Pengelolaan Pemeliharaan Infrastruktur Sanitasi Program Pamsimas di Kecamatan Pekalongan Utara

Abstract

Infrastructure development especially in the field of sanitation in Indonesia is still
lagging behind other countries in Southeast Asia. One of the efforts undertaken by the
Indonesian government to improve the quality of sanitation infrastructure is through Water
Supply and Sanitation for Low-Income Communities (WSSLIC). WSSLIC is a community-based
programs that involve the community in any implementation activities. Besides, the
implementation of the WSSLIC program in each region which beneficiariesalso based on
initiative of the community itself.Sanitation issues commonly found in many settlements in
coastal areas. Pekalongan, especially in the District of North Pekalongan in particular is one of
the coastal areas are still struggling with the problem of sanitation. Six villages in the District of
North Pekalongan has received WSSLIC program, but the effort to manage the maintenance of
sanitation infrastructure program by community is not the same between each village, though
still within the scope of the same area. This study aims to determine how the management is
done in the respective village communities in the District of North Pekalongan so it can be the
cause of the decline of quality of sanitation and the things that hinder the successful
community management.
The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach using descriptive methods in analysis
techniques. Sampling object and subject of research is done by using purposive sampling.
Samples research objects taken six samples, one sample from each village and coded samples
A-F. There is three stages of analysis in this study, first is the identification of physical changes
sanitary building in each village; second is maintenance management analysis carried out by
the people in each village that includes planning program by community, entity formation
managers, program implementation, and monitoring; and third is to do a comparison between
the findings of the study with community managed water and sanitations program in India.
Based on the analysis, in this study showed that community efforts in the management and
maintenance of sanitation infrastructure in the form of public toilets is strongly influenced by
the level of awareness and public participation as users. There are also other factors that also
influence the successful management of the maintenance of sanitation infrastructure of
WSSLIC program by the people in the District of North Pekalongan namely environmental
conditions, catastrophic flooding, socio-economic conditions of society, the level of users
demand, the relationship between the community and the government, and there absence of
supervision by the government as a provider of program.