Sediment deposition characteristics of urban concrete drains in Kuching City, Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Charles, Hin Joo Bong, Tze, Liang Lau, Aminuddin, Ab. Ghani
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2011
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2759/1/Sediment%20deposition%20characteristics%20of%20urban%20concrete%20drains%20in%20Kuching%20City%2C%20Sarawak%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2759/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Sediment deposition in drains has been found to be one of the major causes of flooding in urban areas. In order to design an effective removal mechanism, an understanding of the characteristics of the sediment deposition is needed. This paper highlights the results of sediment size characteristics a...