(Korespondensi) Assessment of Technology Acceptance Model of Water Quality Monitoring Technology Application on Rural Areas of Jember Regency

Both the Indonesia Constitution and the SDGs have
mandated the provision of clean water for the citizens. In the
implementation, central government established centralized
water supply system (CWSS) managed by regional drinking
water company domiciled in the district region, namely
Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum (PDAM). Unfortunately, access
to the services of CWSS facility is overall very limited due to
the limited water infrastructure of PDAM. Commonly, the
services only reach urban areas near the district capital. In
response to the limited access of CWSS facility, an independent
community based clean water provision called decentralized
water supply system (DWSS) is proliferatedly developed in
Indonesia. The central government, realizing the limited access
to CWSS facility especially in rural areas, support DWSS by
providing water treatment plant. Another facility is
independently prepared by the community. An important
problem faced by DWSS managers is the guarantee of water
quality standards. This work aims at: 1) designing a water
quality monitoring technology based on Arduino Uno and an
Ensemble Classifier, 2) assess the acceptance of the DWSS
community in the application of the technology. The result of
TAM evaluation will be beneficial in terms of: 1) adapting the
technology design/characteristics with the user’s need and, 2) extending the application of the technology to the other areas of Jember regency