More hospitals, firms support clean rivers

More hospitals, firms support clean rivers

JAKARTA (JP): Seven hospitals and ten private companies signed
agreements with the city administration yesterday to support the
clean river program in their business areas.

The program was introduced eight years ago to clean up the
city's rivers like the Cakung, Ciliwung, Cipinang, Grogol and
Mookervart rivers. It also monitors rivers to ensure waste
disposal remained within government limits.

For example, the maximum waste level for integrated textile
producers is 125 cubic meter per ton of textile product. For soy
sauce manufacturers the limit is five cubic meters per ton of raw
material.

Deputy Governor for Economic and Development Affairs Tb. M.
Rais said the administration would consistently sanction
companies that violated water pollution regulations.

"Water is a critical issue in our community. We will ask
industries which pollute rivers to move their factories to
industrial estates outside Jakarta or we'll close them down if
necessary," Rais said during the signing ceremony.

The seven hospitals are Grahamedika, Atma Jaya, Tugu and
Mediros in Central Jakarta, Pluit and Koja Public Hospital in
North Jakarta, and East Jakarta's Klender Islamic hospital.

The ten companies are PT Eka Boga Sari, PT Kawasaki Motor
Indonesia and PT Arion Maramita in the Cipinang river area, PT
Hasil Kesatuan, PT Martina Berto, PT Indonesia Acid Industry and
CV Top Food Industry in the Cakung river area, and PT Galvindo,
PT Metropole and PT Mariza Rasa Sarimurni in the Mookevart river
area.

The implementation of the program is based on Governor's
Decree 582/1995, which states companies must develop waste
treatment facilities, check and report on their waste to the City
and Environment Study Office every three months. The decree also
states that industrial areas are to be checked regularly by city
officials.

So far, 492 companies near the Ciliwung, Cipinang, Mookervart,
Grogol and Cakung rivers have signed up such agreement. About 89
of them were classified as those with the biggest potential to
pollute. (04)