MEASURING WATER CONFLICT POTENTIAL: A BASIC PRINCIPLES
ABSTRACT: Decentralisation has
been implemented in Indonesia for several years based on Regulation No. 22/1999
about decentralisation. In fact, decentralisation system is better than
centralisation. However, there are some constraint in the implementation of
decentralisation in Indonesia, therefore, the result of the decentralisation
implementation is not as expected. The constraint of the implementetion of
decentralisation in Indonesia are, for examples, limited skilled and qualified
human resources, lack of coordination, lack of
information about thedecentralisation
regulation, and limited natural resources for each different region.
There is a report that some conflicts have been arising between some regions due
to water dispute, for examples, water dispute between PDAM Surakarta and
Boyolali Regency Government. Besides that, there might have been some water disputes
in Indonesia, but not been widely informed yet. According to some researches
and reports, there are some important indicators that can be used in measuring
water conflict potential, such as Index of Human Insecurity (IHI), Water Stress
Index (WSI), and Social Water Stress Index (SWSI). In addition, there are some
important data required to measure these indicators, such as population
number,volume of runoff , number and density
of dams, minority community group, GDP, inter regions relationship condition,
and number of agreement about fresh water management.
Key words: decentralisation,
water resources management, water conflict potential, water conflict indicator
Author: Purwanti Sri
Pudyastuti, Jaji Abdurrosyid
Journal Code: jptsipilgg060001
