ICWRDEP 2017 Extended Abstract

Determination of Pollution Load Capacity Using

QUAL2Kw Program On The Musi River Palembang
Handayani Lestari1 , Riyanto Haribowo3Haribowo2, Emma Yuliani4Yuliani3, Mochamad Sholichin5
Water Resources Engineering Department, Universitas Brawijaya, Jl. M.T. Haryono No. 167, Kota Malang, Jawa Timur,
Indonesia
1handayanilestari20@gmail.com 2riyanto_haribowo@ub.ac.id 3e_yuliani@ub.ac.id

Keywords : Pollution Load Capacity, QUAL2Kw, Water Quality, Musi River

A. INTRODUCTION been processed so as to comply with the Water Quality

Musi River is one of the main river in South Sumatra and
widely used to meet the needs of the people of Palembang.
Along the river with a length of 750 km and 300 meters wide
stands a number of industries such as PT. Hevea MK II, PT.
Badja Baru and many more (Palembang Environment and
Hygiene Office, 2016). Over time, the number of residents in
the city of Palembang has increased, of about 1.4 million
people in the city of Palembang, only about 40% who
received clean water from the Regional Water Company of
Palembang. The rest, or about 60% still rely on Musi water for
daily household purposes. The changes of land use around the
Musi river border that affect the condition of the water quality
of the river itself. This situation raises concerns about the
decline in water quality, considering the use and utilization of
this river is so high. Based on the above problem, the purpose
of this study is to know the value of the pollution load
capacity and the water quality status in the study location.
Standard of Waste and also no domestic waste entering the
river body. Scenario 3 is a simulation where the state of the
river is filled with pollutant load, where industrial waste and
domestic waste enter the river body.
Capacity of pollution load of river is obtained from
scenario 2 and scenario 3. From each scenario is taken the
data of debit and pollutant concentration of simulation result
from Sources Summary worksheet. Then do the calculation of
pollutant load each reach then summed sehungga obtained
total pollutant river load. The total river pollution load from
scenario 2 and 3 then calculated the difference. The result of
the calculation is the pollution load capacity.
C. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In this study the Musi river is divided into 36 reach. The
segmentation can be seen on the figure below :

B. MATERIALS AND METHODS

The method in determining the pollution load capacity in
this study is a computational method using QUAL2Kw
program. Secondary data collected include maps, river water
quality data, river hydraulic conditions, water quality point
source, population of Palembang city and meteorological
conditions. After the segment is reached, the data that has
been obtained is then entered into the QUAL2Kw program for
model formation.
After the data is entered and QUAL2Kw is executed, to be Fig. 1 Segmentation On Research Location Pulokerto-PT. Badja Baru
able to model the necessary verification or calibration process.
Model calibration is done by altering the water quality The parameter of water quality which simulated are pH,
coefficients at works heet rates or Reach Rates. The model is TSS, COD, BOD5, and NH4... Determination of river pollution
said to have been verified if it has approached the data. This load capacity can be done with several methods, one of which
can be known from the trends formed by the model matching is computation method using QUAL2Kw program. This
the trend formed by the data on the graph. computer program works by analyzing the simulation results
Calibrated models can be used to perform various of the river water quality model. Determination of pollution
simulation scenarios of river conditions. There are three load capacity of Musi River in Pulokerto - PT. New Badja
simulation scenarios in this research. Scenario 1 is a concluded that the capacity of pollution load of the river is
simulation of the result of forming the model according to the still quite large with the capacity value as follows: 18245.84
existing condition. Scenario 2 is an exisiting data condition kgCOD / day, 8371.55 kgTSS / day, 5897.47 kgBOD5 / day, Formatted: Subscript
where the industrial waste consumption is assumed to have 2144.12 kgNH4 / day. Formatted: Subscript
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