Urban Water Governance Through the Watershed Spatial Institutional Approach

Abstract

The Cisadane watershed in the upstream part of Bogor Regency is used as a source of raw water for PDAM Kota Bogor. Development in the Cisadane River Basin encourages the conversion of protected land and water absorption into built-up land. Government policies for resolving watershed area management have tended to be structurally resolved. The non-structural approach through the spatial institutional approach rarely makes attention. This study aims to analyze water management through an approach to watershed spatial planning and the pattern of coordination between inter-sectoral institutions related to the Regional Spatial Plan (RTRW) for sustainable water management. The study used a mixed method, first look problems about inconsistensy with policy spatial planning ang then descriptive qualitative approach through analyzing the role of the RTRW and coordinating inter-sectoral institutions. The findings of the study showed that the role of the RTRW had not been effective in ensuring the sustainability of water resources management. Local governments as leader power in determining policies have not been able to integrate inter-sectoral and inter-regional interests due to lack of coordination between related institutions. The use of water resources often does not see the production or water management system that is related to the RTRW, because of that the need for a coordination forum to bridge the interests of integrated water resources in spatial planning.