Water purifiers for Palangka Raya

Water purifiers for Palangka Raya

PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: Farmers being resettled to
the peat land project will not have to worry about drinking
water.

The government is building about 3,000 water purifiers on the
one-million-hectare site to ensure that the transmigrants will
not have water problems, Antara reported.

Hasudungan Siagian, assistant to the provincial office of
Water Enterprise, said the 3,000 water purifiers were enough to
serve 6,000 farm families.

The central government has allocated over Rp 400 million
(US$170,000) to install the purifiers.

He said his office decided not to build a pipe network for
water distribution because it would be too expensive for farmers
to operate and maintain. (pan)