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ABSTRACTSWATERSHED MANAGEMENT

Azwin Zailti Abdul Razad, Lariyah Mohd Sidek, Kwansue Jung and Rahsidi Sabri Muda; Application of Soil Water Assessment tool (SWAT) for Hydrological modelling of Agricultural Watershed; TNB Research Sdn. Bhd.Terry van Kalken, Katherine Brown, Asnor Muzian Ishak and Nurhareza Redzuan; Comprehensive Water Resources Assessment Considering Climate Change for the Muda River Basin, Kedah, Malaysia; DHI Water and Environment.Ong Hon Lim and Sabri Abdul Mulok; Impact of Urbanization on Hydrological Characteristic of a Sub-Catchment in Klang, Malaysia; Department of Irrigation & Drainage Malaysia.Faizah Che Ros, Muhammad Fitri Shahrim and Hiroyuki Tosaka; Validation of Rainfall Distribution by Numerical Model, GETFLOWS; Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, UTM Kuala Lumpur.Siti Humaira Haron, Lariyah Binti Sidek and Nurshahirah Mohd Noh;Comparison of Contaminant Transport in Urban Stormwater Runoff and Agricultural Drainage Water, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia; UNITEN, Malaysia.Siti Fairus Zakaria, Norizan Abdul Aziz, Mohd Azmi Ismail and Mohd Yazid Abdullah; Technical and Managerial Competencies : The Nucleus of Human Resources Management Functions – A Way Forward For Competency Model Development in Water Resources Engineering Field; Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia.Mohd Shah Rahman, Nazli Mohd Khairudin and Artiesa Arris; Water Resources Information Management System Framework for Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) Malaysia; Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia.Md. Lutfor Rahman; Irrigation on Launching Behaviour of Different Materials For The Protection Of River Bank Erosion; River Research Institute Bangladesh.Geok Teng Leong, Charles Hin Joo Bong and Akihiko Hanafusa; Alternative Use of Automated Hydraulic Flushing Gate as Flow Control Structure; Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.Fahad Alahmadi and Norhan Abd Rahman; Regionalization of Extreme Rainfall Prediction in Western Kingdom of Saudi Arabi; Ministry of Enviroment, Water and Agricuture Saudi Arabia.Takehide Hama, Toshio Fujimi, Kenya Imafuji, Takeo Shima, Yasunori Kawagoshi, Hiroaki Ito and Kei Ishida; Evaluation of Groundwater Recharge by Rice and Crop Rotation Fields in Kumamoto; Kumamoto University, Japan.Charles Hin Joo Bong and Jacqueline Richard; Monitoring Drought using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) In Sarawak River Basin; Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.Mohd Azmi Ismail, Md. Nasir Md. Noh, Baharudin Ahmad, Mohd Shah Rahman, Thayalam Sekaran and Siti Fairus Zakaria; Cross-Cutting of Multiple Management Strategies towards Achieving Sustainable Water Resources Management in Malaysia; Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia.Nor Hafizi Md Lani, Zulkifli Yusop and Achmad Syafiuddin; Rainwater Harvesting System for Non-Potable Uses in Commercial Building; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Thodsapol Chaturabul and Amorndech Noulmanee; Hydrological Change in Mekong Mainstream Resulted from the Hydropower Development Projects; Kasetsart University Chalermphrakiat Sakonnakhon Campus, Thailand.Ismail Abustan, Syamsul Azlan Saleh, Mohd Remy Rozainy Mohd Arif Zainol and Nuridah Sabtu; Development of Sediment Rating Curves for Selected Rivers in Perak for A Sustainable Sand Removal; Universiti Sains Malaysia.Mohd Elfy Mersal and Kelvin Kuok; Impact of Bengoh Dam Construction to Sedimentation along Sg. Sarawak Kiri Using Infoworks RS; Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.Norlida Mohd Dom, Junaidah Ariffin, Sharina Sulaiaman, Norashikin Ahmad Kamal, Saerahany Legori Ibrahim, Nadiatul Abdul Ghani and Rohani Ahmad; Landuse Impacts on Water Quality; The Regional Humid Tropics Hydrology and Water Resources for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (HTC KL), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Riffat Bibi and Abid Subhani; Ecohydrology Watershed Management Strategies, A resilience to climate change for Sustainable Agriculture in Rainfed area of Pakistan; Soil and Water Conservation Research Institute Chakwal, Pakistan.Siti Humaira Haron and Lariyah Mohd Sidek; Pre Assessment Sedimentation Study for Kenyir Hydroelectric Scheme; Sustainable Technology and Environment Group, Institute of Energy Infrastructure, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Selangor, Malaysia.Chavalit Chaleeraktrakoon and Apin Worawiwat; A Procedure of Stepwise Dynamic Rule Curves to Multipurpose Reservoir Operation; Thammasat University/Department of Civil Engineering, Thailand.Shariffah Suhaila Syed Jamaludin; Functional Data Analysis in Streamflow Hydrograph: Application to Sg. Kelantan River Basin; Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.Haris Prasanchum and Anongrit Kangrang and Rattana Hormwichian; Impact of Proactive Agricultural Land Use Management on Runoff in the Upstream and Downstream Areas of the Multi-purpose Reservoir; Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Khon Kaen Campus, Khon Kaen, Thailand.

