Spatial characterization and identification sources of pollution using multivariate analysis at Terengganu River Basin, Malaysia

Azman, Azid and Mohd Khairul Amri, Kamarudin and Mohd Ekhwan, Toriman (2015) Spatial characterization and identification sources of pollution using multivariate analysis at Terengganu River Basin, Malaysia. Jurnal Teknologi, 77 (1). pp. 269-273. ISSN 01279696

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Abstract

The spatial water quality data (281x22) obtained from 12 sampling stations located along the Terengganu River and its main tributaries were evaluated with environmetric methods. Principal component analysis was used to investigate the origin of each variable due to land use and human activities based on the three clustered regions obtained from the hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis. Six principal components (PCs) were obtained, where six varimax factor (VF) of values more than 0.70 that consideredstrong loading are discussed. The possible pollution sources identified are of anthropogenic sources, mainly municipal waste, surface runoff, agricultural runoff, organic pollution and urban storm runoff. As a conclusion, the application of environmetric methods could reveal important information on the spatial variability of a large and complex river water quality data in order to control pollution sources.

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