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PENCEMARAN LOGAM BERAT MERKURI (Hg) PADA AIRTANAH Triadi Putranto, Thomas
TEKNIK Volume 32, Nomor 1, Tahun 2011
Publisher : Diponegoro University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (777.62 KB) | DOI: 10.14710/teknik.v32i1.1690

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The earth consists largely of water because the land area is smaller than the ocean. Human beings on this earthcan not escape the need for water. Water is the main requirement for the process of life on the earth.Relatively clean water that is coveted by men, whether for purposes of daily life, for industrial purposes, for thecleanliness of city sanitation, as well as for agricultural purposes and so forth. Heavy metal pollution is a veryserious issue to be handled, because of adverse environmental and ecosystem in general. Heavy metallic elementis the element which has a density of more than 5 gr/cm3. Hg has a density of 13.55 gr/cm3. Disaster is anoutbreak of Minamata mercury poisoning in people who eat fish contaminated by mercury in Minamata Japan,and this event is known as Minamata Disease. Efforts to tackle the heavy metal pollution can actually be doneusing a chemical process or by microorganism such as microbes and bacteria.
PERMASALAHAN AIRTANAH PADA DAERAH URBAN Triadi Putranto, Thomas; Indra Kusuma, Kristi
TEKNIK Volume 30, Nomor 1, Tahun 2009
Publisher : Diponegoro University

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Groundwater is one of water resources that can be exploitated to supply human being basic need becauseof its quality and quantity. Groundwater overexploitation can give negative impact to environmentalequilibrium. Human activities such as groundwater overexploitation, civilization problems, coastreclamation and industrial area developments can give groundwater problems in urban area. Groundwaterproblems that can be happened such as surface flooding, sea water intrusion, land subsidence andgroundwater pollution as the impact of human activities. Mitigations that can be conducted to minimizenegative impact of groundwater overexploitation are by technical and nontechnical programs