SEWERAGE CATCHMENT STUDY FOR CLAN JETTIES, PENANG

Abstract

The Water Pollution Study concluded that the most contaminated zone is the stretch where the fundamental channels meet the Clan Jetties shores. These are the channels along Lebuh Chulia, Gat Lebuh Armenian and Gat Lebuh Melayu. The organic loads, measured as far as BOD, COD, Oil & Grease, Suspended Solids are most noteworthy along this strip took after by the shoreline strip. The high E Coli concentrations along these 2 strips affirmed that there is fecal contamination most likely from the partially treated sewage being released from the unsewered premises nearby the Clan Jetties shore. This contamination is exacerbated by the direct sewage transfer into the ocean by the Clan jetties community because of the non-presence of any sewerage system at all. The usage of sewerage system must be provided as soon as possible and may be implemented in stages based on the budget and by doing in stages, the workability of the new system can be enhanced and redesigned in the subsequent stages. Since the houses are based on the ocean floor, the most suitable system to tap the sewage stream from the houses is the Vacuum Sewer System.