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Project Proposal

Title:    Pollution Assessment and Monitoring

Group members:         Ummi Nuraihan Binti Mohamad Rizal

                                    Sharifah Nur Adila Bt Syed Nasir

                                    Khaleeda Bt Abdul Karim

                                    Norezatul Shahirah Bt Ahmad Zamanhuri

1.0       INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this project is to assess and monitor air, noise and water pollution that is happening around us. This evaluation and assessment need to be done as we had detected that the problems will be affecting the community in a long term period. As for air monitoring, we will be monitoring exhaust emission of two different type of vehicles by manipulating the type of petrol fuel used by both type of vehicles to evaluate whether different types of fuel contributes to different level of air pollution. For noise monitoring, Tampin morning market had been selected as the venue to monitor the level of noise pollution around the area and determine whether the level of pollution is harming to the community. Lastly, for water pollution, we had picked Lendu River to assess the level of water pollution as the probability of the river had been polluted is high as the chances of surrounding area contributing to pollution is high. By monitoring and assessing the level of pollution, we could then determine whether it will affect the community in long term period and structure a plan to reduce pollution and thus educate people conserving the environment for a better future.

2.0       ASSESSMENT BACKGROUND

      2.1 Air Monitoring

Exhaust emission of two different type of vehicles which is a Perodua Axia and also Proton Persona. Different type of petrol fuel which is RON 95, RON 97, RON 98 of the same company which is PETRON will be used as the manipulated variable. The objective of this monitoring is to study the effects of different type of petrol fuel on the engine and the emission value of Sulphur Oxide (SOx), Nitrogen Oxide (NOx), and Carbon Monoxide (CO) from the exhaust that may contribute to severe air pollution. Each type of vehicles is required to patrol on a fix route set around MICET’s area to allow the engine to be heated properly before tested as well as enabling complete combustion of fuel to occur to obtain a good result of gas emission from the exhaust. 2L of each type of petrol fuel will be tested on each type of vehicles where 6 results from 6 sample will be obtained and compared. The result obtained is then used to confirm whether different types of petrol fuel will give a different value of exhaust emission. The monitoring will be observed as the following details:

Date: 9 Nov, 23 Nov, 30 Nov

Time: 2.30 pm – 5.30 pm

Venue: MICET’s area, Lab 17

2.2 Noise Monitoring

Noise monitoring on people’s activity, road traffic, shop lots and housing area nearby the market will be observed at Tampin morning market. The objectives of this monitoring is to study the difference of noise level at peak hour of the area on same day and time for 5 consecutive weeks and to study whether the noise level exceeded the limit that may cause noise pollution that can affect the community at the area for a long time period. A noise monitoring equipment would be placed 1 metre from the source which is the market. The receiver will measure noise from the source and also from its surrounding which is the shop lots, housing area and also the road traffic. 5 results from 5 consecutive weeks will then be compared to conclude whether the surrounding area really affect the receiver from measuring the noise from the source. Any extra disturbance such as car accidents or constructions that may occur during the monitoring also will be recorded to conclude on how much the disturbance will affect the receiver’s measurement. The monitoring will be observed as the following details:

Date: 4 Nov, 11 Nov, 25 Nov, 2 Dec, 9 Dec (for 5 consecutive weeks)

Time: 7.00 am – 8.00 am

Venue: Tampin morning market

2.3 Water Monitoring

Water monitoring on the colour, odour, total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS), pH, temperature, turbidity, total Kjedall nitrogem (TKN), biological oxygen demand (BOD), and conductivity of surface water which is Lendu River will be tested at the lab. The river has potential to be contaminated as it is a non-flowing river water that may contain palm oil plantation residue, small industry area, housing area and animals waste. The objectives of this monitoring is to study whether the river water contains all the factors that will lead it to be classified as polluted water. Water sample will be collected at same time on the same day for 5 consecutive weeks and being stored in an opaque container in a cool box. The fresh water sample is then being tested at the lab for 9 different tests. The results from 5 consecutive weeks is then being compared to conclude whether there is changes in any of the components tested. The monitoring will be observed as the following details:

Date: 7 Nov, 21 Nov, 28 Nov, 5 Dec, 12 Dec

          (for 5 consecutive weeks, 5 days per week)

Time: 2.00 pm (collecting the samples), 3.00 pm (testing the samples)

Venue: Lendu River

3.0       ACTION PLAN

Task	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14
Air Monitoring			Mid semester break
Noise Monitoring
Water Monitoring
Report and blog completion

 Table 3,1 Gantt chart

4.0       CONCLUSION

We really hope that we could finished this project according to the plan and obtained as much as knowledge from the monitoring and evaluating the level of pollution. We really hope that we will obtain a result which will contribute something towards ourselves, to the campus and also towards the community. We really hope that every person in this world will realize that there are pollution happening around them and it is our responsibility to ensure that the pollution will not last for a much longer period.