Study of Treatment Alternative of Water Pressure Requirement Fulfillment in Piping Networks in Bajuin District Capital Service of Pelaihari City

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Clean water is a main need, and it is an obligatory issue for the Government to provide access to clean water for all citizens. In Pelaihari City itself, clean water is one of the strategic issues, where clean water services are still lacking, due to the lack of clean water infrastructure. The problem of lack of water pressure during peak hours often occurs, thus affecting services. This research aims to (1) determine the causes of not achieving water pressure in several areas in the piping networks in Bajuin District Capital Service of Pelaihari City; (2) determine and also analyze the financial performance of a treatment alternative that can be developed in order to produce optimal service. This research is a descriptive research with a quantitative approach aiming to describe a situation or a phenomenon that occurs in a company active in the field of clean water services. The criteria for selecting alternative development phases include economic analysis of NPV, IRR, BCR, and, finally, incremental rate of return analysis. The results of this research indicate that (1) based on the IRR indicator both the treatment and the existing projects are all smaller than the MARR of 3.75%; the NPV of the treatment project is positive while the existing NPV is negative; the BCR of the treatment project is > 1 while the existing project BCR is not calculated; (2) therefore, the water pressure fulfillment treatment project in Bajuin District Capital Service of Pelaihari City is feasible for implementation to improve and advance the performance of the water company, PDAM Tanah Laut Regency.