Abstract The Rawa River is one of the rivers in Sungai Apit District, Siak Regency. The head of the Rawa River is in the Zamrud Lake and its estuary is in the Panjang Strait or Lalang Strait. IKA-NSF is a water quality assessment index to analyze the good and bad water quality for the survival of aquatic organisms. The purpose of this study to determine the quality of the Rawa River in Rawa Mek…