Water quality and biophysical condition for tourist activities in Situ Rawa Kalong Depok City, West Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Having a role as the water resource, situ water quality and biophysical conditions are the main components that reach the basis of sustainability analysis. This study aims to analyze the water quality and biophysical conditions of the Situ Rawa Kalong area as the basis for achieving sustainable management. The description of existing and potential conditions uses descriptive qualitative methods and scoring to measure the factors of water quality, lake quality, and tourism suitability. The literature study used secondary data from The Sanitation and Environmental Office of Depok City in the form of the Situ Rawa Kalong water quality data 2016-2020 and other sources. A field survey was conducted by measuring, mapping with GIS, and documenting. It concerns such data on vegetation, fauna, hydrology, morphology, climate, carrying capacity, topography, facilities, and infrastructure. The result is that Situ Rawa Kalong has limitations in determining the type of recreation. It is a non-contact and a view recreation. The types of tourism are meant for boating, fishing, and scenery recreation. The general biophysical condition of Situ Rawa Kalong is disturbed. As a potential water resource and tourism in Depok, Situ Rawa Kalong must be managed sustainability.