Open AccessMbay city’s eco-hydraulic concept leads to sustainable water supply and management
Author(s) -
Clara Susilawati,
Hartono Hartono
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/794/1/012019
Subject(s) - rainwater harvesting , flood myth , water supply , hydraulics , paddy field , sustainable management , water resource management , hydraulic engineering , agriculture , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , sustainability , geography , ecology , environmental engineering , engineering , physics , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , aerospace engineering , biology , thermodynamics
Mbay City is a lowland city flanked by rows of mountains and agricultural rice fields. This barren mountain range causes rainwater mostly flow towards the urban lowlands, as flood. The city of Mbay which consists of 3 different regional groups, namely mountains-lowlands-rice fields, encourages a sustainable water supply and management with an eco-hydraulic concept. First, it is necessary to understand the terms eco-hydraulics, sustainable water management and sustainable water supply as well. Furthermore, we can find the right innovation to handle the three distinctive areas of the different Mbay cities. Mountain areas need water conservation that applies ecological concepts, while urban plains need hydraulic handling to drain flood water from the city, and rice fields also need ecological handling so that rice fields are protected from overflowing sea water when high tide occurs. Finally, it can be said that the integrated handling of ecology and hydraulics concepts has made the city of Mbay able to manage and supply water in a sustainable manner.