SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SDG 6: CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
“Without water we can’t live. Water supports out agriculture and aquaculture. Clean water is vital. However, due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, millions of people including children die every year from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.”
(THE Impact Rankings)
Water consumption per person
IPB has implemented a water conservation program (page 21), including initial measurement of potential water conserved and potential surface runoff volume. IPB University also processes water (page 5) from rivers, lakes, etc. with a total volume usage of 4,823,283 m3 in 2019 and 1,507,791 m3 in 2020 because covid the pandemic situation.
IPB University has 2 stations of Clean Water Treatment Process (WTP) at Dramaga Campus. The quality of the water produced by the Ciapus Water Treatment Plant is still quite good, the highest TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) value is 99.3 mg/l, the highest sulfate and nitrite levels are 36,143 mg/l and 0.0678 mg/l, and the pH is still in the range of 6.5-7.2, while the turbidity parameter is still above 5 NTU (Ev3).
Water usage and care
Waste water treatments in IPB are located in several locations in the campus area, while the wastewater treatment plants are directed at two locations, namely on the Northeast side (WWTP I) and the West side (WWTP II) of the IPB campus. Laboratory wastewater contains a lot of heavy metals, so needs treatment before releasing to the water body. Even though adding NaOH, the content of Ag metal obtained still does not meet the predetermined quality standards, so further handling is needed (Chemical Integrated Laboratory of IPBUniversity, point 2). Wastewater from the laboratory is processed in place before releasing to the water system (section waste handling (Penangangan Limbah), paragraph two, last sentence, page 64). Some pictures of the Installation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant at IPB can be accessed on the following link.
The drainage system in IPB Campus is designed to process water pollutants from any source by the natural system. All rainwater and drainage system flows to the central pond and the water outflow of the pond is controlled by a weir and watergate. IPB University was dominated by an open area (92%), where 29% is an infiltration area, 56% is a green open area, and the rest is a pond (lake) (IPB Sustainability Report, section infrastruktur dan Bangunan on page 63). IPB also has a strategy to manage water sources on campus. In IPB Green Campus Policy, we clearly mentioned the processes to prevent polluted water from entering the water system as stated in page108-111.
IPB has 4 free water points in 2 locations, namely the Faculty of Agricultural Technology (Fateta) and the Common Class Room Building, which was launched in 2018. IPB aims to add these facilities to more campus areas to provide more continent, extensive and close to students, staff, and visitors.
In late 2020, IPB designed a program called The Waqaf for Water Station, a charity program. In 2021, this program will be implemented and will raise Waqaf donations from the campus population to install more water stations.
IPB University is also committed to applying building standards to minimize water use, such as automatic water traps (IPB Sustainability Report, p.18). IPB Green campus is committed to building a culture of energy efficiency improvement, resource conservation, and environmental quality improvement. Several buildings were assessed for their suitability with the green building concept. The assessment results for the land use category met 11 points out of 16 points (68.75%), the water-conservation category met 5 points out of 20 points (25%), and the building environmental management category met 4 points out of 13points (30.77%).
IPB University cooperates with the Green Building Council Indonesia (GBCI) to achieve its goal of becoming a green Campus. The collaboration started in 2019 and is still going on today. Green Campus standards were used in constructing several buildings at IPB, including superior laboratory buildings, integrity parks, biodiversity parks, and so on.
IPB University campus was designed more environmentally friendly, especially for water conservation and plant landscape to minimize water usage. In IPB Campus, the area of green open space covers 76.98% of the total area, which has functions to improve the quality of the atmosphere and support the preservation of water and soil. Trees have has been planted in most of the IPB campus to beautify the campus landscape. Trees are planted along roads, parks, landscape arboretum, and forest arboretum. The trees do not require watering during the dry season, so they are drought-tolerant plants.
