Botanical Garden ponds polluted<\/p>\n
BOGOR: Hundreds of deer at the Presidential Palace in Bogor
\nand plants in the neighboring Botanical Gardens were under threat
\ndue to pollution from household wastewater, management of the
\nWest Java gardens said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The head of general affairs at the Plant Conservation Office
\nat the gardens, Dachriyani Mardi, said the liquid wastes first
\nentered the Gunting pond, located at the rear of the Presidential
\nPalace.<\/p>\n
\"The Gunting pond is the main water resource for the ponds in
\nthe Botanical Gardens, whose water is now polluted,\" Dachriyani
\nsaid. Hundreds of palace deer also drank water from the Gunting
\npond.<\/p>\n
He said the Botanical Gardens had four ponds, namely Putri
\nAstrid pond, II Q pond, the mosque pond and mBah Jepra pond.<\/p>\n
\"We use the pond water for the plants in the garden, but now
\nthe water is very dirty. Not only liquid wastes have polluted the
\nGunting water pond, but also dead animals. The orchids are in
\ndanger,\" he said.<\/p>\n
So far there has been no explanation from the Bogor
\nadministration about the pollution.<\/p>\n
Dachrijani said the situation could deteriorate with the
\narrival of the dry season, saying the garden lacked water for the
\nplants despite an artesian well built last year. --JP<\/p>",
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