ABSTRACT

The clean water that is usually used by the residents of Berbek Village comes from well water. The quality of the dug well water is unknown. Water of unknown quality can bring a negative impact on Berbek villagers' health. Most of the well water in Berbek village has the physical characteristics of the water, the color and smell of which are not good. This study determines the water quality of dug wells in Berbek village and identifies the status of well water quality by the Pollutant Index method. Samples taken as many as five points were taken by the duplicate method. Parameters tested include pH, temperature, turbidity, Total Dissolved Solid, Iron, Manganese, Hardness, Lead, and Total Coliform. This study resulted that the parameter showed the quality of well water above the quality standard, namely Temperature, TDS, Mn, and Total Coliform. The well water quality status in this study was categorized as “Heavy Polluted” water.