Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education, Humanities, Health and Agriculture, ICEHHA 2021, 3-4 June 2021, Ruteng, Flores, Indonesia

Research Article

Spatial Analysis of Metal Content in Community Drinking Water Sources in Post Eruption of Sinabung Mountain in Karo District

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.3-6-2021.2310649,
        author={Sri Malem Indirawati and Umi  Salmah and Lanova Dwi Arde},
        title={Spatial Analysis of Metal Content in Community Drinking Water Sources in Post Eruption of Sinabung Mountain in Karo District},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education, Humanities, Health and Agriculture, ICEHHA 2021, 3-4 June 2021, Ruteng, Flores, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICEHHA},
        year={2021},
        month={8},
        keywords={drinking water; metal; post-eruption},
        doi={10.4108/eai.3-6-2021.2310649}
    }
    
  • Sri Malem Indirawati
    Umi Salmah
    Lanova Dwi Arde
    Year: 2021
    Spatial Analysis of Metal Content in Community Drinking Water Sources in Post Eruption of Sinabung Mountain in Karo District
    ICEHHA
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.3-6-2021.2310649
Sri Malem Indirawati1,*, Umi Salmah1, Lanova Dwi Arde1
  • 1: Public Health Faculty Universitas Sumatera Utara
*Contact email: srimalem@usu.ac.id

Abstract

Sinabung mountain in North Sumatra Province has been erupted since August 2010. The post-eruption conditions caused changes in land cover and had direct impact on the surrounding area. The community used drinking water sources from springs and wells which have been exposed to metals contained in volcanic ash eruptions. This study aims to analyze the chemical quality of community drinking water sources. Amount 21 samples of drinking water sources representing the direction of volcanic eruption were analyzed in the laboratory using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry method. Each sample point was analyzed by using the Inversed distance weighted (IDW) method. The results of the laboratory showed that Fe concentrations exceeded the environmental quality standard, while other metals still met the requirements for drinking water quality. The order of metal concentration in drinking water Fe> Mn> Cd> Pb. The results of correlation between distance and Fe concentration obtained value r = 0.083.