A preliminary assessment towards integrated BBWQM through priority analysis in the UCR Basin, Indonesia

In the frame towards integrated basin-based water quality management (BBWQM) in the Upper Citarum River (UCR) Basin, Indonesia, identification of a priority area for urgent remediation by comparing WQ among monitoring points in the basin was investigated in this study. Normalized rank means (NRM) approach was selected in this priority analysis owing to a low compliance of water quality (WQ) in the study area with the government standard. With relatively poorer WQ, the downstream area of the basin has been identified as a priority area in which there has been a strong influence of rapid land use change of the basin's most urbanized area as well as that of industrial areas. By incorporating this priority analysis with allowable limit of load discharge inside this identified priority area as well as with proper land use management, overall BBWQM framework in the UCR Basin could be of prospective approach for future WQ improvement in the basin.