One of the main objectives of research in hydrology is to improve the accuracy of catchment storage estimation for water resources management and flood prediction purposes. Rain water falling to the ground surface will either run off along the surface or infiltrate into the soil. The infiltrated water which is defined as loss rainfall can be used to estimate the potential catchment storage.Total rainfall-total loss rainfall relationship has been developed to estimate catchment storage by using tanh function fitting curve for 47 catchments located in 16 prefectures in Japan between 2002 and 2011 (June to October). The obtained results indicate that runoff parameters in the tanh function represented by a and b parameters can be utilized to estimate the potential water storage for catchments having stabilized tanh curve type. Among 47 catchments, only 23.4% of the overall catchments have stabilized tanh curve types which are located in Honshu Island.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 Mw hit Lombok, Indonesia in July 2018, followed by another 6.9 Mw earthquake magnitude in less than a month in August 2018. The earthquake caused fatalities and damage to infrastructures, including the facilities of clean water. The main objective of this study is to know the impact of the earthquake towards clean water facilities damage, and to analyse clean water demand and supply after earthquakes in North Lombok Regency. Another purpose is to propose disaster mitigation to be implemented in the other disaster prone regions of Indonesia. The primary data were collected through field survey and questionnaire samples of 110 respondents. Secondary data regarding the damage of clean water network were collected from the Regional Water Company (PDAM) of North Lombok. The results of this study show that many clean water facilities were damaged due to earthquake. The amount of clean water demand in Lombok Island after the earthquake was decreased by 19.03%. The number of wells users after the earthquake increased from 22.73% to 57.27%. The potential groundwater for clean water in the Lombok Island is more than sufficient to fulfil the requirement of clean water during disaster. However, further studies are required to realize such idea.
Aim: This study aims to treat leachate by using the constructed wetland. Moreover, the study of the usage of solid waste as a part of constructed wetland was also carried out to analyze the potential of solid waste utilization as filter media. Methodology and Results: Two different alternatives were proposed to obtain the best system, i.e., conventionally constructed wetlands with gravel, sand, and rock as the filtration media, and constructed wetlands that utilize solid waste as the media. The leachate was treated in a constructed wetland using the pandan plant through a phytoremediation process. The results showed that constructed wetlands were able to reduce BOD, COD, nitrate, and phosphate concentrations up to 87.3%, 87.7%, 86%, and 99.7% in a conventionally constructed wetland, also up to 77.1%, 76.9%, 98%, and 98.9% in constructed wetland using solid waste. The analysis results show that the TSS value still exceeds the quality standard due to suspended particles in the water. Conclusion, significance, and impact study: The results showed that constructed wetland significantly affected the reduction of BOD, COD, nitrate, and phosphate but did not significantly reduce TSS. Therefore, additional technology, such as a sedimentation tank, is needed. This ecologically constructed wetland is the first step in achieving sustainable development.
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