1 THE MANAGEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNAL IPAL IN SIMOKERTO SUB-DISTRICT, SURABAYA Lunariana Lubis 1 , Agus Wahyudi 2 , Deasy Arieffiani 3 1,2,3 Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Hang Tuah University Surabaya 1 lunariana.lubis@hangtuah.ac.id, 2 agus.wahyudi@hangtuah.ac.id, 3 deasy.ariffiani@hangtuah.ac.id ABSTRACT IPAL is the development program of wastewater management installation. It is a community-based communal and presumed to prioritize physical development without paying attention to the readiness of human resources at the local level so that some cases in the facilities construction have failed or they are unsustainable. This is a qualitative research by using a case study approach that aims to discuss the community’s participation in supporting the implementation of sustainability in communal management of IPAL in RT 01 RW 01, Simokerto sub-district, Surabaya. The data collection technique is conducted through the interview, direct observation, and documentation. The findings are obtained by using sustainable analysis in three aspects, namely economic, environmental, and socio-cultural aspects. The result indicates that in terms of the socio-cultural aspect, communal IPAL is unsustainable. The cause is the component condition of communal IPAL which has less advantage due to non-routine maintenance activities. Keywords: Sustainability, Sanitation facilities, Communal IPAL 1. INTRODUCTION Surabaya is the capital of East Java Province and the second-largest city in Indonesia. The city is one of the important cities in western Indonesia that continues to experience population growth and lifestyle development in its population. The population in Surabaya will continue to increase along with the development in the city. High population growth will increase the use of clean water and approximately 80% of clean water will turn into wastewater. Of ninety-eight cities in Indonesia, only 11 of them have waterways facilities. About 2% of urban residents have the access to a centralized sanitation system (Nilandita, Pribadi, Nengse, Auvaria, & Nurmaningsih, 2019). The wastewater which is directly thrown away into the water storage and unprocessed will contaminate the environment. 76% of river pollution in Surabaya is caused by household and apartment waste (Nilandita et al., 2019). To reduce wastewater contamination, it should be processed first before it is thrown away into water storage. Moreover, IPAL operation aims to reduce the level of organic and inorganic pollutants contained in wastewater, so that environmental pollution from domestic waste can be reduced. The presence of communal IPAL will certainly have a positive impact on improving environmental health (sanitation). The issue of sanitation is one of the important things that must be overcome because it involves the lives of many people. The increasing level of population density in Surabaya implies the emergence of various problems related to sanitation. Poor sanitation system becomes the cause of various diseases, such as typhoid, diarrhea, and cholera. Therefore, IPAL is required to overcome the worst impact of this pollution. The development process of communal IPAL is applied through the concept of community-based development. It means that the community is involved in each phase of development starting from planning, decision making, establishment, operation, and maintenance. In the establishment and operation of the wastewater process medium, a management institution is usually formed at the community level in which the members are community service users (Afandi, Sunoko, & Kismartini, 2014). According to the World Commission on Environmental Development (WCED), 1987 (Harudyawati, 2016), sustainable development has a definition. It defines the development that meets the needs of the present generation International Journal of ASRO Volume 12, Number 01, pp. 1-5 Jan 2021