WATER POLLUTION LEVEL OF THE BANTEN BAY BASED ON SOME PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY PARAMETERS Nyoman MN Natih (a), Dewi Cahya Gustilawati (a), I Wayan Nurjaya (a), Yuli Naulita (a), Risti Endriani Arhatin (a), Mochamad Tri Hartanto (a), Sulistiono Sulistiono (b*), Aries Asriansyah (b), Mulyono S Baskoro (c)
a) Department of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, 16680, Bogor.
b) Department of Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, 16680, Bogor.
c) Department of Fisheries Resources Utilization, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, 16680, Bogor
Abstract
Anthropogenic activities around the waters of Banten Bay can bring polluted waste into the waters, affecting water quality. Determination of the water quality status is needed to estimate the condition of water pollution. This study aims to determine the pollution level of Banten Bay water by measuring several seawater physical parameters. Primary and secondary data from six research locations were used for 4 years (2019-2022). Parameters analyzed included temperature, transparency, turbidity, and total suspended solids (TSS). The analysis results were compared with the quality standards based on the Gov. Reg. No. 22 of 2021. Based on the observations of temperature (25.1-39ᵒ-C), transparency (0.05-10 m), turbidity (0.24-380 NTU), TSS (0.4-742 mg/l), shows that some of the parameters are still below the quality standards, while some parameters are not in accordance with the water quality standards. Based on the results of calculating the water pollution index, Banten Bay has a lightly polluted category (1.315-4.490).
Keywords: Banten Bay, physical parameters, pollution index, standards, water quality
