IDENTIFICATION OF WATER QUALITY EFFECTS AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION RISK ON VEGETABLE SAFETY (CASE STUDY: X PLANTATIONS AND SETIABUDI PLANTATIONS)

• Main Author: ALYA KRISNAMURTI, PUTRI
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Teknik saniter dan perkotaan; teknik perlindungan lingkungan
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/63635
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Plantation is the sector that uses the most water compared to other sectors. However, the use of water is prioritized for the industrial and domestic sectors. The existence of competition in the use of water causes the quality of water used by the plantation sector to decline. The use of polluted irrigation water sources can result in contamination of plantation commodities. The purpose of this study is to identify sources of irrigation water, determine the quality of irrigation water, determine the quality of vegetables, and determine consumer food safety behaviour. The methodology used in this study is the Standard Method for Examination Water and Wastewater to analyse water quality, SNI to analyse vegetable quality, and SPSS to analyse the results of the questionnaire. The water quality standard used in this research is PP No. 22 of 2021, water quality criteria, and PP No. 82 of 2001. The vegetable quality standard used in this research is SNI 7388:2009. From the results of the research conducted, all water sources studied contained coliform bacteria and one of the water sources contained Escherichia coli. The water sources studied consisted of grey water and drilled wells. Based on the assessment of the status of the water quality, the water sources studied were classified as lightly polluted. In this study, the vegetable studied was lettuce. The results of the vegetable quality test showed that there was no Escherichia coli and Salmonella sp in lettuce.