Environmental Assignment
GROUP REPORT ASSIGNMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND ABATEMENT PROCESS / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
WATER POLLUTION AT CITARUM RIVER
Azizia Harmes
ABSTRACT
The Citarum River Basin in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia has a length of about 350 km, covering an area of approximately 13,000 square kilometers is coming into contact with a population of approximately 10 million people living in urban and rural areas. This river has provides as much as 80% of surface water to Jakarta’s water supply authority, irrigates farms that supply 5% of Indonesia’s rice, tourism sector, and is a source of water for upwards of 2,000 industrial factories. It has been known for more than a decade that the water of all three reservoirs is polluted by inflows of domestic sewage, industrial and agricultural wastes. In addition, considerable organic pollution comes from fish farming in the reservoirs. The impact of pollutants, namely, change the acidity of the water, organic contaminants increase the BOD, COD, kill the organism, disrupt physiological or metabolic processes, or damage the organs of animals, threatening human health. A number of pollutants exceed the limits of the official water quality regulation standards of the government of Indonesia, particularly dissolved oxygen, zinc and iron.
This report provides some information of an effort that has been taken by the government to overcome the pollution in citarum river and another action that could be taken to settle down the problems. In 2010 The Indonesian Government has taking considerable action on the issue. As an illustration the government has negotiated a 500 million dollar multi-tranche loan package with the Asian Development Bank to support efforts to rehabilitate Citarum. This will be delivered in 500 million dollar installments over 15 years and is part of the government’s 3.5 billion-dollar plan to restore the Citarum. Another action that would help government and stake holder to overcome the pollution
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND ABATEMENT PROCESS / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
WATER POLLUTION AT CITARUM RIVER
Azizia Harmes
ABSTRACT
The Citarum River Basin in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia has a length of about 350 km, covering an area of approximately 13,000 square kilometers is coming into contact with a population of approximately 10 million people living in urban and rural areas. This river has provides as much as 80% of surface water to Jakarta’s water supply authority, irrigates farms that supply 5% of Indonesia’s rice, tourism sector, and is a source of water for upwards of 2,000 industrial factories. It has been known for more than a decade that the water of all three reservoirs is polluted by inflows of domestic sewage, industrial and agricultural wastes. In addition, considerable organic pollution comes from fish farming in the reservoirs. The impact of pollutants, namely, change the acidity of the water, organic contaminants increase the BOD, COD, kill the organism, disrupt physiological or metabolic processes, or damage the organs of animals, threatening human health. A number of pollutants exceed the limits of the official water quality regulation standards of the government of Indonesia, particularly dissolved oxygen, zinc and iron.
This report provides some information of an effort that has been taken by the government to overcome the pollution in citarum river and another action that could be taken to settle down the problems. In 2010 The Indonesian Government has taking considerable action on the issue. As an illustration the government has negotiated a 500 million dollar multi-tranche loan package with the Asian Development Bank to support efforts to rehabilitate Citarum. This will be delivered in 500 million dollar installments over 15 years and is part of the government’s 3.5 billion-dollar plan to restore the Citarum. Another action that would help government and stake holder to overcome the pollution