A Study of Impact of Brick Industries on Soil Fertility in Potorono Banguntapan Bantul Yogyakarta

Widodo, Agus and SUSILA, HERLAMBANG (2013) A Study of Impact of Brick Industries on Soil Fertility in Potorono Banguntapan Bantul Yogyakarta. ICGAI Commite.

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Abstract

Rapid growth of the city has been boosted demand for bricks, because it is one of the important building materials. Potorono village, Banguntapan district, Bantul regency, Yogyakarta is a center of brick industry arised to meet the demand from the surrounding area. Brick industry requires upper soil layer as raw material. This material is taken from the upper soil layer (top soil) of actually productive agricultural areas. As a result, this activity will cause problems of loss of top soil as planting medium that is rich in nutrients and humus. Mining of upper soil layer also resulted uneven soil surface and formed basins that will be flooded whenever precipitation occur. If this process continues, it is feared may lead to decreased fertility and productivity of land and will cause damage to the environment. This study was aimed to determine impact of soil mining for brick industry on soil fertility, especially its chemical properties. The research was conducted by survey and area descriptions situations. Soil sampling was done based on purposive method. The collected soil samples then were prepared for further analysis of chemical properties. Analysis was conducted for parameters of pH, organic-C, total-N, available-P, available-K and cation exchange capacity (CEC). The results showed that soil has slighly acid to neutral pH, very low to low organic matter and total-N content, very low to very high available-P content, low to very high available-K content and very low to moderate CEC. This indicates that organic matter, total nitrogen and CEC become limiting factors for soil fertility of post-soil mining for brick industry.

Item Type:	Other
Uncontrolled Keywords:	brick, topsoil, soil mining, fertility
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment
Depositing User:	Dr.Ir.MSi SUSILA HERLAMBANG
Date Deposited:	07 Apr 2023 14:43
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2023 15:25
URI:	http://eprints.upnyk.ac.id/id/eprint/33618

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