Residents in Pulau Kelapa Lack of Clean Water
Reported by Suparni | Translated by
Long dry season in Indonesia caused dryness in Kelapa Island, North Seribu Islands Sub-district, Seribu Islands Regency.
We better limit the machine performance
Seribu Islands Regent, Budi Utomo said, the clean water crisis in his area also affected by brackish water which increasingly salty.
“We have no problem about Reverse Osmosis (RO) machine which used to process salty water. The problem is more to authority delegation from Industry and Energy Sub-dept. to Water Management Sub –dept. which is not followed by budget changes,” Budi Utomo said, Tuesday (8/25).
Pump in Tomang Barat Reservoir Often DamageThe solution, Budi added, his side will instruct local urban village to keep the RO machine working properly.
“We better limit the machine performance,” he told.
As known, the clean water crisis has occurred in Pulau Kelapa since last few weeks, the residents also forced to asked aid from Pulau Harapan in order to fulfill their need.
