Worrying, Water Pollution at Brantas River

from : vhrmedia.com
About 19 million people of East Java, who live along the riverside of Kali Brantas, have contributed to 30% of water pollution at that river. Meanwhile, the most pollution comes from industries, which do not have good waste management.

Water pollution at Brantas River is deteriorating as only a few people who live at the riverside own private water closet. There are only 57% of people in East Java own private water closet, and only 47% of those water closet meet the standards.

The chief of Research and Development of Local Potency Unit, the Institution of Research and Empowering People (P3D LPPM), the Sepuluh November Institute of Technology, Eddy Sudjono, revealed the fact, Monday (6/14).

It needs hard effort and commitments of the government to solve environmental problems in East Java. So far, Banjarmasin is the only city to put water waste management cost on their local budget. “But there are no other cities, including Surabaya, put water waste management cost n their budget,” Eddy said.

Surabaya and East Java will suffer for water crisis and extreme temperature rise, if water pollution at Brantas River is not solved immediately, Eddy Sudjono predicted. The local government must refer to the Ministry of Environment’s Decree No. 112 about centralized sanitation system.