Impact of Community Behavior of Sanitation on Water Quality in West Tarum Canal (WTC): Cibeet Weir - Bekasi Weir Segment Luhur Akbar Devianto (*a), Revrian Fajhri Andana (b), Mochammad Chaerul (b)
a) Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture Technology, Brawijaya University
Jalan Veteran, Malang 65145, Indonesia
*luhur.devianto[at]ub.ac.id
b) Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology
Jalan Ganesha 10 Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Abstract
Water is the most important substance for life. Drinking water has particular standard which need to be fulfilled. The worse quality of the raw water, the more complex and costly are the water treatment needed. In Jakarta, raw water was supplied from Citarum River to water treatment through West Tarum Canal (WTC) which crossing Karawang and Bekasi Regencies. The WTC is surrounded by residential and industrial area which probably affecting the water quality by their domestic activity. In this research we were conducting survey of sanitation practice (wastewater and municipal solid waste) of the people who lived around the WTC, especially in Cibeet - Bekasi Weir Segment. Stratified random sampling was conducted on 153 people in 9 districts in Karawang and Bekasi Regencies. The water quality was also identified to analyse of the impact of household behavior.
Keywords: Community behavior, Sanitation, Water quality, West Tarum Canal
