Four factories named as polluters

Four factories named as polluters

SURABAYA: Four factories could face legal action after they
were accused by the administration here of dumping industrial
waste into the Surabaya River,

City administration spokesman Harry Tjahyono named the four
as: the Gresik-based paper company PT Adiprint Suraprinta, cloth
dying company PT Chuey Chiey along with tofu factories PT
Sidomakmur and PT Soponyono.

The latter three factories are located in Surabaya.

Harry said the discovery was made by a joint operation team
during a recent river inspection. Their report has been submitted
to the East Java governor.

Harry said PT Adiprima disposed highly polluted waste water
into the river as it had neglected to fix the company's water
processing facility which had been broken since March.

PT Chuey Chiey did not have a water processing facility at all
and merely dumped waste without distilling the chemicals used in
the dying process.

The two tofu factories also lacked necessary water processing
facilities.

"All four factories committed serious environmental
violations," Harry said.(nur/emf)