1Doctor of Environmental Sciences, Sekolah Pascasarjana Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
2Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
3Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
4Ministry of Health Polytechnic, Semarang, Indonesia
*Corresponding Author: Slamet Budiyanto, E-mail: slametbudiyanto.pkl@gmail.com
Online published on 26 September, 2019.
This study aims to analyze the impact of pollution of batik wastewater on dug well water in the center of the batik industry in Pekalongan City. The significant result of the coloring process with synthetic/chemical dyes containing heavy metals. One of the dominant heavy metals in batik waste is lead (Pb). Puddles of waste on residential settlements have the potential to pollute the environment in the event of infiltration and enter into community wells.
This research is descriptive analytic with quantitative methods with cross-sectional approach. This study explored the source of Pb heavy metals from the start of waste, wastewater, well water. The waste samples were taken from the beginning of the batik industry site along with the pool of waste around 67 waste samples.
The level of pollution of batik wastewater to the dug well water was quite high, as much as 60.5% of dug well water contained Pb exceeding the maximum permissible limit. It is recommended to prioritize the handling and management of batik industry waste starting from the source of batik producers.
There is a total of 29.9% of the pool of wastewater in open channels of residential settlements has a Pb content exceeding the specified wastewater quality standard.
Lead waste, batik, well water, heavy metal
