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Assignment 1 -Enviromental Engineering CPE649 AP Ir Dr Zulkifli

1. Compare the following. Describe its application in a water quality management programme for
a river.
(a) Malaysian Water Quality Index (WQI)
(b) Malaysian National Water Quality Standards (MNWQS)
(c) Effluent discharge standards under Environmental Quality Act, 1974, Regulation 2009
(d) based on text book environmental engineering (howard Peavy et all ) Answer question 2.43 page
60.

2. 50 gallons of a 4.0% solution is made by mixing of 6.8% and 2.8% solutions. (a) In
what ratio should the 6.8% and 2.8% solutions be mixed? (b) How much of each is needed?

3. The lynas company processes rare earth to obtain gypsum. however one of the residues produced
from the process is WLP (water leaching purification). The lynas have chosen a place on the Bukit
ketam, pahang as the WLP landfill. based on the selected site, the bukit ketam is located in the water
catchment, which is located Figure 2 in the upstream LRA L Semambu (Kobat) water treatment plant
(203,254m 3 / d -2017) which supplies to 80,000 people, RRI residence, Bukit sagu , bukit kuantan
Future durian plantation. Referring to figure 1 shows lynas process flow diagram produces thorium
from WLP. Question
1. identify the health effects of radioactive thorium
2. state thorium symptoms from ASTDR standard
3. State how thorium can be exposed in water catchment
4, Give 4 incidents of cases showing radioactive effects on rivers and surrounding areas (at least 2
pages)
5. based on above results (1-4) give your concrete comments to accept or rejected the project. (at
least 2 pages)

Submitted (next week class 2nd week)

Figure 1
Figure 2 red is WLP proposed permanent landfill facility

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