Model of Sustainable Drinking Water Governance at Tirta Kualo Regional Drinking Water Corporate in Tanjungbalai City, Indonesia

Abstract

Tirta Kualo is the only regional drinking water corporate (herein after PDAM Tirta Kualo) that provides drinking water to the people of Tanjungbalai city, which has yet to be able to serve the entire community. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential availability of the Silau river, to meet the water needs of the people, to know the condition of drinking water supply governance of PDAM Tirta Kualo, and to design a model of sustainable drinking water governance at PDAM Tirta Kualo, Tanjungbalai city. A mixed method approach was used in this study. The population was customers of PDAM Tirta Kualo who have been domiciled in Tanjungbalai city for more than 10 years. The analysis shows that based on the area of Tanjungbalai city around 60.62 km2with population 169.367 inhabitants and coverage services of PDAM Tirta Kualo in 2019 was only 68.86%. The projection of drinking water supply demand for each house connection in the next 5 years, assumed to be 2% increase, is an average of 14.79 liters/second. The condition of drinking water supply governance in PDAM Tirta Kualo is still low, and it is proven that there are still many issues in all working units. The design of a sustainable water supply governance model in PDAM Tirta Kualo refers to the regional spatial plan of Tanjungbalai city year 2013 until 2033.