Industrial firms asked to make water catchment system<\/p>\n
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post\/Tangerang<\/p>\n
Tangerang administration has asked all industrial firms to
\nestablish water catchments in their factory compounds in an
\neffort to anticipate water shortages during the dry season and
\nfloods during the rainy season.<\/p>\n
Mayor Wahidin Halim said earlier this week that the water
\ncatchment system would help preserve the environment in the
\nmunicipality.<\/p>\n
\"Industrial firms have used groundwater on a large scale every
\nsingle day. In the near future, we will face a water crisis,\" he
\nsaid. \"The water catchments will help absorb rainwater and will
\neventually help overcome flooding, which hits most parts of the
\nmunicipality every year.\"<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, head of the Tangerang Environmental Agency M. Akip
\nsaid the administration had introduced the water catchment system
\nin 2002.<\/p>\n
\"Based on our recent surveys, only a few firms have complied
\nwith our call to build water catchments. The administration will
\nlikely draft a bylaw that stipulates all industrial firms must
\ncomply,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Besides, air pollution from the increasing number of vehicles
\nand from factories has affected the air quality of Tangerang
\nmunicipality. Expanding green areas is an urgent need,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The agency called on all firms, offices and community members
\nto plant more trees in their areas.<\/p>\n
Akip said environmental preservation was not merely the
\nadministration's responsibility but that of community members and
\nindustrial firms.<\/p>\n
The administration recently planted around 150,000 trees in
\nconjunction with World Environment Day on June 5.<\/p>\n
\"The administration's efforts to preserve the environment will
\nnot be effective if the residents fail to maintain green areas,\"
\nAkip said.<\/p>",
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