DOI: 10.1515/jwld-2015-0002 © Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee for Land Reclamation JOURNAL OF WATER AND LAND DEVELOPMENT and Environmental Engineering in Agriculture, 2015 J. Water Land Dev. 2015, No. 24 (I–III): 11–19 © Institute of Technology and Life Science, 2015 PL ISSN 1429–7426 Available (PDF): http://www.itp.edu.pl/wydawnictwo/journal; http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jwld Received 14.01.2015 Reviewed 26.02.2015 Accepted 02.03.2015 Groundwater quality A – study design B – data collection and hydrogeological characteristics C – statistical analysis D – data interpretation E – manuscript preparation of Malacca state in Malaysia F – literature search Sharif Moniruzzaman SHIRAZI1) ABCDEF, Md. Ibrahim ADHAM2) BCD, Noorul Hassan ZARDARI1) BCDF, Zubaidah ISMAIL2) BCEF, Hosen MD IMRAN2) BCF, Munir Ahmed MANGRIO3) BCF 1) Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai 81310, Johor, Malaysia; phone +6 07 55 31523, e-mail:
[email protected] 2) Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3) Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Faculty of Agriculture Engineering, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan For citation: Shirazi S.M., Adham M.I., Zardari N.H., Ismail Z., Imran H.M., Mangrio M.A. 2015. Groundwater quality and hydrogeological characteristics of Malacca state in Malaysia. Journal of Water and Land Development. No. 24 p. 11–19 Abstract Groundwater quality and aquifer productivity of Malacca catchment in Peninsular Malaysia are presented in this article. Pumping test data were collected from 210 shallow and 17 deep boreholes to get well inventory information. Data analysis confirmed that the aquifers consisting of schist, sand, limestone and volcanic rocks were the most productive aquifers for groundwater in Malacca state.