Electronic Theses and Dissertation

The descriptive research objectived to study status of groundwater quality caused by domestic wastewater both tsunami-unaffected area and tsunami-affected area in banda aceh. the groundwater sampling points were chosen with random sampling for 21 points. the chemical and physical characteristics have been analyzed by method of chemical and physical parameters, and results of the research compared with standard of drinking water quality (class i, the government regulation of the republic of indonesia, number 82, 2001). the status of the groundwater quality determined by using storet method. results of the research showed that the groundwater have happened pollution at some of the area in banda aceh which marked with some of the physical and chemical characteristic changes. the groundwater physical characteristic change, that is smelled and also the chemical characteristics change are po, and fat & oil at tsunami-unaffected area. where as at tsunami-affected area, all of the physical characteristics are changed except total dissolved solids (tds), and also the chemical characteristis change are bod,, cod, nh5, no, po; and fat & oil. therefore, the status of thc groundwater quality at tsunami-unaffected area is medium pollution, where as at tsunami-affected area is weight pollution. generally, status of the groundwater quality in banda aceh is weight pollution. keywords : chemical characteristic, physical characteristic, quality status, groundwater, domestic wastewater, and drinking water quality.