Open AccessReducing the natural disaster impacts by using an appropriate water testing technology
Author(s) -
Dwi Rahmawati,
Joni Safaat Adiansyah,
Alpiana,
Isfanari
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/674/1/012048
Subject(s) - natural disaster , turbidity , environmental science , agency (philosophy) , computer science , geography , ecology , biology , philosophy , epistemology , meteorology
The natural disaster might cause various impacts to the human including water supply. Polluted water sources should be treated prior consumed. The water treatment process refers to the water testing results. This paper was aimed to determine an effective water testing technology for emergency situations associated with natural disasters. The methods used were literature review and experiment. Various water testing methods during emergency response were explored by a terature review. In addition, the accuracy of manual and digital water testing kit, including pH and turbidity, were conducted through an experiment. The research resulted that the effectiveness of turbidity tubes ranged from 80 to 100%. While the pH kit effectiveness ranged from 80 to 94%. There is no rule to classify the best technology during emergency response. The chosen technology depends on each humanitarian agency’s condition including financial and human resources.