Study of Flood Impact Handling in Pekalongan District

Abstract

The flood disaster that occurred in Pekalongan district in February 2021 was caused by the high intensity of rain for one week with rainfall >50 mm/day and the ebb and flow of sea water due to tides reaching 0.9-1.1 meters. Other problems due to flooding in Pekalongan district are change in land use, land subsidence, waste, erosion-sedimentation, as well as operation and maintenance factors. Losses due to floods cause material and building losses and traffic conditions are paralyzed. The method used in this research is primary and secondary data collection, descriptive qualitative data processing by describing understanding, research approach with field observations. Flood handling that has been carried out is by adding an emergency sliding door to the drainage, procuring a mobile water pump with a capacity of 250 liters/second, a CCSP (Corrugated Concrete Sheet Pile) embankment, rehabilitation of the Bremi River floodgate, construction of a Mrican pump house with a capacity of 8 2 m3/second, and construction of a 2,200 meter long Silempeng earthen embankment. The emergency handling that was carried out during the floods of February 2021 was the opening of the Long Storage Silempeng-Sengkarang and the preparation of sandbags and large sacks for emergency handling.