ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Clean Water Utilization and Threat to the
Availability of Quality Well Water in Slum Areas
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Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia, Street Cabe Raya, Pondok Cabe, South Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia
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Institute of Technology Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Submission date: 2023-10-10
Final revision date: 2024-07-20
Acceptance date: 2024-08-05
Online publication date: 2025-02-17
Corresponding author
Edi Rusdiyanto
Environmental Studies Graduate Program, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
Jl. Cabe Raya, Pondok Cabe, Tangerang Selatan, Banten
Indonesia 15418, Indonesia
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ABSTRACT
Based on the many studies related to the importance of clean water needs, the condition of clean
water is increasingly becoming a serious problem and management needs to be minimized, especially
in guaranteeing the lives of the population and for the sake of sustainable use of clean water. This study
aims to analyze the quality of physics and organic-inorganic chemistry, and analyze the number of
total coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli in well water in the densely populated slum residential. The
research data was obtained by observing and conducting laboratory analysis in three slums in the city
of Bandung, namely Kampong Pelangi, Kampong Cimaung, and Kampong Middle Mengger referring
to the environmental quality standard threshold values based on Minister of Health Regulation Number
32 2017. Results The study showed that the quality of well water in slum areas for parameters of physics
and organic-inorganic chemistry was not heavily polluted because it did not exceed the required
environmental quality standards. The opposite results in the actual condition of water quality classified
as heavily polluted are shown in microbiological parameters that have exceeded the quality standards,
namely total coliform of 2400 APM/100 mL, and Escherecia Coli of 2-17 APM/100 mL. The parameter
for increasing the maximum threshold for the condition of the quality of water in residential wells is
due to the lack of order in settlement development and the layout of the distance between septic tanks
adjacent to the location of well water accompanied by waste disposal from settlements. From the results
of the Pollution Index (IP), it can be concluded that the status of consumptive water quality is 2 Parts
which are categorized as Light Polluted, and 1 Part is categorized as Meets Quality Standards. The
middle section of consumptive well water with the category of meeting quality standards. Meanwhile,
the upper and lower sections are categorized as lightly polluted.