Co-cultural reflections on the (un)sustainability of a decentralized wastewater treatment system for the urban poor in petojo utara, Jakarta

• Author: Tuti Widiastuti
• Position: Bakrie University
• Pages: 365-374

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşo v

Series VII: Social Sciences • Law • Vol. 12(61) No. 2 – 2019

https://doi.org/10.31926/but.ssl.2019.12.61.2.19

CO-CULTURAL REFLECTIONS ON THE

(UN)SUSTAINABILITY OF A DECENTRALIZED

WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR THE

URBAN POOR IN PETOJO UTARA, JAKARTA

Tuti WIDIASTUTI1

Abstract: Clean water is a basic human need whose exist ence is getting

smaller so that various water management efforts are needed , including

from wastewater. DEWATS stands for is a decentra lized wastewater

treatment system. Three aspects must be considered when planning health

facility provisions in urban areas, specifically: physical aspects related to the

quality of the physical facilities, like the maintenance of the water supply

and sanitation activities; social and institutional aspects related to the ability

and willingness of the community to carry out the operations and

maintenance of water supply and sanitation; and health and environmental

aspects.

Key words: co-cultural, decentralized wastewater treatment system,

sustainable development goals, community-based management, urban poor.

1. Introduction

The importance of clean water and sanitation in a sustainable development context

was elaborated in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as the sixth goal: Ensure

availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. The

Government of Indonesia has even specifically enacted Presidential Regulation No. 59 of

2017 (PERPRES) a bout the Implementation of the Achievement of Sustainable

Development Goals No. 6, ensuring the availability and management of drinking water

and sanitation for all (BPK, 2017).

The development and improvement of water and sanitation will indirectly reduce

poverty. Reducing poverty means people have an allocation of income to rebuild and

improve access to sanitation and drinking water (Rizki & Saleh, 2007). The improved

water supplies encourage the poor in slum areas to increase their income, as they can

reallocate time spent accessing water to productive economic activities (Aiga & Umenai,

2002).

1 Bakrie University, tuti.widiastuti@bakrie.ac.id.