Open AccessAssessment of infiltration rate in the Lawe Menggamat Sub-Watershed, Aceh Province, Indonesia
Author(s) -
Hairul Basri,
Manfarizah Manfarizah,
Syakur Syakur,
Shekhar S. Chandra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/667/1/012069
Subject(s) - infiltrometer , watershed , infiltration (hvac) , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , surface runoff , bulk density , geography , forestry , soil water , soil science , hydraulic conductivity , engineering , geotechnical engineering , meteorology , ecology , machine learning , computer science , biology
The Lawe Manggamat sub-watershed has been degraded as indicated by the increasing frequency of flood events from year to year. This is related to the hampered infiltration process so that the volume of rainfall that enters the soil is getting smaller, on the other hand, the surface runoff tends to increase. This study aimed to determine the infiltration rate in the Lawe Menggamat sub -watershed, Aceh Province, Indonesia. This research uses a descriptive method (survey) which refers to the Land Map Unit (LMU) by considering the type of land use, soil type, and slope. Infiltration in the field was observed using a double-ring infiltrometer at 17 LMU. The results showed that the infiltration rate in the Lawe Menggamat sub-watershed consisted of 5 categories, namely: fast (LMU-1, LMU-8, and LMU-16), rather fast (LMU-2, LMU-3, and LMU-17), medium (LMU-6, LMU-7, and LMU-10), rather slow (LMU-4, LMU-5, LMU-9, LMU-11, and LMU-15), slow (LMU-12, LMU-13, and LMU-14)."The dominant factors affecting the infiltration rate are texture, C-organic, bulk density, soil type, and land use. Management of cover crops and organic matter, as well as forest and land rehabilitation, are expected to improve infiltration in these areas.