The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on People’s Mobility and Water Quality of Siak River, Indonesia
Countries around the world have implemented lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 infection. The impact of lockdown on actual people’s mobility and the physical, chemical, biological quality of water have never been analyzed simultaneously. This study aimed to address this gap by monitoring wa...
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| description | Countries around the world have implemented lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 infection. The impact of lockdown on actual people’s mobility and the physical, chemical, biological quality of water have never been analyzed simultaneously. This study aimed to address this gap by monitoring water quality on the Siak River, one of the deepest rivers in Indonesia, characterized by the highest dissolved organic carbon recorded globally due to the contributing peat soils. Human mobility before and after the implementation of nationwide lockdown was quantified using social media data. Sampling was carried out on the Siak River in 2018, 2019, and 2020 at sixteen monitoring locations. The samples were analyzed for physical, chemical, heavy metals, biological quality. Nutrients and heavy metals concentrations indicated that Siak River was medium to heavily contaminated. Lockdown presents an immediate reduction in movement, people’s mobility on average was reduced by 33%, to improvements in water quality in terms of NH4+, NO3− concentrations with a 14% reduction compared to the pre COVID-19 values, and a 30% reduction in heavy metals contamination. The reduction was attributed to decrease farming activities and farm supplies. This was because the Siak River was heavily influenced by dissolved organic carbon from peatland. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26d9a09396f44a8d81339554f5b09e702023-02-27T01:41:18ZengJapan Society on Water EnvironmentJournal of Water and Environment Technology1348-21652022-01-01204859410.2965/jwet.21-17810.2965/jwet.21-178The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on People’s Mobility and Water Quality of Siak River, IndonesiaSaberina Hasibuan0Monalisa Hasibuan1Alana Jakob2 Environmental Quality Laboratory, Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, University of Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia Research and Development of Riau Province, Pekanbaru, Indonesia Environmental Research and Statistics, Jakarta Pusat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia Countries around the world have implemented lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 infection. The impact of lockdown on actual people’s mobility and the physical, chemical, biological quality of water have never been analyzed simultaneously. This study aimed to address this gap by monitoring water quality on the Siak River, one of the deepest rivers in Indonesia, characterized by the highest dissolved organic carbon recorded globally due to the contributing peat soils. Human mobility before and after the implementation of nationwide lockdown was quantified using social media data. Sampling was carried out on the Siak River in 2018, 2019, and 2020 at sixteen monitoring locations. The samples were analyzed for physical, chemical, heavy metals, biological quality. Nutrients and heavy metals concentrations indicated that Siak River was medium to heavily contaminated. Lockdown presents an immediate reduction in movement, people’s mobility on average was reduced by 33%, to improvements in water quality in terms of NH4+, NO3− concentrations with a 14% reduction compared to the pre COVID-19 values, and a 30% reduction in heavy metals contamination. The reduction was attributed to decrease farming activities and farm supplies. This was because the Siak River was heavily influenced by dissolved organic carbon from peatland. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jwet/20/4/20_21-178/_pdf environmental healthwater healthcoronaviruscovid-19water quality |
| spellingShingle | Saberina Hasibuan Monalisa Hasibuan Alana Jakob The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on People’s Mobility and Water Quality of Siak River, Indonesia Journal of Water and Environment Technology environmental health water health coronavirus covid-19 water quality |
| title | The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on People’s Mobility and Water Quality of Siak River, Indonesia |
| title_full | The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on People’s Mobility and Water Quality of Siak River, Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on People’s Mobility and Water Quality of Siak River, Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on People’s Mobility and Water Quality of Siak River, Indonesia |
| title_short | The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on People’s Mobility and Water Quality of Siak River, Indonesia |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 lockdown on people s mobility and water quality of siak river indonesia |
| topic | environmental health water health coronavirus covid-19 water quality |
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