Flood Reduction Analysis by Using Multiple Dams Sscenario in Karang Mumus River, Samarinda
Flooding issues in Samarinda have high depending on the capacity of Karang Mumus river. Considering the ability of Karang Mumus river to drain off flood discharge, there wore evidence that the constriction of River will drive to flooding issues, especially in rainy/wet season (October-April). The constriction of river happens because many people build nonpermanent houses and building on the river and river banks. Flooding potentially damages to the houses, roads, and other public facilities increasingly. To cope the issue, Government of Samarinda has tried many solutions to overcome the issue by building The Benanga dam and it has been planned to build multiple Dams in Karang Mumus sub-Watershed. This paper aims to analyze the effectiveness of flood control effort using multiple dams scenario in Karang Mumus Sub-Watershed. Analyzing process including hydrology simulation, the relationship between hydrographs and rise of water level simulation in Karang Mumus River. The result of this paper shows water level when peak discharge flows out existing river bank. Analyzing result also shows that flood control scenario is effective to reducing flood discharge until fifty percent compared without existing conditions.