Bambang Suhartawan
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, Alfred B. Alfons
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, Daawia
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INTRODUCTION
Water is one of the components of the
environment that is very important for
development and growth not only for
humans, but also for other living things .
Especially for humans, in daily life, water is
used for drinking, cooking, bathing,
washing and for other needs such as
farming and growing fish for farmers or
other activities. The high population
growth has resulted in not all components
of society being able to enjoy clean water.
In terms of public health, the need for water
for sanitary hygiene purposes, swimming
pools, SPA, and public baths must meet the
quality requirements so that public health
is guaranteed. Good use of water is in
accordance with its designation based on
water quality status in accordance with the
regulation of the state minister of the
environment number: 115 of 2003
concerning Guidelines for Determining
Water Quality Status. (Alihar, 2018, p. 68)
(Alihar, 2018, p. 68) (Literate & Indonesia,
2020).
The availability of water on Earth is
always permanent, meaning that it does
not experience additions or subtractions
because water undergoes a hydrological
cycle and only it changes its forms.
Although the amount of water on Earth is
always fixed, the quality of water changes
along with the growth of the number of
human populations and the activities that
accompany them. The Pollution Index (IP)
is determined for an allotment, then it can
be developed for several designations for
all parts of a body of water or part of a River.
The Pollution Index (IP) includes various
groups of independent and meaningful
quality parameters. Water quality on the
basis of the Pollution Index (IP) can provide
input to decision makers in order to assess
the quality of water bodies for an allotment
and take actions to improve quality if there
is a decrease in quality due to the presence
of polluting compounds, in addition to
water for Sanitary Hygiene Purposes is
water of a certain quality used for daily
purposes which quality is different from the
quality of drinking (Storet, 2016, p. 9)
(Storet, 2016, p. 9)(Literate & Indonesia,
2020).
Water quality is a condition of water
quality that is measured and or tested
based on certain parameters and certain
methods of applicable laws and
regulations. Water quality status is the level
of water quality conditions that indicate
polluted conditions or good conditions of
the water source within a certain time by
comparing to the established water quality,
while healthy environmental quality is
determined through the achievement or
fulfillment of Environmental Health Quality
Standards and Health Requirements
(Storet, 2016, p. 2) (Storet, 2016, p. 2)
(Literate & Indonesia, 2020).
Environmental Health Quality
Standards for Water media for Sanitary
Hygiene Purposes include physical,
biological, and chemical parameters that
can be both mandatory parameters and
additional parameters. Mandatory
parameters are parameters that must be
periodically checked in accordance with the