Bank Air Kami: Terban waterscape information system

Abstract

As an informal urban-rural mixture area in the middle of Yogyakarta, Terban holds a special living facility: water. Dividing the downtown with a popular river sourcing from Mt. Merapi volcano, Terban waterscape has nine springs watering the society in a traditional way. This paper offers a new approach for the Terban waterscape to show water quality data for researcher and tsociety through information system, and to increase the benefits of natural resources among people. The approach was conducted by designing and deploying a set of sensors to collect data which were then managed by information system for further processing by researchers and locals.