The IPB Landscape Arboretum was dominated by the Ki Rain species (Samanea saman). The spacing applied for woody plants in the landscape arboretum is 5 × 6 m. The IPB Landscape Arboretum applies a polyculture cropping pattern. The use of wide spacing and polycultural cropping patterns supports the function of woody plants as reforestation plants.
Water re-use
- IPB Univesity Rector’s Decree Number 205/IT3/LK/2015 on implementing the 2020 Green Campus Movement in IPB University.
- Academic Papers and Green Campus IPB 2019-2023 Implementation Planning Several reviews were conducted. The criteria for Green Campus IPB were expanded from four to seven (Decree of the Rector of IPB Number 205/IT3/LK/2015) (page 71, page 74, page 77, page 82, page 87, page 89, and page 94).
The water recycling program that IPB University has implemented is more than 50% (Annual Report IPB, water management section, page 64). Annually 259,200 M3 of water are reused from the pond (lake) for gardening utilization (IPB Water Processing System, page 4).
Water in the community
Various webinars and community services were conducted by IPB and targeted local communities. One of them is a webinar on the importance of maintaining water quality to maintain the sustainability of mankind by experts in environmental management, especially water. Then the Serving Lecturer activity was carried out through the socialization of various materials according to the needs of the village community, such as water-saving irrigation and water-saving cultivation.
Another activity is a video tutorial on youtube by IPB experts in harvesting wastewater from split AC devices during this WFH. Another way is to harvest rainwater from the roof of the house. Harvesting rainwater can also be done by creating a Rain Garden in the yard.
IPB as a body is active in the appeal for water-saving behavior installed in all toilets and water sources, and IPB carried out various water-saving campaigns as a body and in various academic communities (Green Campus Booklet page 9).
In addition, community service activities are also carried out through counseling about good raw water quality. One of them was carried out in Sukawening Village. The public is given knowledge of the state of raw water sources in Indonesia, raw water abroad, environmental influences on water quality, and parameters that affect water quality, thereby increasing awareness of the importance of maintaining water quality, especially raw water used as drinking water.
IPB University, in collaboration with Danone Aqua and PT. Oriplus recently discovered a plastic infiltration well (Biber). The Biber infiltration well is an innovation to be proud of because it can help water conservation and be applied in various locations.
CARE IPB and BUMI RESOURCES invite the residents of Bekasi to prevent flooding with biopori infiltration holes. The activity through a community-based waste management assistance program in Kebalen Village, Babelan District, Bekasi Regency, held training on biopori and maggot cultivation.
Monitoring the status of water quality in situ (lake) in DKI Jakarta is a collaboration between PPLH-IPB and the environmental Service of DKI Jakarta. This monitoring activity was carried out in 61 lakes/reservoirs spread across DKI Jakarta. The study’s results are used to determine the condition of the water quality, priority locations, and efforts related to the management of the lake/reservoir.
IPB University utilized sustainable water extraction technology (page 1-3) to extract water from rivers and ponds (lakes). Water from the Ciapus River and Cihideung River was located at the IPB University boundary and extracted using simple and appropriate water treatment technology. Salak Mountain is the upper stream of both rivers.
Another extraction technology is extracting water from the IPB University lake (pond), where water mostly comes from rain in water IPB University area. IPB University conducted research on groundwater exploration using IPI2Win at 9 measurement points in Dramaga District, Bogor Regency, West Java. based on these 9 points, the soil layer contains a lot of water.
Strategy for optimizing the Management of Water Sources in the IPB Student Dormitory
IPB works with various local, regional, national, and global governments on water security. For example, IPB works with the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and PDAM Bogor regency to provide clean water in the DKI Jakarta and Bogor area as a form of IPB’s service to the community in various developed fields.
IPB has conducted a two-year research collaboration with Monash University and the University of Indonesia, funded by the Australia-Indonesia Center, to offer guidance on how cities and the environment in Indonesia can transition to a more sustainable and sustainable future.
SDG 6 IN NUMBER
5,082,483 liter per year
Volume of water used in the university: Inbound (treated/extracted water)
32,990
Number of campus population
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