DLH Semarang City has a strategic role in preventing environmental destruction
or pollution. However, the reality is that in the Genuk Industrial Estate there are
still industries whose activities or businesses pollute the environment. The
problem formulation is how the role of DLH in controlling water pollution due to
industrial activities in the Semarang City Genuk industrial area and what are the
obstacles and solutions. Legal research is empirical. The conclusion is that the
DLH Semarang City has played a role in monitoring water quality, determining
the carrying capacity of water pollution loads, determining waste water quality
standards and making WWTPs in the Genuk Industrial Estate, although it is not
optimal. Constraints and solutions in controlling water pollution in the Genuk
Industrial Estate, Semarang City, the constraints are from internal factors,
namely human resources and facilities and infrastructure, namely Communal
IPAL and Inde Pengendalian Pencemaran Air, Kegiatan Industri, Kawasan
Industri, Genuk Kota Semarang pendent IPAL. In addition, externally, industrial
companies in the Genuk area are not cooperative and there is a lack of legal
awareness for entrepreneurs. The solution is that DLH Semarang City makes a
monitoring schedule, report, sends strict warning letters to companies that
violate, and procures IPAL.