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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 32-690
Full Name: Kamaruzaman Jusoff
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: TropAIR, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Country: MALAYSIA
Tel: +60-3-89467176
Tel prefix: +60-3-89457176
Fax: +60-389432514
E-mail address: kjusoff@yahoo.com
Other E-mails: kamaruz@putra.upm.edu.my
Title of the Paper: The Effectiveness of Constructed Wetlands for Storm Water Treatment in the Upper West Wetland of Putrajaya, Malaysia
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Maisarah Ali, Siti Norakmal Mohd Said, Kamaruzaman Jusoff
Email addresses of all the authors: maisarah@iiu.edu.my, kjusoff@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Constructed wetland is a man made wetland which applies engineering system that integrates with natural resources such as plants and wildlife. Typically there are two types of constructed wetland namely the Subsurface Flow System and Free Water Surface System. Upper West wetland at Putrajaya (Malaysia) was selected as case study with the view to appraising the system's management and maintenance and to investigating the effectiveness of the wetland system in treating storm water. It also explores and identifies the types of plants and wildlife in this wetland, using Document analysis, observation and interview to achieve the objective of this study. Two types of experiments were carried namely: in-situ measurement (field test) and laboratory test. Seven water quality parameters which include: pH, temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solid (TSS) taking from five different!
stations were tested. The findings from this study show that vegetation, structures, wildlife and water are the important elements that need to be managed and maintained in order to ensure the effectiveness of the constructed wetland. It was also observed that the Upper West wetland system is effective in treating the storm water.
Keywords: Constructed wetland, Storm water treatment, Subsurface Flow System, Free Water Surface System, Water quality
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