KUANTAN: The Department of Environment (DOE) has discovered a high concentration of heavy metals in the river water at the bauxite mining area here.
According to the Auditor-General’s Report 2015 (Series 2), the analysis of samples based on three parameters – heavy iron metal, mercury and aluminium – at nine locations in Sungai Riau, Mabok, Penang, Kuantan and Kuala Sungai Karang found that the water had exceeded the National Water Quality Standard For Malaysia.
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