Analysis of seawater intrusion into groundwater in the coastal area of Durung Village, Aceh Besar Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia

Abstract

Durung Village is a region consisting mostly of coastal and hilly areas. Utilization of groundwater in the coastal zone has been increased these recent years for all purposes of life, from drinking to sanitation and from industry to agriculture. It results new environmental problem, such as seawater intrusion that caused negative impact on groundwater resources. This research aims to analyze the effect of seawater intrusion into the groundwater in the study area. Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) was used in this research as approximation of groundwater salinity value. The spatial distribution of seawater intrusion had been prepared by using Geographic Information System (GIS) spatial interpolation technique for TDS parameter. The results revealed that seawater intrusion presented more obviously near the coastal line and its northern part was the most affected area by this contamination indicated by the highest TDS value of 2.947 mg l-1, whereas the farther location from the coastline were free of seawater intrusion indicated by low TDS values between 181 – 579 mg l-1.