Estimasi Nilai Kerugian Ekonomi akibat Pencemaran Air di Waduk Cirata, Wilayah Kabupaten Cianjur, Provinsi Jawa Barat

Abstract

Cirata Reservoir is one of cascade reservoir which was built by dammed Citarum River’s flow for some purposes, such as hydropower plant, fisheries, and floating cage aquaculture. Cirata Its water quality is declining due to water pollution. This pollution causes economic losses for the users of Cirata Reservoir, those are: floating cage aquaculture farmers, fishermen, and PT. PJB UP Cirata as the management of Cirata hydropower plant. This research aims to identify the respondents’ perceptions about the water pollution use descriptive analysis and to estimate the economic losses which are caused by water pollution in Cirata Reservoir Cianjur Regency in 2013 use economic loss approach and benefit transfer method. Commonly, the respondents understand about the water pollution in reservoir and suffered by it. Based on data analysis obtained that economic loss estimation of floating cage aquaculture is IDR 427,581,110,250.00 (the biggest loss), economic loss estimation of fisheries is IDR 1,176,696,421.00, and economic loss estimation of hydropower plant is IDR 198,418,167,672.67. Therefore, total economic loss estimation due to water pollution in Cirata Reservoir Cianjur Regency in 2013 is IDR 628,175,974,343.67.