Analysis of Water Availability for Domestic Needs in Denpasar City

Abstract

This research aims to know the power carrying capacity of water for domestic needs in Denpasar City, Indonesia. Primary data collection techniques and field research using interviews to the people who directly need water for domestic purposes. Determination of the respondents was conducted by the method of purposive random sampling. The number of respondents that were used in this study was 100 respondents. The percentage of the number of communities that the fulfilment of the needs of the water comes from the PDAM as much as 38%, the well bore as much as 44% and 18% of the community’s daily water needs fulfilment comes from the well dig. Most of the drinking water needs of the community in the Denpasar city, use bottled water. Water potential of Denpasar city run off coefficient calculation is 52.35 million m3/year. Water needs for domestic purposes of Denpasar city of 65,469,173 m3/year. A comparison between the availability of water by domestic needs is. 0.9, which means the Denpasar city was included in the area that has water deficit.