WATER SUPPLY AND ECONOMICSArshad Sardi, Zakiyyah Muhammad and Mohd Hazri Moh Khambali; Ensuring Safety of Water Infrastructure to Enhance Water Security through IWRM Approach: Experience in Dam Safety Management Studies and Programs; Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia.Rozaidi Haji Amat, Mohd Reza Shamri Mansor and Norizan Kailan; Overcoming Saline Intrusion in Water Supply at Muar, Johor; SAJ Ranhill, Malaysia.Aodhin McBride, Chris Counsell, Mason Durant and Mohd Fawwaz Mohd Fauzi; Water Supply System Drought Resilience Assessment Using Conjunctive-Use Modelling and Optimised Reservoir Control Curves; HR Wallingford Asia Sdn. Bhd.Faizah Ahmad, Alain Weisgerber, Abdul Razak Bahrom, Haslina Amer and Nor Zamri Sondor; Development of LUAS Intelligent Support System for Sustainable Water Resource Management for Sungai Langat; HR Wallingford Asia Sdn Bhd; Servis EDA Sdn Bhd; Lembaga Urus Air Selangor.Siti Nazahiyah Rahmat, Syafiqa Ayob and Fitryaliah Mohd Shahli; Study on The Performance of Dual Water Supply System using Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting System and Groundwater for Non-Potable use; Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Malaysia.Norzaidaltul Azmira Mansor and Ang Wei Lun; Water Consumption Patterns and Potential for Reduction in The National University of Malaysia (UKM); Research Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), The National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia.Chuan Yuen Wong and Fang Yenn Teo; The Reliability and Cost Analysis of a Rainwater Harvesting System for the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus; University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia.Adil Elkrail, Amin Dafaalla and Mohammed Adlan; Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Flow in Shendi sub-Basin, Sudan; Al Neelain University , Khartoum, Sudan.

NATURAL DISASTERShamsuddin Shahid, Tarmizi Ismail, Noraliani Alias, Muhammad Noor, Kamal Ahmed, Saleem Salman, Mohammaed Sinusi Shiru, Zafar Iqbal, Njeebullah Khan, Zulfaqar Sa'Adi, Mohd Khairul Idlan Muhammad and Mohammed Hamza; An Index for the Assessment of Multiple Climate Hazard Susceptibility in Arid Region; Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Cairo, Egypt.Muhammad Saffa Abqari Azmi; Physical Tsunami Modelling – A Review of Laboratory Tsunami Wave Generation Mechanism; Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.

