Clean water crisis is still a problem when the dry season arrives in Gunungkidul Regency, Yogyakarta. According to the data of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Gunungkidul in 2020 as many as 15 of 18 whenewon / district has submitted the application of clean water distribution due to drought. While the amount of citizens affected by drought as much as 129.788 people. Gunungkidul’s local government has allocated a budget for net water assistance of Rp700 million.
Mountkidul Regency geographics are located in the area of the limestones caused the efforts of the development of the drinking water channels in the region is difficult to do.
The problem of moving the Indonesian Save Rescue Rescue volunteer community with BPBD Gunungkidul to explore the underground river spring source to increase the potential of water sources can be utilized and managed by society.
A number of volunteers walk towards Cikal Cave’s mouth, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
Fighting equipment before applying Cikal Cave Exploration, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
Since 2018 the Save Rescue Rescue volunteer and the team of BPBD Gunungkidul managed to lift water from the river under the Keceme Cave in Girisekar, Roast, Gunungkidul. In addition, the process of building installation of water channels from Gebyok Cave at Kapanewon Tepus is currently running. While in the Cikal Cave of the Middle Save Rescue volunteer conducts water pumping experiments underground river springs with a distance of 200 meters from the mouth of the cave.
The founder of the volunteer community Save Rescue Agus Fitriyanto Hidayat said today the team still did the water pumping test from Cikal Cave to measure the volume of water source tampungan.
They hope that the water sources that can be utilized by people and become a solution for dry problems in Gunungkidul.
The volunteer is in the mouth of Cikal Cave, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
The fight releases oxygen from gas tubes in Cikal Cave, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
Text and photo : Hendra Nurdiyansyah
The fight releases oxygen from gas tubes in Cikal Cave, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
The Save Rescue Rescue volunteer is in Cikal Cave cavity, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
The volunteer shows the place of water pump inside Cikal Cave, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
Fighting the Cikal Cave Hall, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
The founder of the Save Rescue Agus Fitriyanto community poses the injury to explore the Cikal Cave, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
Warga fills the tank from the underground spring source of Cikal Cave, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
Volunteers clean themselves using pumping trials from Cikal Cave, Gunungkidul, IN Yogyakarta.
Editor : R. Rekotomo
