Open AccessRestoration of Estuary Water Quality in the Petitenget Beach Area with the Use of Hydromacrophyte Plants in Badung Regency Bali
Author(s) -
Ida Bagus Suryabrata,
Yudha Akbar Prasetyawan,
Agus Putu Abiyasa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
engagement : jurnal pengabdian kepada masyarakat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2579-8391
pISSN - 2579-8375
DOI - 10.29062/engagement.v5i2.628
Subject(s) - estuary , environmental science , phytoremediation , water quality , wetland , pollutant , environmental engineering , fishery , soil water , ecology , biology , soil science
Tourism activities around the coast are growing rapidly, especially in the Petitenget Coastal area. Waste management by tourism actors around the area causes the contamination of the Petitenget Beach estuary. To overcome this, it is necessary to restore estuary water, one way is by utilizing the potency of the fragrant root plant as a phytoremediation agent. The purpose of this community empowerment program is to examine how effective the vetiver plant is as a phytoremediation agent for Petitenget Beach estuary water. This research was started by collecting water samples from the petitenget estuary and then conducting water quality research and testing water samples on Wangi Root plants using an artificial wetland system which was carried out for one month. From the research that has been done, it is known that the vetiver plant is quite effective in reducing the levels of chemical pollutants such as pH, BOD and COD, but this plant cannot reduce the microbiological levels contained in the water.