Variations in rainwater quality from roof catchments

• Main Authors: Yaziz, Mohammad Ismail, Gunting, H, Sapari, Nasiman, Ghazali, A. W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Maxwell Pergamon Macmillan 1989
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40076/1/Variations%20in%20rainwater%20quality%20from%20roof%20catchments.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40076/7/1-s2.0-004313548990211X-main.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40076/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/004313548990211X
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The quality of rainwater from a tile and a galvanized-iron type roof catchments were analysed over a period of 5 months. Examination of staggered I litre samples collected during a rainfall event showed that the concentration of various pollutants were high in the first litre but decreased in subseq...