Improving Water Management for Sustainable Residential Design (Case Study : Kawasan Cimahi Utara, Indonesia) Tika Novis Putri, Nova Asriana, and Yoska Farhabi
Langlang buana University
Abstract
In recent years, Indonesia commonly gets a flood in the rainy season, especially in South Cimahi as a new city in West Java. There are some causes of getting flood in this area, such as the changing of land use in the upstream area, a high intensity of rainfall, a lack of water management system (grey and stormwater management), the infeasible capacity of drainage system, and the clogged drainage from garbage. Meanwhile, in the dry season, around 8 cities in Cimahi have a crisis of water which is caused by several aspects- the land usage does not consider about soil and water conservation so that there is a disturbances of water absorption into soil, the insufficient water supply, and the high water consumption for domestic needs, households, industries, agricultural. Moreover, the highest groundwater usage is from households that causes the declining water absorption due to the new development of residential areas in the land conservation. These issues are affected in the downstream, Citeureup North Cimahi, as a conservation area that will be a case study in this research This research idea is to create a sustainable residence prototype design to improve water management. Therefore this strategy will be another alternative solution to flood risk management in the rainy season. In addition, this self-sufficient house design prototype is capable of conserving groundwater and fulfill the domestic needs in the dry season.
Keywords: sustainable residences , water management, water conservation, sustainable design
