Restoration Spring Water: Environmental Action by Islamic Boarding School-Based Universities The Threat of Water Crisis as an Ecological Imperative in Kediri

The water crisis affecting rural areas requires a local potential-based approach to maintain the sustainability of natural resources. This community service program aims to restore two springs in the Kediri Regency area using the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) approach. The first location experienced drought due to land degradation and logging, while the second location still flows but with a reduced discharge. Activities were carried out through community asset mapping, water conservation training, planting erosion-resistant vegetation, and constructing simple water channels for rice field irrigation. The results of these activities showed an increase in water flow at the previously dry springs and increased community awareness of the importance of reforestation. This restoration not only contributed to the availability of water for agricultural irrigation but also strengthened environmental resilience through community-based reforestation. The ABCD approach was effective in exploring local potential and strengthening residents' sense of ownership of their natural resources. Thus, this activity became a model for sustainable community-based water management in line with Islamic ecological values regarding stewardship of the earth (caliphate).