Qomarudin Helmy
The community service activity submitted in 2023 is a continuation of the 2018-2022 activities related to the healthy living community movement, especially the sanitation issues that have been carried out in Cinangsi Village, Cianjur. Activity in 2023 carried out is the continuation of the program in the same field, namely controlling water pollution with the aim of continuing to provide knowledge ( lifelong learning ) as well as seeing the continuity/sustainability of the service activities that have been carried out since 2018, given the complexity of the problem in the field of pollution control. The focus of the 2023 activity is assistance to relevant stakeholders, namely: village government officials and ranks below, the community in this case is students at the elementary-junior high school level in the Cinangsi area.
Various kinds of policies and regulations related to water pollution control, but the decline in the quality of the water body is still ongoing. This is due to weak supervision and law enforcement and public awareness related to the disposal of household waste. Contamination of pollutants originating from industrial, agricultural, livestock, and household activities has caused a significant decrease in water quality in water bodies such as rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
water sources that do not Safe in particular is more vulnerable to polluted by bacteria and sources of disease after a natural disaster, so that people who use water from water sources are at risk of contracting diseases such as diarrhea and other diseases. Cianjur, as one of the areas that was recently affected by the earthquake also has the potential to have a briefing in its water source. One method of water treatment that is easy to make with materials that are easy to find are biosand filters. Biosand filter is a tool that can process raw water biologically and physically. This tool filters water slowly through sand media so that water deposits are formed on the filter which will cause the growth of bacterial biofilm.
Socialization and guidance activities to stakeholders continuously related to the importance of healthy lifestyle to the community becomes important because around 60% contributor to surface water pollution sourced from domestic liquid waste which is directly discharged into a water body.
Socialization and assistance to stakeholders; Demonstrations and appropriate equipment grants to the community
1. Applications of Scientific Fields in real terms 2. Networking with stakeholders in this case government officials and the community