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Two different types of wastewater treatments are explained in this chapter. All the six parameters were under the standards A and B compared to EQA 1974. However, it does not confirm that PAHs were treated and not exist in the effluent. The possibilities of a low-ring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) exist in both municipal wastewater were analyzed using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main PAHs exist are naphthalene, phenanthrene, and anthracene. 9,9′-Biphenanthrene, octacosahydro, phenanthrene, 4,5-dimethyl, anthracene, anthracene, 9-cyclohexyltetradecaydro, 2-ethyl, phenanthrene, 9-ethyl, phenanthrene, 9,10-bis (chloromethyl) were detected. Municipal wastewater sample B contained 9,9′-Biphenanthrene, octacosahydro, anthracene and phenanthrene, 4,5-dimethyl, 2(3H)-Naphthalenone and 1,8,9-trihydroxyanthracene. The sources of these compounds may come from tobacco smoke and ingestion of food contaminated with combustion products, dandruff shampoo, detergents, and mothballs. This toxic compound may cause skin irritation and lower body’s system for fighting disease after both short- and long-term exposure. Wastewater that contains PAHs required an effective technology in order to completely remove in the system. This study also provides baseline assessment on the existence PAHs in the municipal wastewater treatment plan and possible activities that released PAHs into wastewater.
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This study was funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE) Malaysia by granting Long-Term Grant Scheme (LRGS) (203/PKT/6720004). The authors acknowledge to Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia.
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Mohd-Towel, R., Amir, A., Abdul-Talib, S. (2016). Detection of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant at Klang Valley. In: Tahir, W., Abu Bakar, P., Wahid, M., Mohd Nasir, S., Lee, W. (eds) ISFRAM 2015. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0500-8_25
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