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Currently about 200,000 persons of the Penang Georgetown population is served by a sewerage system which conveys the raw sewage to an open channel flume in Jelutong for discharge into the Western Channel. This has resulted in the degradation of coastal water quality in the affected areas. Therefore, there exists an urgent need to look for other alternatives for sewage treatment and disposal. This paper presents the results of computer simulations on the impacts of sewage discharge on Penang coastal waters under two treatment and disposal options. The preferred option is a conventional activated sludge treatment system capable of treating the sewage to secondary level with a submerged outfall to the Western Channel for the disposal of the treated effluent. The results of computer simulations show that the quality of coastal waters, other than in the immediate vicinity of the discharge point, would be able to achieve the Malaysian proposed criterion for recreational waters up to year 2020.
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Koh, HL., Lim, PE. & Lee, HL. Impact Modeling of Sewage Discharge From Georgetown of Penang, Malaysia on Coastal Water Quality. Environ Monit Assess 44, 199–209 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005780422593
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