Judul: Assessment and Utilization Management of Water Resources Lubuk Paraku Sub-watershed Padang, West Sumatra
Abstrak: Hydrological function of a watershed is the ability to absorb, hold, store, and slowly drain the water in order to create a balance of a water system. Hydrological functions work well if a watershed system able to maintain the balance of water in order to prevent flooding in wet season and drought in dry season. To maintain those functions working properly, the land use in watershed upstream should be considered. Lubuk Paraku sub-watershed is the headwaters of Batang Arau river with the main river namely Lubuk Paraku. This region is dominated by conservation areas and protected forests such as the Botanical Forest Park Dr. Mohammad Hatta and the Nature Reserves Barisan I. Those conservation areas are water catchment areas for Padang which have a very important role as a buffer zone. Lubuk Paraku watershed widely used for various activities. However, if the activity conducted just to fulfilled human needs without considering the carrying capacity of the resources, there will be a declining in the quality of land, the level of life, and will caused environmental damage. In addition, the increasing number of utilization types derived from conservation areas and protected areas, may resulted contamination to water bodies, and may caused the decreasing of water market price and the increasing of water scarcity value. To ensure the security of water supply, preservation of permanent vegetation cover in the catchment areas should be maintained, and the funds should be provided by the users of the water resources of that sub watershed. This study has three objectives, those are: (1) Explaining hydrologic conditions of Paraku Lubuk sub-watershed; (2) Explaining conditions of Lubuk Paraku sub-watershed land, and (3) Describing forms of resource utilization and calculate the economic value of water resources of Lubuk Paraku sub-watershed. The method used in this research is descriptive method, using quantitative and qualitative analysis, as appropriate for each review in this paper. The approach used is survey approach, observation, literature studies and interviews using questionnaires or in-depth interviews with selected respondents. Based on the analysis, data concluded the hydrological and land cover in Lubuk Paraku sub-watershed still quite good. This was shown by almost every parameters of water quality. Lubuk Paraku is included in class I according to the Indonesian Government Regulation No. 82 of 2001 on Water Quality Management and Pollution Control. Water quantity (debit) also had fluctuations that tend to increase either monthly or annually. This occurred due to high rainfall in Lubuk Paraku sub-watershed. For the continuity of Lubuk Paraku subwatershed, clean water from the river can be taken continuously with relative fixed rate fluctuations during the dry season and the rainy season. This leads to better value coefficient River Regime (KRS) Lubuk Paraku sub-watershed. Land covers of Lubuk Paraku sub-watershed are dominated by secondary forest area of 1.520,15 hectares or 61,27 %, and 585,84 hectares of primary forest or 23,61 %, mixed farming area of 321,07 hectares or 12,94 %, and an area of 53,96 hectares paddy fields or 2,18 %. Land cover vegetation index (IPL) Lubuk Paraku subwatershed obtained at 84,11 % and was greater than
Keyword: economic value of water resource, hydrology, Lubuk Paraku subwatershed, potential utilization, soil conditions

Judul: The development of sustainable water resources of way betung watershed, Bandar Lampung city
Abstrak: Way Betung watershed is one of the most potential watersheds as water supplier in Lampung Province and the most potential water resources for Bandar Lampung City particularly for potable water provided by regional water supplier company (PDAM). The ever increasing population and economic activities in Bandar Lampung City resulted in the increasing need of clean water. However, over time, the conditions of Way Betung watershed as water resources supplier have been declined. Therefore, to improve or to restore the conditions of Way Betung watershed, the forest and land rehabilitations programs are necessary. Thus research was aimed: (a) to study the impact of land use change in Way Betung watershed on its potential as water resources supplier of Bandar Lampung City, (b) to study the economic value of Way Betung water resources (c) to formulate sustainable water resources development plan of Way Betung watershed. The impact of land use change on the Way Betung water resources was analyzed by a regression method, and the annual economic value of water resources was analyzed by Willingness to Pay (WTP) method. The development plan of sustainable water resources of Way Betung watershed was arranged in five scenarios. To determine the best scenario, the simulations of the erosion level by the USLE method and the runoff volume by the SCS method were performed. The results showed that the land use change of Way Betung watershed (1991-2006) resulted in the increasing of the annual run off coefficient, the maximum daily discharge (Q max), and the decreasing of the daily minimum discharge (Q min), as well as the increasing of the river discharge fluctuation. The total annual economic value of water resources of Way Betung watershed was Rp101.1 billion/year and the total willingness to pay value for the rehabilitation of Way Betung watershed was Rp1.5 billion/year, which were derived from PDAM sector, tourism, water mineral companies, households and paddy field farmers in the upstream watershed. The best development of sustainable water resources of Way Betung watershed was the scenario-4 (the forest as much as 30% of watershed areas + alley cropping on mixed farms). Scenario-4 will reduce the erosion to lower than the tolerable soil loss (TSL), will decrease the fluctuation of monthly run off from 64.7 to 30.9, and the forest rehabilitation will be achieved in the best time (10 years with a scheme-B). Therefore, economically the water users community are willing to pay the rehabilitation costs (WTP) and socially it is accepted by the society.
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Judul: Leukemia pada kucing
Abstrak: Leukemia pada kucing adalah suatu penyakit yang sangat patogen, disebabkan oleh sejenis virus. Virus ini dikenal sebagai Feline Leukemia Virus atau FeLV. FeLV ini oleh beberapa ahli dikatakan hanya bersifat ganas pada hewan kucing. Penularannya bisa secara horizontal maupun congenital. Kucing pada semua tingkat umur dapat terserang oleh FeLV ini. Khusus pada bentuk "thymic leukemia", virus ini hanya menyerang anak-anak kucing berumur diba- wah 1 tahun. Kucing-kucing liar atau yang tidak terpeli- hara jarang sekali terinfeksi FeLV. Selain dari serangan virus FeLV itu sendiri, maka penyakit leukemia ini bisa disebabkan oleh beberapa fak- tor yang sudah ada dalam tubuh hewan dan sangat menunjang perkembangan penyakit ini, yaitu antara lain tumor, agen toksik, cedera oleh kecelakaan dan gangguan hemopoiesis. FeLV menyerang sel-sel darah dalam tubuh hewan se- hingga pembentukan darah berjalan tidak normal. Terlihat sel-sel darah yang belum dewasa sudah beredar dalam sir- kulasi darah. Bentuk dan jumlahnya tidak lagi seimbang dalam tubuh hewan kucing tersebut. Gejala klinis antara lain kekurusan, ikterus, anemia, lemah, anoreksia, dyspnoe, sulit menelan, batuk, dan membran mukosa pucat. Selain itu kelenjar pertahanan tubuh juga membengkak, kemudian terjadi hepatomegali, spleenomegali dan pembengkakan pada ginjal. Terbentuk massa tumor pada beberapa tempat. Secara biopsy pada sumsum tulang akan terlihat be- berapa perubahan. Sumsum tulang berwarna merah tua atau abu-abu. Konsistensinya lunak dan terdapat banyak sekali memproduksi sel darah putih. Melalui gambaran darah leukemia ini lebih mudah didiagnosa. Jumlah retikulosit rendah sekali. PCV 8-15%, hemoglobin menurun, sel darah putih (WBC) meningkat, lim- fosit meningkat, Alfaglobulin juga ada peningkatan, dan banyak eosinofil yang belum dewasa beredar dalam darah…dst
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