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)