Study of Palm Oil Mill Effluent for Land Application Suitability in Lamandau Regency, Kalimantan Tengah Province

Abstract

This research puts the POME Land Application upfront and aims to evaluate the land suitability for POME land application and determine the suitable area for the land application in Lamandau Regency. This research uses Geographic Information System (GIS) to determine the land suitability for land application. The data required for this research are Slope, Hydrology, Geology, Soil, Settlement, Groundwater basin, and Palm Tree plantation. The analysis would be done spatially using scoring. All the data were transformed into raster data and every pixel of data contains a certain score and weight. From the results of data processing, it is known that the POME Land Application is most suitable in the southern part of Lamandau Regency with areas with low slopes and many oil palm plantations. In addition, the southern part also has ideal permeability for POME Land Applications. Administratively, the southern subdistricts such as Bulik Timur, Lamandau, Bulik, Menthobi Raya, and Semantu Jaya have more suitable land applications for POME. The five sub-districts contribute to more than 50% of the area more suitable for POME Land Applications from a total area of 118,849 ha.