Print Email Facebook Twitter Kuantan River, Malaysia: Prediction of salinity intrusion Title Kuantan River, Malaysia: Prediction of salinity intrusion Author Farleigh, D.R.P. Contributor Sanmuganathan, K. Waite, P.J. Smale, S.E. Corporate name TU Delft Date 1978-04-01 Abstract A mathematical model was used to simulate the long-term movements of the high water slack longitudinal salinity profile in the estuary of the Sg Kuantan, Malaysia. The proven model was then used to predict the effects on salinity of increased abstractions from the estuary under various drought conditions. The predicted longitudinal profiles were used to estimate the restrictions on abstraction at four sites assuming different limits on the salinity of the abstracted water. The main conclusion of the study is that, in the design drought conditions given, increased abstraction of water with tolerable salinity would not be possible for much of the year at the present intake, JKR Kobat (10.9 miles from the sea). Salinity levels would be considerably lower if the intake were moved to a point 16 miles from the sea, but for the abstracted water to be free of salinity above 0.2 ppt chlorides the intake would have to be moved at least 18.5 miles from the sea. An intake 20 miles from the sea would be affected by salinity of 0.1 ppt chlorides only for 30% of each tide on the worst 19 days of a 1 in 50 year drought. Subject salinitysalinity intrusionKuantan Rivermathematical modelpredictionSungai Kuantan Classification TLE250400LBR500100 To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4e335479-ec84-49f8-877d-c52294d10ac3 Publisher HR Wallingford Coordinates 3.809134, 103.337988 Source Report no. EX814 Part of collection Hydraulic Engineering Reports Document type report Rights (c) HR Wallingford Files PDF EX814_1978.pdf 10.05 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:4e335479-ec84-49f8-877d-c52294d10ac3/datastream/OBJ/view