This project comes as a mitigation solution to the problem of water contamination in Cipayung area — in east Indonesia — where a landfill pollutes groundwater posing a critical public health challenge as the residents still depend on this aquifer as a primary source for their daily water needs. By using geophysical methods such as geochemistry, resistivity, ground penetrating radar, and self-potential the team aims to locate the runway of contaminated underground water from nearby landfills.

This project’s activities are divided into four main categories: socialization, survey, data processing and analysis, and project wrap-up. Eleven students from University of Indonesia’s SEG Student Chapter are participating in this project.

Two resident districts with 1624 + 988 heads of families, totaling up to 2600 local families benefitted from this project. About 500 residents were indirect beneficiaries from the local school awareness efforts about clean water access and waste management; and geophysical study’s impact and approaches towards addressing these issues.

UNSDGs Addressed

6 (Clean Water and Sanitation for all)