Morphometry Study and Integrated Management of Dibawah Lake Watershed Solok Regency

Abstract

Dibawah Lake is a tectonic lake located in Solok Regency, West Sumatra. It s functioned as the West Sumatra Government as a tourist area, besides that it was also used as an irrigation water source. This study aims to obtain information on the characteristics of lake morphometry and formulate the concept of integrated management of Dibawah Lake Catchment Area. From the results of bathymetry mapping produces a lake area of 10998.1 ha with a circumference of 17.2 km, a maximum length of 6.4 km, a maximum width of 3 km, a maximum depth of 326.8 m, an average depth of 164.3 m and volume of 1688 million m 3. The lake catchment area is 2881.7 ha and it is divided into 27 sub-catchments. The existing problems in the Dibawah Lake are (1) changes in lake area land cover into agricultural fields, (2) agricultural cropping patterns in slope areas, (3) lakefront settlements, (4) water quality degradation, (5) fish cages floating net and fishing ring. From the results of the SWOT analysis, the W-T (Weaknesses - Threats) strategy was chosen as the top priority. The W-T strategy focuses on strengthening and drafting rules, monitoring the implementation of rules, enforcing violations and socialization of the community.