Tangerang faces serious pollution

Tangerang faces serious pollution

TANGERANG: Tangerang Regent Agus Djunara said on Thursday that
due to the rapid growth of industry in Tangerang, the regency was
now facing serious environmental problems caused by uncontrolled
waste disposal by industrial firms into the rivers.

Djunara said there were 780 industrial firms that produced
waste water daily in the regency but only 273 firms treated their
water waste before releasing it.

He said 361 industrial firms did not operate their waste
treatment facilities properly while 146 had no waste treatment
facilities at all.

Most industrial firms emptied their untreated waste into the
Cisadane River, causing heavy pollution, he said at the opening
of a seminar on the control of industrial waste disposal.

The river pollution worsened with residents also dumping
household waste there.

Djunara said that industrial firms that did not have waste
treatment facilities should use the land they themselves already
provided for public facilities at their respective factories. He
also promised to assist them in building waste treatment
facilities. --JP