing 92.544% and 100%
of the total variance in each heavy metals data sets and allowed
to gather selected heavy metals based on the anthropogenic and lithologic
sources of contamination.
Keywords: Dissolved heavy metals; environmetric methods; Sungai
Semenyih
ABSTRAK
Kajian untuk menentukan kepekatan logam berat terlarut
di Sungai Semenyih dengan menggunakan kaedah environmetrik untuk
menilai pengaruh punca pencemaran yang berbeza pada kepekatan logam
berat telah dijalankan. Analisis kelompok (AK)
mengelaskan 8 stesen persampelan kepada dua kelompok berdasarkan
persamaan ciri stesen persampelan, kelompok 1 terdiri daripada stesen
1, 2, 3 dan 4 (kawasan pencemaran rendah), manakala kelompok 2 terdiri
daripada stesen 5, 6, 7 dan 8 (kawasan pencemaran tinggi). Analisis
komponen utama (PCA)
kedua-dua set data menghasilkan dua faktor bagi kawasan pencemaran
yang rendah dan tiga faktor bagi kawasan pencemaran yang tinggi
pada nilai Eigen > 1, iaitu 92,544% dan 100% daripada jumlah
varians pada setiap set data logam berat dan membolehkan pengumpulan
logam berat yang dipilih berdasarkan sumber antropogenik dan sumber
pencemaran litologi.
Kata kunci: Kaedah
environmetrik; logam berat terlarut; Sungai Semenyih
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untuk surat-menyurat; email: azharhalim@ukm.edu.my
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