15 firms warned over pollution<\/p>\n
SURAKARTA, Central Java: Authorities in Karanganyar, Central
\nJava, warned 15 companies in the regency that they would face
\npollution charges unless they improved the management of their
\nwaste water.<\/p>\n
"We are giving the 15 companies until this March to comply
\nwith the warning or face charges in court," Karanganyar Regent
\nTjipto Hartono said after the launch of the Vision 2005 clean
\nriver program in Palur on Friday.<\/p>\n
He said the local administration has already given the
\ncompanies several warnings, which they ignored, and that this was
\ntheir last warning.<\/p>\n
Asked about the pollution, Tjipto said the companies were
\ndumping waste water directly into rivers in the regency because
\nthey did not have waste water treatment plants.<\/p>\n
He said there had been numerous complaints about the pollution
\nby people living along the rivers.<\/p>\n
"The 15 companies have dumped waste into the Bengawan Solo
\nRiver, the largest river flowing through the regency, the Sroyo
\nRiver, the Pengok River and the Ngringo River," he said.<\/p>\n
He said the pollution of the rivers had been confirmed by the
\nlocal office of the Environmental Impact Management Agency, which
\nmonitored the companies' waste.<\/p>\n
Tjipto said the local administration was determined to make
\nthe clean river program a success so that water from the rivers
\ncould be used by locals for numerous purposes by 2005. --Antara<\/p>",
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