An Approach for the Assessment of Water Use in Batik Production Processes

Batik production processes use large quantities of water that are currently not evaluated. The Indonesian government has set the direct water use standard in the batik production process, but a method for assessing this water use indicator is needed. In this paper, we report work on developing an approach for assessing water used in the batik production process as an integral part of the batik fabric design process. The input parameters used in the approach are available in the design process, while the output parameter is the total direct water used in the production process of batik fabric made using a batik design. Three batik fabrics with different designs were selected as a case study. The production process model of the three designs was developed and implemented in a discrete event simulation software package. To validate the simulation results, data related to water use in batik production from batik factories were obtained using an online survey. The output of the proposed approach can be used as data for water use analysis to carry out process improvement in batik production processes.