Raw Water in Seribu Islands Contaminated
Reported by Suparni | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Due to massive house and other buildings construction in several islands in Seribu Islands, the raw water source in northern Jakarta is contaminated.
The sea water mass is higher compared to freshwater
The contamination is also caused by sea water intrusion or the movement of sea water to freshwater.
Tiurmaida Hutapea, Seribu Islands Head of Environmental Office, said that the intrusion caused the freshwater salty.
PT Aetra Still Lacking of Raw Water Supply“The sea water mass is higher compared to freshwater,” he said, Monday (1/18).
Moreover, the contamination is also caused by houses and buildings construction. Luckily, the biopore hole has been made in each residential islands to save the rain water.
As your information, resident of Seribu Islands using underground water as their daily raw water. Local government keeps trying to produce sea water as freshwater in each residential.
