Dominant Factor Analysis That Influence the Sustainability of Quality Control of Water Resources in Bogor, Indonesia

Abstract

Waste from households and industry are discharged into water sources, especially to the river without prior treatment processes result in water pollution.  The purpose of this study to seek answers about whether the dominant factors that influence the sustainability of water resources quality control in Bogor.  The analysis in this study used the method of measuring water quality and Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) analysis.  The experiment was conducted in Bogor, Indonesia from January to September 2012.  This study used primary data from the results of measurements of water quality and survey to the public.  Multidimensional analysis of the results of the quality control of water resources in Bogor, Indonesia showed less sustainable status.  In this study obtained three-dimensional unsustainable the legal dimension, education and ecology.  Key factors that affect the sustainability of the dominant control of the quality of raw water resources in Bogor, Indonesia is (1) a formal education in influencing public perceptions and attitudes towards pollution, (2) Consistency enforcement against perpetrators of pollution, (3) availability of wastewater treatment plants, (4) the pattern of behavior of the people taking out the trash, (5) The level of purchasing power in influencing the behavior of pollution.

Keywords: pollution, education, quality control, water resources, multidimensional scaling