Liquid waste produced by the leather tanning industry is included in the list of hazardous and toxic wastes for the environment because it contains one of the chemicals, namely ammonia. The goal of this study was to minimize ammonia levels in tannery effluent by mixing Poly Aluminum Chloride (PAC) and filtering with activated charcoal and zeolite sand. This research method uses a control group and an experimental group with three repetitions for each type of reagent. After treatment, the ammonia content was tested using a Spectrophotometer. The data was examined using SPSS using the Regression Test to see if there was an effect of treatment on ammonia content reduction, and then the Kruskal Wallis Test in order of mean ranking to find the most effective type and level of treatment. The Mann Whitney test was then used to see how the relationship between the variables affected the results. The result was found that the PAC reagent level of 3.5 grams was the most effective in reducing ammonia to below the specified quality standard. Efforts to reduce ammonia are carried out to prevent the impact of ammonia gas which is harmful to human health. Abstrak: Limbah cair yang dihasilkan oleh industri penyamakan kulit termasuk dalam daftar limbah bahan berbahaya dan beracun bagi lingkungan karena mengandung salah satu bahan kimia yaitu ammonia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meminimalkan kadar amonia pada limbah penyamakan kulit dengan mencampurkan Poly Aluminium Chloride (PAC) dan menyaring dengan arang aktif dan pasir zeolit. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan kelompok kontrol dan kelompok eksperimen dengan tiga kali pengulangan untuk setiap jenis reagen. Setelah perlakuan, kadar amonia diuji menggunakan Spektrofotometer. Hasil dianalisis menggunakan SPSS dengan Uji Regresi untuk mengetahui apakah ada pengaruh pemberian perlakuan terhadap penurunan kandungan amonia, kemudian untuk mengetahui jenis dan kadar yang paling efektif menggunakan Uji Kruskall Wallis pada urutan ranking mean. Kemudian dilakukan uji Mann Whitney untuk mengetahui pengaruh hubungan setiap variabel. Hasilnya ditemukan bahwa reagen PAC kadar 3,5 gram yang paling efektif mengurangi amonia hingga di bawah baku mutu yang ditentukan. Upaya mereduksi amonia dilakukan untuk mencegah dampak gas amonia yang membahayakan bagi kesehatan manusia.
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