Kondisi Lingkungan dan Persepsi Masyarakat Perairan di Dusun Ageng Desa Pinggir Papas, Sumenep Madura

Abstract

Salt is one of the strategic commodity products for human life today, not only used as consumption, salt is now widely used as material for industry, beauty products, agriculture and health. Determination of salt quality depends on the condition of the waters and environmental conditions that are made as a place of salt production. The purpose of this research is to determine the initial conditions of salt pond waters and community perceptions about the environmental conditions in Ageng hamlet of Pinggir Papas village, Sumenep Madura. The method used in this research is explorative quantitative descriptive method and data collection techniques in this study using purposive sampling. Data retrieval is done at 3 stations (swimming) with Duplo tests. The results of the measurement of the average initial conditions of salt pond waters in the village of Ageng obtained temperatures between 31-34 ° C, turbidity of 5.80-7.91 NTU, conductivity 1985-1988 µS / cm, pH 7.2-7.5, COD 20.45-26.23 mg / L, 2-4 plastic particles, coliform 15-150 / 100 ml and for the value of perception found high values. The condition of the waters and the environment of salt ponds in the Ageng hamlet shows conditions that are classified as normal limits to mild contamination for raw materials for salt production Keywords: salt production, water conditions and community perception