OTHER RELATED DISCIPLINESHapida Ghazali, Mohd Faizul Mustapha and Zulkifli Zaini; Human Capital Development For Mechanical Engineers in Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia; Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia.Muhammad Najib Razali, Siti Hafsah Zulkarnain; Property Market Price Response to Flood Hazard; Department of Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Shajoeril Tajudin, Baharudin Ahmad and Ahmad Aizat Mahadi; Hydrologic Enforcement vs Object Points Removal of Hydrographic LiDAR DEM; VTS Universe Sdn Bhd, Malaysia and Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia.

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTINGAidi Huo, Xiaolu Zheng, Yan Liang and Jucui Wang; Integrated Numerical Modeling for Irrigated Area Water Resources Management; Chang'an University, China.Muhammad Suhaimi Bin Md Ali and Muhammad Zaim Bin Dzul Haimi; Computerize Maintenance Management System(CMMS); Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia.King Kuok Kuok, Sze Miang Kueh and Po Chan Chiu; Comparison of Cuckoo Search Neural Networks and Cuckoo Search Optimisation Neural Networks for Rainfall Forecasting: Case Study for Kuching City; Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia.Zed Diyana Zulkafli, Siti Najja Mohd Zad, Khairudin Nurulhuda, Farrah Melissa Muharam and Mohd Razi Ismail; Improving Satellite-Based Estimations Of Daily Rainfall For Large Scale Rice-Crop Modelling Applications; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.Fadhliani Umar and Zed Zulkafli; Rainfall Runoff Modeling Adopting A Dynamic TOPMODEL Framework for Nenggiri Watershed; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.Ali Suliman and Ayob Katimon; Daily Discharge Simulation: Combining Semi-distributed GIS-based and Artificial Intelligence Models; Department of Geography, College of Education, University of Al-Hamdaniya, Nineveh Plain, Iraq; School of Bioprocess Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia.Anongrit Kangrang, Nutthapong Srikamol, Rattana Hormwichian and Ounla Sriwanpheng; Alternative Approach for Flood Control Rule Curves; Faculty of Engineering, Mahasarakham University, Thailand.Ruhaidah Samsudin, Akram Shaari and Ani Shabri; A Drought forecasting using Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) and Empirical Wavelet Transform (EWT)-GPR; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

COASTAL MANAGEMENTNor Aslinda Awang, Amri Mohd Shah, Norzana Mohd Anuar and Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid; Sea Level Rise and Its Physical Impact on Coastal Hydrodynamics Around Langkawi Island, Malaysia; National Hydraulic Research Institute Malaysia.Norzana Mohd Anuar, Wan Ahmad Hafiz Wan Azhar, Nor Aslinda Binti Awang and Mohd Radzi Abd Hamid; Coastal Vulnerability Indicators in Langkawi Island Under Sea Level Rise Impact; National Hydraulic Research Institute Malaysia. Mohamad Faizal Ahmad and Mohd Ridza Mohd Haniffah; Numerical Study on Drag and Lift Coefficients of a Marine Riser at High Reynolds Numbers using FLOW-3D; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Hiroaki Ito, Shinya Tsurumaki, Takehide Hama and Yasunori Kawagoshi; Aggregation and Insolubilization Properties of Nano- and Micro-Scale Riverine Materials in Coastal Area – A Case Study in Shirakawa and Midorikawa Rivers, Kumamoto, Japan; Kumamoto University, Japan.Ahmad Hadi Mohamed Rashidi, Noor Hisham Ab Ghani, Mohamad Hidayat Jamal and Mohd Radzi Abd Hamid; A Study on Beach Protection System using NAHRIM Coastal

