BSD accused of polluting river

BSD accused of polluting river

TANGERANG: An official at the Tangerang regency environmental
agency office accused Bumi Serpong Damai housing estate on
Wednesday of polluting Cisadane river.

Cecep Suhendar, chief of the agency's supervision and permit
control, said household waste dumped in the river caused
pollution because it was not treated properly beforehand. It
happened because the housing estate's waste water treatment
facility was out of order, he said.

Separately, BSD spokesman Donny Rahajoe denied BSD dumped its
household water waste into Cisadane river. He also said that
household waste should not be processed through a water treatment
facility.

"We dispose household waste into Angke river after the waste
is treated in an 11-hectare-wide water reservoir. This is
conducted in accordance with the required environmental impact
analysis (Amdal)," he told The Jakarta Post.

He said BSD's waste water treatment facility is only used to
process its industrial waste and still functions properly. --JP