Development of technique for assessing urban water security in Depok City

Abstract

Rapid urbanization, population growth and economic drivers forced megacities, metropolises, and many cities around the world face increasing challenges to manage water security in urban areas. The urban water security (UWS) issues becomes more attracting attention of various parties, especially those involved in planning of supply and allocation of urban water, implementation and operation of urban water management all together with systems and techniques for assessing UWS along with the indicators used. This study aimed to: 1) review the assessment system of accomplishment to meet the needs of clean water in the Depok City by PDAM Tirta Asasta Depok (PDAM TAD) and then comparing with the standard of UWS assessment used by the world’s leading cities, 2) develop and propose technique, criteria and indicators for assessing UWS of Depok City. Performance assessment of PDAM TAD in 2018 for serving drinking water in Depok City by using BPPSPAM Guidelines showed that PDAM TAD is classified as “well company”. However, a new technique together with indicators to assess UWS of Depok City is still needed to develop and propose since BPPSPAM Guideline has not fully covered and resembled the criteria and indicators used to measure UWS used widely by the world’s leading cities.