PENEGAKAN HUKUM TERHADAP PENCEMARAN LIMBAH CAIR DI KOTA SURAKARTA

The study about liquid waste that contamined the rivers in Surakarta Cityis important to be done. Due to many daily activities of people in Surakarta, thatproduct the waste, contains domestic waste or industry waste. According to thelaw, any activities that produce the waste without cultivation or dispose the wasteover the quality standarts was threatened by law punishment. This study focus onthe reality of law enforcement and its resistances.This study use the Juridical normative approach, that the fact of lawenforcement will be reviewed by legal point of view especially the Law Number32 of 2009 on Environmental Protection and Management.This study results some conclutions, they are; the law enforcement onliquid waste disposal not as expected, and it is can be seen with comparisonbetween the threat of criminal punishment in the Law and the number of wastedisposal cases that be solved in the High Court of Surakarta. And the resistancesof law enforcement this law, are; a) humanity factor (related to micro and smallindustries that dispose the liquid waste due to the financial cost in making thesewage treatment plant/IPAL). b) infrastructure factor (related to the lack ofIPAL, especialy in grey water). c) economy policy (related to consideration ofgovernment in increasing of employees or investments). d) law factor (related tothe lack of environment law breaker that punished by the court), e) history factor(the fact of the waste disposal have be done by people since decades ago).Psicology factor (the general tendency of human is the avoiding the new prolem).Keyword: Contamination, Liquid Waste, Rivers, Surakarta