Problem with drinking water

Problem with drinking water

From Warta Kota

Yes, providing potable water for residents of Jakarta is a priority for the Jakarta administration in 2001. If it fails to accomplish this task, I am afraid the residents of Jakarta will suffer, as they will be extremely thirsty because there will be very a limited supply of drinking water available from the current deep wells. Uncontrollably tapping deep wells is harmful and destructive to the city and its citizens.

On the other hand, the city water company does not seem to have been very successful in providing anything but groundwater for residents to drink. There is room for improvement in the management of the water company, which should be a matter of primary concern for the city administration. All the people want from the water company is a sufficient supply of cheap and good quality potable water.

TONI M. SITOMPUL

Jakarta