Community Water Conservation and Village Institutions: A Model of Water Resource Sustainability

Abstract

The source of drinking water for most of the villagers in Malang Regency, East Java comes from springs. 60 springs in Malang Regency; 3 points for surface water, 41 springs and 16 points for deep wells; experience shrinkage. Water protection / conservation by government and non-government is a prerequisite for the sustainability of access to drinking water for rural communities. Research has not yet been carried out on a water resource sustainability model, based on water conservation by villagers and village institutions. The research aims to: determine the magnitude of the social and institutional effects of the village on the sustainability of water resources, and to formulate a sustainable model of water resources based on community and village institutions. Data collection methods are surveys, interviews, and document studies. The research data were analyzed using WarpPLS. Social factors (f 2 = 0.092) and community economy (f 2 = 0.024), have a direct effect on the performance of village institutions, but have no effect on the implementation of water conservation. The sustainability of water resources in rural areas is directly affected by the implementation of water conservation (f 2 = 0.250). The implementation of water conservation mediates the effect of community-village institution collaboration (f 2 = 0.134) and the performance of village institutions (f 2 = 0.189) on the sustainability of water resources.