Source: Detik.comDate: April 4, 2022 Tasikmalaya - Pollution of the Ciwulan river which stretches from Garut to Tasikmalaya Regency is considered worrisome. In addition to the water containing heavy metals, the generation of garbage in this 114 km long river is found at many points.There have b...
Call for Abstracts: ‘This is Water, WASH and Climate: Stories from Practice’
Source: Water and WASH FuturesDate: April 9, 2021 We are pleased to open the Call for Abstracts for the Water, WASH and Climate virtual symposium. Abstracts are invited for "Story Hosts" – water and WASH professionals interested in sharing their experiences relating to water management, ...
ATB Batam Forms a Special Team to Help Regional Drinking Water Companies in Indonesia
Source: SUDUTBATAMDate: April 1, 2022 SUDUTBATAM.COM - The commitment of PT Adhya Tirta Batam (ATB) to continue to actively contribute to efforts to improve the quality of clean water services in Indonesia grows more serious.The company has formed a special team to assist PDAMs in Indonesia.&n...
Rowosari and Tandang Villages are Supplied with 21 Thousand Liters of Clean Water
Source: Radar SemarangDate: March 31, 2022 RADARSEMARANG.ID, Semarang – Rowosari and Tandang Villages, Tembalang District, received a supply of 21 thousand liters of clean water. So far, these two areas have been subject to drought disasters. If anything, the water quality is poor. The assistan...
Making the invisible visible: Groundwater
We're celebrating World Water Day this year with a focus on groundwater. But what is groundwater, exactly? The pressure on groundwater resources is rapidly increasing as a result of human activities (including population and economic growth) and climate variability: serious depletion and pollution p...
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The unseen: merits, threats, and tales of groundwater
Even though water covers roughly 71% of the earth's surface, only 3% of it is fresh water and 2.5% of that freshwater is unattainable, stored in the form of glaciers, polar ice caps, atmosphere, and soil. It leaves us with just 0.5% of freshwater ready and accessible to be used for everyday life, mo...
Access to Sanitation and Drinking Water for the Poverty-stricken Must Be Funded
Source: TribunDate: March 25, 2022 TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - There are still many Indonesian people who do not have access to drinking water and proper sanitation. Financing the poor for access to sanitation and drinking water needs to be supported.Water.org Senior Program Manager Aldi Surianin...
Ministry working to ensure drinking water supply in Sawahlunto
Source: ANTARADate: March 23, 2022 Sawahlunto, West Sumatra (ANTARA) - Twenty-one percent of the work on the National Urban Water Supply Project (NUWSP), which is aimed at ensuring drinking water access for the residents of Sawahlunto City, West Sumatra, has been completed so far. Head of the West S...
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2022: groundwater: making the invisible visible
Source: UNESCODate: March 22, 2022 Celebrating world water day 2022 with the theme of groundwater, UNESCO released a document regarding global groundwater development report. Check it out here! Download PDF File Here
Indonesia has been selected to host the World Water Forum in 2024
Source: KOMPASDate: March 21, 2022 JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) announced that Indonesia was chosen to host the 10th World Water Forum (WWF) in 2024. This was decided at the 9th WWF in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday (19 /3/2022) where Indonesia received 3...
A total of 199 coastal cities in Indonesia are at risk of tidal flooding in 2050
Source: KONTAN.CO.IDDate: March 17, 2022 KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. A total of 199 coastal cities in Indonesia are threatened by the annual tidal flood in 2050. If this disaster occurs, it is predicted that it will cause losses of up to Rp. 1,500 trillion more. This prediction is based on Kompas Daily ...
Sustainable water management bolsters water resiliency
Source: ANTARADate: March 16, 2022 Jakarta (ANTARA) - The sustainable water resource management program is necessary to improve Indonesia's water resiliency, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto noted through a statement on Tuesday. "The Indonesian Government rem...
BRIN proposes a composting toilet as an alternative solution for clean water crisis
Source: ANTARADate: March 15, 2022 Jakarta (ANTARA) - Environmental technology researcher at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Neni Sintawardani, in a written statement on Monday, offered an alternative solution in the form of composting toilet amid the clean water crisis. "Co...
Marine debris removal efforts become national agenda: ministry
Source: ANTARADate: March 14, 2022 Tangerang (ANTARA) - Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry Alue Dohong said a solid marine debris handling and reduction activity held as part of a series of events for commemorating Forester Service Day must become a regular program. He joined a coastal clea...
BRIN's Sailing Day Program to improve weather, climate forecasts: BMKG
Source: ANTARADate: March 11, 2022 Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Research and Innovation Agency's (BRIN's) 2022 Sailing Day program could support weather and climate forecast analysis through marine research expeditions, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has said. "I...