Impacts of Urban and Industrial Development on Groundwater, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia^*)

by : Soetrisno S.^**)

 

Closing Remarks

Groundwater resources play an important role for supplying water demand both for domestic and industrial purposes in the Greater Bandung.

Urban and industrial development has led to the deterioriation both quantity and quality of groundwater resources due to increasing of groundwater usage and its waste disposal.

Efforts have been made to restore groundwater resources in the Bandung basin, however, up to now there are no significant effects so far. Lack of resources other than groundwater, disobedience to groundwater and environment law by some groundwater users are among major constrains to implement those efforts.

The best solution to overcome the problem and to minimize its impacts is to reduce or stop the groundwater usage, whereas surface water usage has to be increased. However, to conduct such solution is not simply matters. Highly population, land-usage conflicts and socio-economic problems such as unemployment and financial will be the major obstacles.