FLOOD MANAGEMENTRahsidi Sabri Muda, Ainul Bahiah Mohd Khidzir, Sarah Hanim Samsudin and Azwin Zailti Abdul Razad; Flood Risk Assessment for Dam Break using GIS application; TNB Research Sdn. Bhd.Muhammad Hassim, Ali Yuzir, Najib Razali, Faizah Che Ros, Chow Fai and Faridah Othman; Flood Simulation Model Using Hydrology Tools GIS and XP Storm Water Management Model (XP SWMM) Software; Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Ummi Hani Mahamad Anuar and Nor Eliza Alias; Application of Flood Models Considering Climate Change Impact; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Sabri Abdul Mulok, Ratnarajah Sivapiragasam, Adnan Othman, Wan Hazdy Azad Wan Abdul Majid and Mohd Fisham Abu Basah; Development of Flood Risk Map in Flood Mitigation Project; Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia.Ming Fai Chow; Parameter Estimation Through Regionalization Techniques for Flood Simulations in Ungauged Mesoscale Catchments; Universiti Tenaga Nasional Malaysia.Mohamad Hafiz Hassan, Wan Hazdy Azad Wan Abdul Majid, Siti Azura Mat Daud and Nor Hisham Mohd. Ghazali; Effects of Urbanisation on Flood Characteristics: A Case Study of Pinang River Basin, Penang, Malaysia; Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia.Faizah Ahmad, Alain Weisgerber, Nor Hisham Mohd Ghazali and Wan Hazdy Azad Wan Abdul Majid; National Flood Forecasting and Warning System of Malaysia: Automated Forecasting For the East Coast; HR Wallingford Asia Sdn. Bhd.Ismaila Usman Kaoje, Dr. Muhammad Zulkarnain and Tam Tzehuey; Flood Risk: A Review on Geospatial Approach to Flood Risk Assessment in Malaysia; Tropical Research Group, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.Nur Amalina Mat Jan and Ani Shabri; Nonstationary Flood Frequency Analysis of Annual Maximum Stream flows in Johor, Malaysia Using TL-Moments Approach; Mathematics Department, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.Krit Sriworamas, Haris Prasanchum and Jirawat Supakosol; Hydrological Response to Forest Rehabilitation in Headwater of the Ubolratana Dam in Northeast Thailand; Faculty of Engineering, Ubonratchathani University, Warin Chamrap District, Ubonratchathani, Thailand.Muhammad Noor, Tarmizi Ismail, Shamsuddin Shahid, Kamal Ahmed, Njeebullah Khan, Mohammaed Sinusi Shiru, Mohd Khairul Idlan Bin Muhammad, Saleem A.Salman, Mohamed Salem Nashwan, Mohammed Hamza Momade, Zafar Iqbal and Zulfaqar Sa'Adi; Rainfall Varaiations in Peninsula Malaysia under Climate Change Scenarios; Department of Hydraulics & Hydrology, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Balqis Rehan, Ahmad Faiq Mohd Yuhaizad; Towards an End-to-End Flood Risk Assessment In Malaysia: Forming A Stage-Damage Relationship to Depict Vulnerability through A Case Study in Kelantan; Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.Abdellah Ghenaim, Pascal Finaud-Guyot, Pierre-Andre Garambois, Abdelali Terfous, Jose Vazquez and Robert Mose; Experimental Characterization of Hydraulic Signature of A Urban Geometry During Floods; ICube laboratory (UMR 7357), fluid mechanics team, INSA Strasbourg, Strasbourg cedex, France.Daniel Yu Chuan Liew, Rosli Ahmad, Muhamad Nur Muhamad Yatim and Faizah Che Ros; A Composite Indicator Approach to Assess Flood Vulnerability in Malaysia; Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia.Ryan Cheah, Andy Chan, Fang Yenn Teo and Lawal Billa; Geospatial Modelling of Watershed Peak Flood Discharge in Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.Wan Hazdy Azad Wan Abdul Majid; Unstructured Mesh Evaluation for 2 Dimensional Hydrodynamic Modelling of Urban Flooding: A Case Study of Georgetown, Pulau Pinang Malaysia; Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia.Xin Yun Ng and Fang Yenn Teo; Modelling Effectiveness of Traffic Island as Stormwater Detention System; WM/FM Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.Han Lin How and Fang Yenn Teo; Evaluation on the Performance of Swale for Stormwater Management; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.Sazali Osman ,Foo Hoat Lim, Sean Peik Lee and Nor Hisham Mohd Ghazali; Hydrological Flood Forecasting With Updating Prediction Based on Antecedent Error Correction; Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia.Bambang Winarta, Pitojo Nur Juwono, M. Idris Ali and Noram I. Ramli; Dam Break Studies using Hydrologic and Hydraulic Model for Chereh Dam Kuantan - Pahang - Malaysia; Water Resources Engineering Dept, Faculty of Engineering, Brawijaya University, IndonesiaZ. Mohamed