Pengenalan dan Penerapan Teknologi Penyulingan Air Payau Menjadi Air Tawar pada Masyarakat Pesisir Pantai Desa Grajagan Banyuwangi

Abstract

Grajagan Village, Banyuwangi Regency is located at the eastern area of Java Island whereas the majority of the population lives on the coast. Many villagers still use brackish water from the wells for daily needs such as washing, bathing and various others because there is no supply of fresh water from the nearest water source, so residents have to buy clean water from the storage for their daily needs. Therefore, through the Program Hibah Desa Binaan , an event was held to introduce and apply the technology of distilling brackish water into fresh water for the people in Grajagan Village. The activities carried out include producing the machine, socialization, presentations, discussions, demonstrations and handover of water distillation machine. The results of this technology prove that brackish water has been able to be converted properly into fresh water with a TDS level 220 ppm. It is hoped that after the program, the people in Grajagan village are able to get fresh water easily. In the future, the local community is expected to be able to create distillation machine independently.