The Characteristics of Fecal Disposal System in Penyengat Island, Kepulauan Riau

NOVI ASTI LALASATI, Dr. M. Pramono Hadi, M. Sc.

2019 | Skripsi | S1 GEOGRAFI LINGKUNGAN

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world with 16,056 islands which means there are thousands of coastal area and small islands have to managed. Nevertheless, the research about small island ecology and carrying capacity is still limited. One of the important issue in small islands is the management of waste water especially the fecal. This research is aimed to identify characteristics of fecal disposal system in Penyengat Island, Kepulauan Riau, as a way to figure out the real condition that represented sanitation problem in small islands. The method in this research is census and statistical analysis. Census is used to collect primary data that are information of latrine and sewage disposal type. Statistical analysis in this research is used for two aims. The frequency analysis for process the primary data into information of fecal disposal system characteristics in Penyengat Island. While the chi square analysis is used to identify the related factor of fecal disposal type with four variables such as settlement type, income, education, and ethnicity. Beside, the spatial information from census data is processed to be a fecal disposal distribution map in order to analyse the influence of the issue to sea water pollution potential. The characteristic of fecal disposal system in Penyengat Island in term of latrine and sewage disposal type are dominated by 43% gooseneck latrine-individual septic tank (FDT 4) , 27% pit latrine-simple pit sewage (FDT 1), and 26% gooseneck latrine- simple pit sewage (FDT 3). Meanwhile, 71% used the gooseneck latrine and 53% used the simple pit sewage. The prefer to have modern latrine but old or traditional sewage disposal. The characteristics of fecal disposal system in Penyengat Island is related to settlement type, the highest level education of household�s members, and ethnicity. Education level of householder is not related to FDT. Besides, the income level as represent of econominal aspect, either the householder income nor the total income are not related with the FDT preference. Futhermore, the distribution of fecal disposal that linier with coastline is the direct potential sea water pollution. While, septic tank use in huge amount is also be pollution potential even though indirectly way.

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world with 16,056 islands which means there are thousands of coastal area and small islands have to managed. Nevertheless, the research about small island ecology and carrying capacity is still limited. One of the important issue in small islands is the management of waste water especially the fecal. This research is aimed to identify characteristics of fecal disposal system in Penyengat Island, Kepulauan Riau, as a way to figure out the real condition that represented sanitation problem in small islands. The method in this research is census and statistical analysis. Census is used to collect primary data that are information of latrine and sewage disposal type. Statistical analysis in this research is used for two aims. The frequency analysis for process the primary data into information of fecal disposal system characteristics in Penyengat Island. While the chi square analysis is used to identify the related factor of fecal disposal type with four variables such as settlement type, income, education, and ethnicity. Beside, the spatial information from census data is processed to be a fecal disposal distribution map in order to analyse the influence of the issue to sea water pollution potential. The characteristic of fecal disposal system in Penyengat Island in term of latrine and sewage disposal type are dominated by 43% gooseneck latrine-individual septic tank (FDT 4) , 27% pit latrine-simple pit sewage (FDT 1), and 26% gooseneck latrine- simple pit sewage (FDT 3). Meanwhile, 71% used the gooseneck latrine and 53% used the simple pit sewage. The prefer to have modern latrine but old or traditional sewage disposal. The characteristics of fecal disposal system in Penyengat Island is related to settlement type, the highest level education of household�s members, and ethnicity. Education level of householder is not related to FDT. Besides, the income level as represent of econominal aspect, either the householder income nor the total income are not related with the FDT preference. Futhermore, the distribution of fecal disposal that linier with coastline is the direct potential sea water pollution. While, septic tank use in huge amount is also be pollution potential even though indirectly way.

Kata Kunci : Fecal Disposal System, Small Island, Penyengat