Kajian Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Air Bersih Melalui Pemanfaatan Air Tanah Individual Pada Rumah-Rumah Kos Di Kawasan Pendidikan Tinggi Tembalang

Abstract

University region in Tembalang has scale services up to a national scale so
that attract many students from various regions. Thus occurred the temporary migration
processes that affecting the development of the activity of living or residing, and the land
use. The increasing number of people/students and the high needs of boarding houses
effect on the improvement of infrastructure needs, especially clean water. Provision of
clean water in settlements around the University region in Tembalang still not fulfilled
optimally. PDAM only able to meet the needs of houses as much as 30% and reach is
limited to the downtown area. That makes the boarding houses in the University region
in Tembalang choose to seek clean water through the utilization of ground water. The
purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of the water that produced from
groundwater utilization individually by the boarding houses in meeting their needs and
the role of stakeholders in response to a such activity. The method used in this research is
a combination method/mix method with Sequential Explanatory Design models that use
quantitative and qualitative methods which combined sequentially. Most of the boarding
houses that use ground water, water needs can be met in terms of quantity and quality.
So it is necessary the action of stakeholders with the goal of supply the clean water and
controlling the rate of utilization of ground water and increase groundwater infiltration
to stay balanced.