Yusof, M. F. Mohd Mokhtar and S. Amerudin; PATTERNS OF KAOLIN EMBANKMENT FAILURES; Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Dhinesh Sugumaran, Kogila Vani Annammala, Abdull Rahim Mohd Yusoff, Zulkifli Yusop, Nur Athirah Mohammad, Anand Nainar and Khuneswari Gopal Pillay; Apportionment of Sediment Source In Galas Catchment: An Application of Sediment Fingerprinting Approach; Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, UTM, Malaysia.P. Ngamjan and T. Chaturabul; Participatory Risk Assessment of Nong Han Wetland, Thailand; Kasetsart University Chalermphrakiat Sakonnakhon Province Campus, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand.Maochuan Hu , Kenji Tanaka and Shigenobu Tanaka; Hydrological Extremes in the Kiso River Basin: Trends and Climate Linkage; Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan.Ying Ying Tan , Charles Hin Joo Bong and Ching Vern Liow; Effects of Angle of Buffer for Flow Regulator in Controlling Peak Discharge in Open Channel; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia.Saima Nauman and Zed Zulkafli; Potential Impacts of Climate Change on The Hydrological Cycle of Haro River Basin, Pakistan; Universiti Putra Malaysia/ Department of Civil Engineering, Malaysia.Goutam Chandra Mridha, M. Monowar Hossain, Mohammad Salah Uddin and Md. Sohel Masud; Study on Availability of Groundwater Resources in Selangor State of Malaysia to Meet the Future Water Demand for an Efficient Planning and Management of Water Resources; Institute of Water Modelling (IWM), Dhaka, Bangladesh.Goutam Chandra Mridha , Mohammad Salah Uddin, Abdullah Al Mamun and M. Monowar Hossain; Quality Characterization of Groundwater Using Well Head Protection Areas (WHPA) Method, Vulnerability Assessments and Water Quality Index (WQI) for Selangor State, Malaysia; Institute of Water Modelling (IWM), Dhaka, Bangladesh.Amie Lou Cisneros; Irrigation Management Transfer’s Role in the Performance of Irrigation Systems in Davao del Sur, Philippines; Cor Jesu College, Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.Muhammad Umair and Amjad Nabi, Sajjad Haider and Hamza Gabriel; Climate Change Impact on Freshwater Resources in a highlands Catchment in Northern Pakistan; Department of Water Resource Engineering and Management, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan.Nur Athirah Mohamad and Kogila Vani Annammala, Mohamad Hidayat Jamal, Zulkifli Yusop, Dhinesh Sugumaran and Anand Nainar; Contextualize the Interaction of Land Use Change and Hydrological Factors on Soil Erosion Rate in the North-Eastern of Peninsular Malaysia; Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, UTM, Malaysia. Jirawat Supakosol and Kowit Boonrawd; Simulation of Climate Change Impact on Future Runoff in Nong Han Lake Using SWAT Hydrological Model; Faculty of Industry and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Sakon Nakhon Campus, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand.Kowit Boonrawd; Bias Correction of RCM Precipitation by Distribution Mapping: The future Projected Climate Changes in The Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand; Department of Civil Engineering. Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Sakon Nakhon Campus, Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand.Nadiatul Adilah Ahmad Abdul Ghani and Junaidah Ariffin; Sediment Load Prediction for Rivers in Malaysia using The Evolutionary Polynomial Regression Technique (EPR); Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Mara (Shah Alam), Selangor, Malaysia.Norsyafina Roslan, John Tellam and Hamizah Mohamad; Understanding the Aquifer Behavior in Urban Area for Groundwater Management: Case Study in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.Abdurrasheed Sa'Id Abdurrasheed , Khamaruzaman Wan Yusof, Husna Bt Takaijudin, Aminuddin Ab Ghani, Muhammad Mujahid Muhammad, Abdulkadir Taofeeq Sholagberu and Ali Riahi; Effects of Backwater on Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of Rainsmart Modules; Universiti Teknologi Petronas.Bambang Winarta, Pitojo Nur Juwono and Nadiatul Adilah Ahmad Abdul Ghani; Comparative Study on Rainfall Runoff Model from Two Catchments Areas in Lipis, Pahang - Malaysia; Water Resources Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Brawijaya University.Noradila Rusli, M.Rafee Majid and Muhamad Sharizal Nordin; Geometric Assessment of Watershed Boundary Delineated from ASTER30 and SRTM90 for Peninsular Malaysia; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

