FEASIBILITY STUDY OF COMMUNAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN SEKANAK AREA, PALEMBANG CITY

Abstract

Pollution, whether in the form of domestic wastewater or solid waste generated by daily activity, is to blame for this. In Indonesia, most domestic wastewater treatment still takes place locally, on-site, for instance, using septic tanks. The septic tank essentially only serves to precipitate the sludge content in home waste water, allowing it to contaminate soil, ground water, and eventually surface water bodies. There have been several domestic wastewater treatment facilities (WWTP) in Palembang City throughout the previous five years, both on a local and regional level, all of which are still in use. One of the city of Palembang's current WWTP facilities, Sekanak's WWTP is located not far from the river's edge. This WWTP was constructed to deal with the liquid waste generated by households in order to prevent direct pollution of the Sekanak River. This study used a quantitative descriptive method to accurately explain and represent the field circumstances based on the quantitative data that was collected. Installing an equalization tank in accordance with the input discharge to balance out the discharge of the collection tank and the discharge of the incoming wastewater will improve the old Sekanak WWTP. This method can be used to lessen and prevent water quality pollution from WWTP outputs.