Domestic Waste Pollution of River Settlements, Banjarmasin City, Indonesia

Abstract

The increase in the amount of household domestic waste isgetting bigger every year as the populationincreases. Domestic household waste pollution is increasingly polluting rivers, especially on the riverbanksof the City of Banjarmasin whose residents live on the banks of the river. The purpose of the study was toestimate the population, the amount of domestic waste, andthe amount of domestic waste pollution on theriverbanks of Banjarmasin City. The research populationis the head of the family who lives on the banks ofthe river Banjarmasin as many as 10,724 houses. The number of samples based on the Slovin method witha margin of error of 5% is known as 386. Sampling using a proportional random sampling technique.Analysis of the data in a quantitative description using theformula for domestic waste generation. Theresults of the study estimated that the population of thesettlements along the riverbanks of BanjarmasinCity was 43,618 people. The amount of domestic waste in settlements along the riverbanks of BanjarmasinCity for one year is estimated that organic waste discharged to TPS is 865.05 tons/year, while that isDisposedof into rivers as much as 1,204.5 tons/year, and inorganic waste disposed of to TPS as much as 2,193.65tons/year. dumped into the river as much as 1,627.9 tons/year. The amount of liquid waste result from theactivities of bathing, washing, and toilet for one year is estimated at 1,107,753.1 m3/year, which consists ofa bath of liquid waste by 552,76.3 m3/year, wastewater washing for 337,676.1 m3/year, and wastewaterouthouses of 217,317.35 m3/year. Efforts to control the amount of domestic waste pollution in riverbank settlements in every urban area in Indonesia are urgently needed by facilitating the construction of bathing,washing, and public toilets that are connected to the installation of wastewater disposal and garbage disposalsites.