Water quality study as a way of community behaviour in environmental management in east lombok regency

Abstract

Groundwater is one of the natural resources that must be maintained and managed sustainably well. Groundwater quality monitoring is important to do given the increasing human population that affects the increasing demand for water, both in terms of quality and quantity. Groundwater is susceptible to pollution which will result in a decline in the value of its benefits. The objectives of the research are to analyze the quality of groundwater and community behaviour in densely populated residential areas in East Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province. The research method is survey method. Results of groundwater quality testing compared to drinking water quality standard in accordance of PERMENKES 416/MENKES/PER/IX/1990. The results showed that in general if viewed from the physical and chemical aspects, groundwater in the research area is still below the standard of permissible quality, only in biological aspects that far exceeds the standard of non-piped water quality standard. To be able to utilize ground water as drinking water should do the treatment. Community behaviour in managing and maintaining groundwater quality in general is good, but in the future it should be improved.