Bantar Gebang landfill located in Bekasi regency is a biggest sanitary landfill in Indonesia which comes up some refusals from local people because of its bad impact on their environment. Major ion contents in leachate and fresh groundwater were investigated during the rainy and dry season to determine contamination by leachate released from Bantar Gebang and Sumur Batu landfill. Leachate contained high concentrations of all major ions that was mainly characterized as a NaKHCO3 water type. On the other hand, most fresh groundwater samples were predominated by CaMgHCO3 and CaMgCl water type. Concentrations of K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, SO42-, Cl-, HCO3- and NO3- in leachate were to be in a maximum factor of 2110; 7; 6; 143; 20; 112; 349 and 20, respectively than its contents in groundwater. Leachate from Bantar Gebang was detected have a higher concentration than those contained in Sumur Batu that was probably due to its mature leachate. An estimated mixture of leachate to fresh water in monitoring wells (5 m and 15 m depth) was in the range of 20 to 34%, related to Na+ and Cl- signatures, while the shallow groundwater located in residents in the vicinity of these landfills exhibited maximum leachate about 2%.

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Subsurface flow is one of the available water sources in the Karsts area such as in GunungKidul. The study of the pattern of the variations of stable isotopes content as a function oftime and its interaction with other water sources such as rain waters, groundwater, riverwater will be a very good tool to assess the potential of the subsurface flow as a water source.For this purpose, the variations of stable isotopes content of subsurface flow around GunungKidul Karsts area and its interactions with other local water sources have been studied for thelast two years. From the comparison of stable isotopes variations pattern of the subsurfaceflow with monthly rain water, the interaction of the subsurface flow with other water sourcesin the area has been quantified. Based on hydro-chemical data, it was found that the rechargearea of subsurface flow were relatively further than other samples and it was also found thatSeropan and Bribin subsurface flow systems originate from different geologic structures.Based on stable isotopes relative contents, it was found Ngobaran and Baron Caves have beenmixed with domestic sewerage water or other surface water.Keywords : Karsts area, stable isotopes, subsurface flow

Hydraulic interconnection of Jomblangan cave (Petung) with other caves and water discharges in Gunungkidul karst area has been investigated using tracer techniques and variationof stable isotopes and hydrochemical data interpretation from water samples near the cave. Many studies related to the interconnections of underground rivers around Gunungkidul Karst area have been conducted, most of them, however, focused on the area around Bribin and Seropan caves. This is because of the development activites of microhydro turbines to lift the water from underground river were still focused around Bribin and Seropan caves. Petung cave, located in the north of Bribin and Seropan caves, was believed to be one of the caves at the upstream river system of Bribin and Seropan, however, there is no evidence yet of the hydraulic interconnection between Petung cave with either Bribin or Seropan caves. The results of tracer technique at the current study showed that there was no hydraulic interconnection between Petung cave with either Bribin and Seropan caves.On the other hand, the study showed an indication of a direct flow from Petung cave to Sriti and Beton springs. The travel times from Petung to Sriti and Beton springs were found to be around 2 and 10 hours, respectively. This finding is also in agreement with the results of chemical and stable isotopes analysis from the research location. AbstrakPenelitian keterhubungan Gua Jomblangan (Petung) dengan gua lainnya dan keluaran air di sekitar daerah karst Gunungkidul telah dilakukan dengan menggunakan teknik perunut dan variasi kandungan isotop stabil serta hidrokimia sampel air di sekitar gua. Penelitian yang berkaitan dengan keterhubungan antara sistim aliran bawah tanah di sekitar daerah karst Gunungkidul telah banyak dilakukan, namun sebagian besar dari penelitian tersebut hanya berpusat pada gua di sekitar Bribin dan Seropan. Hal ini terjadi karena kegiatan pembangunan turbin-turbin mikrohidro untuk mengangkat air dari sungai bawah permukaan tanah masih terfokus di daerah gua Bribin dan Seropan. Gua Petung, yang berada di sebelah utara gua Bribin dan Seropan, dipercaya merupakan salah satu gua yang berada di hulu sistim sungai bawah tanah Bribin dan Seropan, namun, sampai sekarang belum ada bukti keterhubungan hidrolika antara gua Petung dengan gua Bribin maupun dengan gua Seropan.Hasil uji perunut dalam penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa aliran air bawah tanah di gua Petung tidak berhubungan langsung dengan aliran bawah tanah di gua Bribin maupun di gua Seropan. Sebaliknya, hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan adanya aliran langsung dari gua Petung ke mata air Sriti dan Beton. Waktu tempuh yang dibutuhkan dari gua Petung ke mata air Sriti adalah sekitar 2 jam dan ke mata air Beton adalah sekitar 10 jam. Temuan ini sangat bersesuaian dengan hasil analisis kimia air dan isotop stabil dari lokasi penelitian.