PROFESSOR NGUYENChair,Department of Civil Engineering & Applied Mechanics,McGill University

PROFESSOR EIICHI NAKAKITAVTEE Director,Disaster Prevention Research Institute,Kyoto University

DATO’ IR. DR. HJ. MD. NASIR B. MD. NOHDirector General,Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia

Loke Kok Foong, Ramli Nazir, Radzuan Sa’ari, Mohd Zamri Ramli, Mohd Ridza Mohd Haniffah, Erwan Hafizi Kasiman and Noraliani Alias; Laboratory Investigation of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids Migration in Intact and Fractured Double-Porosity Kaolin Soil; Center of Tropical Geoengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Nurshahira Mohammad Noh, Lariyah Mohd Sidek and Siti Humaira Haron; Analysis of Urban Water Quality Trend at Cameron Highlands Catchment; UNITEN, Malaysia.Khadijah Sulaiman, Lokman Hakim Ismail and Mohd Adib Mohammad Razi; Surface Water Quality Classification based on Water Quality Index at Sungai Batu Pahat, Johor; Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.Nurul Sa'Dah Bahar, Zainura Zainoon Noor and Azmi Aris; The Driving Factors and Progression of Malaysia Manufacturing Industry Water Use; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Edward Aeries, Ayob Katimon and Lulie Melling; Factors Controlling Water Table Variation at Primary Peat Swamp Catchment in Sarawak, Malaysia; Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.Suzanna Wong, Brittny Chars, Pak Yan Moh and Sahana Harun; Comparative Assessment of Moyog River Watershed and Malaysia Water Quality Index; Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

Erosion Protection and Beach Expansion (NEXC) Block at Pantai Batu 5, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia; Research Centre for Coastal and Oceanography, National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia.Nor Suhaila Rahim ,Ilya Khairanis Othman and Mohamad Hidayat Jamal; Interaction of Groundwater Levels, Tides and Waves on a Sandy Beach Profile; Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Justin Stockley; Removing tidal aliasing in estuarine discharge data; Xylem Analytics, Perth, Australia.Lavine Wong, Mohamad Hidayat Jamal and Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab; Numerical Modelling of Oil Spill Drifts in Johor Coastal Waters; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Hee Min Teh, Ahmad Mustafa Hashim, Syed Shuja Ul Hassan, Eric Joseph Pereira and Thinagran Silavaraj; Wave Transmission and Motion Responses of the H-type Floating Breakwater under Regular Wave Action: An Experimental Approach; Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.

