Water Pollution Study and its Control Strategies in the Boentuka Sub-watershed, South Timor Regency, Timur Nusa Tenggara Province

Abstract

A Watershed is a land area that is an integral part of the river and its tributaries, which functions to accommodate, store and drain water from rainfall to lakes or to the sea naturally, whose boundaries on land are topographical separators. And boundaries at sea up to water areas that are still affected by land activities. This study aims as follows: 1) To assess the current water quality in the Boentuka Sub-watershed, Timor Tengah Selatan Regency, 2) Identify the factors causing water pollution entering the Boentuka Sub-watershed, 3) Formulate Strategic Recommendations on Water Pollution Control to the District Government South Central Timor in water quality management and efforts to control water pollution in the Boentuka Sub-watershed. This research method is descriptive with a laboratory-based quantitative approach to describe the condition of river water quality status in the Boentuka Sub-watershed area and the pollution load originating from residential and agricultural activities of local residents. d. The results of the SWOT analysis state that the strategic recommendations that need to be made to control the level of water pollution in the Boentuka Sub-watershed area are (a) the need for a technical study on the determination of river water classes and the carrying capacity of river water pollution loads as the basis for river pollution control policies; and (b) Increasing the frequency of supervision and monitoring activities by the relevant agencies on settlement activities, agriculture and or other activities that contribute to increasing river water pollution.