Sewage management in the upstream residential areas in Hutaimbaru Village (Indonesia)

The riverbank areas in the settlement area upstream of the Aek Sarupak River, Hutaimbaru Village, Padangsidimpuan City, have more difficult geographical and climatic characteristics due to limited access to the area regarding the road access, economic constraints, and limited land, making it difficult for the environment to implement a sanitation service system. The number of families without access to sanitation in Hutaimbaru Village in 2021 is 241 families out of 920 families (26%) however, the area already has sanitation facilities in the form of public MCK and communal WWTP. The research aims to increase access to environmental sanitation for the community by determining appropriate and appropriate domestic wastewater management strategies to be applied to residential areas upstream of the Aek Sarupak River. This research is descriptive research with mixed methods by combining both qualitative and quantitative data input. The existing conditions of domestic wastewater management were identified using field observations, interviews and community questionnaires.

Sampling was done by quota sampling with the number of respondents in the community questionnaire totaling 108 families. The analysis to determine the weight of the study aspects, program priorities and criteria used the pairwise comparison test based on the AHP method. The analysis of determining the priority program implementation strategy is carried out using a SWOT analysis.