Industries pollute Cisadane river

Industries pollute Cisadane river

An official said that factories located along the bank of the
Cisadane river in West Java dumped their liquid chemical waste
into the river, creating serious water pollution.

Chusfani Kartadikaria, the head of the state-owned Water
Company (PDAM) in Tangerang, West Java, told Antara late last
week that the pollution had affected the drinking water
production in the area.

Chusfani said that PDAM had to use up more spending, between
Rp 100 million and Rp 150 million each month, to purify the
polluted water of Cisadane.

"We count it as a loss," he said, adding that reports had been
sent to other government agencies to impose sanctions on those
manufacturers.

Tangerang, a home to hundreds of newly-established factories
ranging from garment to paper, is a part of the Greater Jakarta
area. (09)