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Effectiveness of rainwater harvesting system in controlling surface runoff at Taman Wangsa Melawati, Kuala Lumpur / Ahmad Faisal bin Mohamad

By:

Ahmad Faisal Mohamad

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Kuantan, Pahang : UMP, 2007Description: xiv, 111 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cmISBN:

THE0003105(Local)

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Dissertation note: Project paper (Bachelor of Civil Engineering) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang - 2007 Abstract: Rainwater harvesting is a technology used for collecting and storing rainwater from rooftops, the land surface or rock catchments. Commonly used system are constructed of three components that is catchments area, collection device and conveyance system. Rainwater can be use as an alternative to solve water supply problems and can reduce the bills amount of water supply. The objective of this study is to determine urban runoff at study area and analysis the effectiveness of rainwater harvesting system at residential area in controlling urban surface runoff. The study area is a residential area located in the upstream part of Sungai Klang river basin called Taman Wangsa Melawati. The surface runoff must be controlled from upstream to avoid flood at downstream. National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM) does the research for one unit double storey house at this area. There are 242 units the double storey house in this area. The roof area for one unit double storey house is 60 m2• Two black High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) tanks with a 2500 liter (2.5 m3) capacity each were installed as a storage tanks. The data collection from this study is rainfall data (13 August 2007 - 1 October 2007) and water level data (11 August 2007 - 11 October 2007). From this study, percentage reduction of surface runoff is 24.37 % if 242 units double storey house at this area use the rainwater harvesting system. This study proves that rainwater harvesting system is an effective solution to controlling surface runoff in Taman Wangsa Melawati, Kuala Lumpur. -Author.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Final Year Report	UMPLIB GAMBANG	TD418 .A36 2007 rs Thesis (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not for loan		0000030349

Project paper (Bachelor of Civil Engineering) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang - 2007

Rainwater harvesting is a technology used for collecting and storing rainwater from rooftops, the land surface or rock catchments. Commonly used system are constructed of three components that is catchments area, collection device and conveyance system. Rainwater can be use as an alternative to solve water supply problems and can reduce the bills amount of water supply. The objective of this study is to determine urban runoff at study area and analysis the effectiveness of rainwater harvesting system at residential area in controlling urban surface runoff. The study area is a residential area located in the upstream part of Sungai Klang river basin called Taman Wangsa Melawati. The surface runoff must be controlled from upstream to avoid flood at downstream. National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM) does the research for one unit double storey house at this area. There are 242 units the double storey house in this area. The roof area for one unit double storey house is 60 m2• Two black High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) tanks with a 2500 liter (2.5 m3) capacity each were installed as a storage tanks. The data collection from this study is rainfall data (13 August 2007 - 1 October 2007) and water level data (11 August 2007 - 11 October 2007). From this study, percentage reduction of surface runoff is 24.37 % if 242 units double storey house at this area use the rainwater harvesting system. This study proves that rainwater harvesting system is an effective solution to controlling surface runoff in Taman Wangsa Melawati, Kuala Lumpur. -Author.