Textile Industry Waste Pollution in the Konto River: A Comparison of Public Perceptions and Water Quality Data

Textile industry production activities in one of the Badas areas can have implications for occurrence dye liquid waste pollution Konto river flow. This implication leads to public perception that there has been from textile dyeing waste. In this case, perceptions need be analyzed as a form environmental monitoring activities. Therefore, were compared with actual water quality data, especially related dyes water, link resource management efforts. study aims analyze and compare analysis results analysis. Analysis (dye content, BOD, COD) was conducted at five sampling points Badas, Kuwik, Balungjeruk, Wonorejo villages. Public measured descriptively through interviews respondents referring Slovin method. The shows considers mainly due waste, along River. showed concentrations found four except Village. result correlation between data on contamination only occurs Balungjeruk addition, BOD/COD ratio indicates occurred all observation study.