M Adib M Razi and Azimah Marimin; Application of GIS in Mapping the Water Quality Parameter and Saltwater Intrusion at Muar River; Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.Feroz Hanif Mohamed Ahmad, Mohamad Hidayat Jamal and Abdul Rahman Mohd. Sam; A Preliminary Study of Urban Drainage System using Eco-Composite and Effective Microorganisms in Porous Concrete; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Zulkiflee Ibrahim, Abu Bakar Fadzil and Mazlin Jumain; Efficient and Environmental Friendly Drainage System for Stormwater Control; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Yasunori Kawagoshi, Yuichi Suenaga, Takehide Hama, Hiroaki Ito and Luong Van Duc; Characteristics of Time-Dependent Change of The Water Level and Quality in The Groundwater Related to Precipitation Fluctuation Which Show The Different Nitrate-Pollution Situation at The Multiple Sites Located Close to One Another; Kumamoto University, Japan.Mohd Fadhli Abd Rashid, Noraliani Alias, Kamarudin Ahmad, Radzuan Sa’ari, Zulkiflee Ibrahim and Loke Kok Foong; Experimental Study on Migration of Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid in Porous Media; Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.Sanusi Magaji , Nuhu Sambo Gin and Ibrahim A.Q.; Water Quality Assessment of Some Selected Hand Dug Wells and a Borehole in North Western Parts of Bauchi Metropolis, Nigeria; Department of Science Laboratory Technology, School of Science and Technology,Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi, Nigeria.Abdulkarim Abdul Rhmn Mohamed Suliman, Ruzinah Isha; Enhancement of Photocatalytic Activity by Different Ratios Between Titanium Dioxide and Oil Palm Fiber Ash (TiO2 : Ash) for Seawater Pretreatment; Univeristi Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia.Husna Takaijudin, Khamaruzaman Wan Yusof and Aminuddin Ab. Ghani; The Impacts of Compost Variation and Landscape Plant on Hydrologic Performance in Bioretention Facilities; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Univerisiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.Abd Jalil Hassan ,Sobri Harun and Tarmizi Ismail; The time of concentration and limitation on its application related to the flood level-river physical geometry relationship; Department of Hydraulics and Hydrology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia.Nor Zafirah Ab. Lah , Zulkifli Yusop and Mazlan Hashim; Habitat Suitability Model Integrated with GIS for Wetland Restoration: A Review; Center for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA),Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Mohammed Sanusi Shiru, Shamsuddin Shahid, Suleiman Shiru, Eun-Sung Chung, Noraliani Alias, Kamal Ahmed, Zulfaqar Sa'Adi, Saleem Salman, Muhammad Noor, Mohamed Salem Nashwan, Moh’d Khairul Idlan, Najeebullah Khan, Mohammed Hamza, Muhammad Rajab Houmsi, Zafar Iqbal and Qutbudin Ishanch; Water Resources and Environmental Challenges of a Mega City of Nigeria; Department of Hydraulics and Hydrology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Takeru Yanagiya, Tatsuo Sumino, Kazuya Shimizu, Tomoaki Itayama, Norio Iwami, Hideaki Maseda, Zhongfang Lei, Motoo Utumi and Zhenya Zhang; Adaptation Mechanism for Microcystin in Cyanobacteria-Predators; Takeru YANAGIYA, University of Tsukuba, Life and Environmental Sciences, Japan.Che Abdul Hafiz Che Yahya , Nadiatul Adilah Ahmad Abdul Ghani; Study on Water Quality Effect Due to Erosion and Sedimentation Process Around Tasik Chini; Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia.Siti Fatimah, Siti Nurhidayu, Mohd Roslan and Sofiyan Sulaiman; Seasonal Physical-Chemical Qualities from an Isolated Forest Catchment in Klang Valley, Malaysia; Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia.Soheila Manshad , Mohd Ghazali Mohd Nawawi and Nurul Huda Baharuddin; Separation Dehydration of N-Butanol from Water using Graphene Oxide-Polyetherimide Membrane via Pervaporation; Faculty of Chemical & Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.