| dc.description.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 | en_US |
