Wednesday, 21 March, 2007 | 16:07 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Almost all water sources in Jakarta are already polluted by Escherchia Coli bacterium, originating from organic garbage and human feces.
This has already polluted 13 rivers and 68 percent of ground water in Jakarta.
Research by the Jakarta Provincial Environment Management Agency (BPLHD) in 2006 showed that the pollution the bacterium causes in the rivers has far exceeded the limit.
The samples for the research were taken from 66 locations in the rivers.
The fact is that, “None of the rivers is appropriate to be the source of drinking water,” said Head of BPLHD Budirama Natakusumah in a discussion yesterday (03/20).
Budirama said that one of the rivers having the worst rate of pollution was the Ciliwung river.
The E. coli bacterium rate in the river reaches 1.6-3 million individuals per 100 cc, far above the standard of quality of 2,000 individuals per 100 cc.
In spite of this, the river is the source of drinking water in Jakarta.
The pollution, said Budirama, is caused by liquid waste from households.
Of the total 1,316,113 cubic meters of water waste in Jakarta, 75 percent of it is household waste.
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