Jakarta facing water crisis

Sat, March 24 2012


Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Jakarta is facing a clean water crisis as the nation`s demand for drinking water continues to surpass its supply, Indonesia Water Institute Chairman Firdaus Ali said here on Saturday.

"It is predicted that in 2015 Jakarta will have a water deficit of 23,720 liters per second," Firdaus said, following a Sinar Harapan Coffee Hour talk-show interview on water availability and food security.

He added that the Jakarta city government should immediately look for new water resources, since it is only able to supply 2.2 percent of the clean water demands of local residents.

Meanwhile, the Vice President Director of drinking water company PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya, Herawati Prasetyo, said the demand for clean water in Jakarta would continue to increase.

"Most of the clean water supply in Jakarta comes from Bogor, Tangerang, Bekasi and Depok," she said, adding that the local government should try to develop new water resources and infrastructures.

Separately, Hendra Gunawan, the Managing Director Corporate Affairs and Communication Asia Pulp and Paper Group (APP), said that as water mandate working group leader, he would work to protect sources of clean water.

"We are going to support the World Water Day 2012 campaign on `Water and Food Security` with various activities related to the protection of clean water," Hendra said.

Hendra added that poor water management could hamper the development and production of food, besides causing damage to the economy from water-related disasters.

( with humble apolo-thingies to Antara News for nicking their article!)


( well with the goverment spending up large on jet fighters from Russia-94 million on a Presidential plane and tanks from Kikkerland, you could say that with that kind of money they could have bought themselves a brand-spanking new state of the art water desalination plant or two to aliviate the water shortage, but that is just me musing aloud. siK.)

Strange message:
Because The Amsterdam water supply have a twinning with the Jakarta water supply and Bogor have the same with the North Holland water supply.
Regular Dutch specialist go to Jakarta and Bogor to help.
There is a big problem.
There is plenty of water illegally tapped, so a very large "leakage". So not enough water, but a lot of theft!

Bro Henri know also a lot about the water supply companies (and I had worked by the North Holland water supply company en had very good relation with the experts of the Amsterdam water supply company).
So many euro's go to the Jakarta and Bogor water supply companies.
And I had trained a number of experts !




DK

"So not enough water, but a lot of theft!"

I reckon it is most probably both!

siK.

Pak Kesas schreef:

Citaat :

"So not enough water, but a lot of theft!"

I reckon it is most probably both!

I think you are right!

DK