SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY-BASED RURAL WATER SUPPLY (RWS) (CASE STUDY: PAMSIMAS PROGRAM IN PONGGANG VILLAGE AND TALAGASARI VILLAGE, SUBANG DISTRICT, WEST JAVA PROVINCE)

Abstract

The fulfillment of drinking water access in rural areas has only reached 56.09% compared to its target at
65.81% in 2015. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target in 2019, that is universal access for clean water sector,
especially those in rural areas in Indonesia, is accompanied by the involvement of local residents (community based)
within the development of clean water provision system for rural areas, as well as using the demand responsive
approach. PAMSIMAS program has its own challenge in guaranteeing the sustainability, considering the limited
program management capacity of local residents. The study aims to know rural water supply performance condition,
and evaluate the components of sustainable community based Rural Water Supply (RWS) system, which consist of the
following variables: technical, environmental, finance, social, and institutional using descriptive analysis and Simple
Additive Weighting Method (SAW). This valuation was performed quantitatively through use expert questionnaires
instruments and questionnaires for local who have reaped benefit from the PAMSIMAS. The descriptive analysis result,
for the sustainability percentage performance of PAMSIMAS in the village of Ponggang, were technical sustainability
(95.94%), environmental sustainability (98.54%), financial sustainability (90.63%), social sustainability (83.13%), and
institutional sustainability (92.19%). Meanwhile for PAMSIMAS in the village of Talagasari, the results were technical
sustainability (49.8%), environmental sustainability (86.72%), finance sustainability (69.27%), social sustainability
(54.17%), and institutional sustainability (36.33%). Sustainability index RWS based on Simple Additive Weighting
analysis for PAMSIMAS in the village of Ponggang had a score of 1 and PAMSIMAS in the village of Talagasari
obtained a score of 0.568. Thus PAMSIMAS in Ponggang was valued to be more sustainable.