Persepsi Masyarakat terhadap Kualitas Air Sungai di DAS Metro Kecamatan Lowokwaru Kota Malang Community Perception of River Water Quality in the Metro Watershed of Loawokwaru District, Malang City
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Water is an element that plays an important role and for the lives of all beings on earth. Therefore living things have the right to get water for survival. Humans as a water user community, argue that this existence naturally, is available in sufficient quantities to meet their daily needs. This study aims to determine the public perception of river water quality in the Metro Watershed Merjosari Subdistrict, Lowokwaru District, Malang City. This research was conducted in April-June 2019 using survey and observation methods. The population in this study was the community of Merjosari Village. The samples taken are people who are in the river environment. The technique used in sampling is purposive sampling. The number of respondents taken in this study was 100 respondents. Data obtained from the results of the research that have been carried out in the form of perception value and results of laboratory tests regarding the water quality of the Metro River Lowokwaru District. The results showed that the community's perception of Metro water quality has a high value on the question of water quality, clean river water, polluted metro river water, Metro river water is used for social purposes, many residents dispose of waste in rivers and river water used for building materials while the low to very low perception value is found in the question of river water used as a daily necessity. Laboratory test results on the river water quality of Metro indicate that the Metro river water is polluted.
Keywords; polluted, quality, physical parameter, chemical parameter
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Air merupakan unsur yang berperan penting dan bagi kehidupan semua makhluk di bumi. Oleh sebab itu makhluk hidup berhak mendapatkan air untuk kelangsungan hidup. Manusia sebagai masyarakat pengguna air, berpendapat bahwa keberadaan ini secara alami, tersedia dalam jumlah yang cukup untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidup. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui persepsi masyarakat terhadap kualitas air sungai di DAS Metro Kelurahan Merjosari Kecamatan Lowokwaru Kota Malang. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada bulan April-Juni 2019 dengan menggunakan metode survey dan observasi. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah masyarakat Kelurahan Merjosari. Sampel yang diambil adalah masyarakat yang berada di lingkungan sungai. Teknik yang digunakan dalam pengambilan sampel adalah Purposive Sampling. Jumlah responden yang di ambil dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 100 responden. Data yang didapatkan dari hasil penellitian yang sudah dilakukan berupa nilai presepsi dan hasil uji Laboratorium mengenai kualitas air sungai Metro Kecamatan Lowokwaru. Hasil penelitian didapatkan hasil nilai presepsi masyarakat tentang kualitas air sungai Metro memiliki nilai tinggi pada pertanyaan kualitas air, air sungai bersih, air sungai metro tercemar, air sungai Metro digunakan untuk kepentingan sosial, banyak penduduk membuang limbah di sungai serta air sungai digunakan untuk bahan bangunan sedangkan nilai presepsi yang rendah sampai sangat rendah terdapat pada pertanyaan mengenai air sungai digunakan sebagai kebutuhan sehari-hari. Hasil uji Laboratorium tentang kualitas air sungai Metro menunjukkan bahwa air sungai Metro tercemar.
Kata kunci; tercemar, kualitas, parameter fisik, parameter kimia
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