PENINGKATAN MUTU AIR SUMUR SIAP MINUM MELALUI FILTRASI DENGAN BIAYA EKONOMIS

Abstract

Water is  one of important substance for human being. Good water for daily needs has to be clean, no colour and odorless. Other than that for consumtion good water also has to contain important minerals  needed by human body. The villagers of Kampung Melayu RW 01  Kelurahan Setokok , Kecamatan  Bulang uses  rain water and digging well  to get water for their daily needs. This water does not meet basic requirements for daily needs. In community service activity programme in 2020, the students of  Mechanical Engineering of Engineering  Faculty  Uniba conducted education for the villagers  on the importance of clean water for life and how to get it at low cost. The education focused  on technical matter to get  clean water by filtration system. Filtration method uses plastic bottle,  gravel,  cotton, charcoal and water tubing to purify   water. After purification by filtration system water meets all requirements as stated in Indonesian Goverment Law Number 20 year 1990 on  water quality standard.   Keyword: filtration, purification,  standard water.