Legal Policy on the Management of River Water Resource Amid Mining Waste Pollution at Central Kalimantan

Pollution from mining waste poses a threat to environmental preservation, including the clean water provision in Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. This paper analyzes the management of river water resources that are polluted by mining waste, as there is a need for constructive handling to resolve this issue. One of the methods is to formulate a legal policy that can integrate the values of social justice for all levels of society. This paper employed the non-doctrinal method with the statute approach, sociological approach, and philosophical approach. It integrated constructive thought in four ideal aspects to formulate a social justice-based legal policy, i.e., the philosophical, sociological, juridical, and cultural aspects of the formulation of policies on water quality management and water pollution control. This solution is ideal as it emphasizes the Indonesian nation’s legal principles and ideals amid environmental pollution and degradation due to mining waste that threatens the life and health of society. This paper contributes by proposing a social justice-based legal policy concept to resolve the issue of water pollution due to mining waste.