Summary of Water Supply Engineering Lectures from

Yamaguchi University

By Prof. Koichi Yamamoto and Jun Mizushima


On Tuesday, 16
th
September 2014 our lecture have guests from
Yamaguchi University. They are Prof. Koichi Yamamoto and his student, Jun
Mizushima. Prof. Koichi Yamamoto is a friend of our lecturer Mr. Rofiq Iqbal
who visited Indonesia for doing some researches about water supply
treatment. Hes doing his projects in Palangka Raya, Central Borneo and
Bengkalis, Riau.
First presentation was began by Jun Mizushima. He is one of students
from Yamaguchi University who took the same major with us. Jun was
introduced his self in front of us, but he looks so nervous. Maybe meet the
new people made him nervous. Jun is on third grade in his college. Thats
means same with us. He is 21 years old and come from Hiroshima. Jun told
us a lot about him and about Japan. He told us about what he had lectures
taken during a lecture in Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Yamaguchi University. He also told us about his concern, it is Concrete
Material. Jun has a lot of hobbies, but I just can remember that he likes
bicycling. He also learned the martial arts of Japan, Aikido. And one of Juns
interest in Bandung is spicy foods. Honestly, I cant hear Juns voice clearly
because he talks too quiet. But Im sure that he has so much fun and
experienced when hes in Indonesia.
Next presentation will be presented by Prof. Koichi Yamamoto. He
talks a lot about water supply treatment in Ube City, Yamaguchi, Japan. In
Japan, water supply treatment no needs a lot of process like in Indonesia
because their raw water is cleaner than here. Water sources that processed in
water treatment in Ube City was 55% from Koto River DAM, 10% from Ube
Maruyama DAM, 10% from Koto River Surface Water and bedriver. Water
sources that taken from bedriver will more clearly because theres natural
filtration by soil. Raw water will be processed in treatment units consisting of,
rapid sand filtration and slow sand filtration. In process of rapid sand filtration
there is coagulate suspended particle matter. PAC (Poly Alumunium Chloride)
is used as coagulant in this process. For slow sand filtration, this unit has low
capacity and large area required. But, this unit suitable for good quality of the
raw water. Unlike rapid sand filtration, slow rapid filtration no coagulant is
used. Natural filtration by biofilm and sand. NaClO is used as disinfectant that
made by salt NaCl. Sludge was produced by the water treatment will be
handled with the process called Solar Drying Facility. Sludge will be dried in
large area that sun-drenched directly. The dried sludge then will be processed
to be cements.
Prof. Koichi Yamamoto also explained about the differences water
treatment in Japan and Indonesia. In Japan, the units process more simply
than Indonesia because raw water more cleanly. In Indonesia, the units
process more complex because raw water has bad quality. In addition, in
Japan prioritize environmental conservation of water sources. Process in
water treatment in Japan also depends on the seasons. For the example, in
summer activated carbon powder will be used more than usual because
molds tend to grow in reservoirs. Activated carbon remove the musty smell by
adsorbing origin compounds.
He showed us about his projects in Palangka Raya and Bengkalis to
research about water supply treatment like a graph of turbidity versus home
distance to PDAM, concentration of microorganism versus distance, and
concentration of sulfate versus distance. He concluded that water quality in
Indonesia is bad and must be processed in complex treatment.
My impression on this lecture who are given by Prof. Koichi Yamamoto
and Jun Mizushima is very useful because we now know about water supply
treatment in Japan.