What is the Function of the National Water Resources Council?

 Source: KOMPASDate: April 12, 2022 JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan received a new mandate from President Joko Widodo to serve as Daily Chair of the National Water Resources Council. The position is regulated...

Wanggar Weir Project Continues, Watering 3,200 Hectares of Agricultural Land

Source: KompasDate: April 5, 2022 JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has resumed the construction of the Wanggar Dam in Nabire Regency, Papua. Previously, construction work on the Wanggar Weir had stopped in 2021. PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said the Wa...

Microplastics Contaminate Ciwulan River Tasikmalaya

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

As Host of the 144th IPU Session, the Indonesian House of Representatives Will Promote Climate Change Issues

Source: KOMPASDate: March 10, 2022 KOMPAS.com – The Head of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Bureau and the International Organization of the Secretariat General of the House of Representatives (DPR) of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) Endah Tjahjani Dwirini Retnoastuti said that his party would ho...

Flooding in Tanah Laut affecting 1,312 residents: BNPB

Source: ANTARADate: March 9, 2022  Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported that 1,312 people from 428 families were affected by flooding in Tanah Laut District, South Kalimantan Province, Tuesday. Acting Head of the Disaster Data, Information, and Communicatio...

Wells in Simbangkulon are Polluted, Pekalongan Indonesian Red Cross Supplies Clean Water

Source: TRIBUN JATENGDate: March 7, 2022 TRIBUNJATENG.COM, KAJEN - The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) of Pekalongan Regency distributed clean water assistance to residents of Simbangkulon Village, Buaran District, Pekalongan Regency, Central Java, Sunday (6/3/2022) afternoon.The distribution of clean wa...

Illegal Gold Mine Contaminating Clean Water Source of Bengkayang Residents Located in Protected Forest

 Source: KOMPASDate: March 4, 2022 BENGKAYANG, KOMPAS.com - Unlicensed gold mining (PETI) activities that pollute the clean water source of PDAM Tirta Bengkayang at the Riam Madi Intake, Tiga Berkat Village, Lumar District, Bengkayang Regency, West Kalimantan (West Kalimantan) have penetrated i...

Improving Biological Wastewater Treatment Technology with Research from the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin)

Source: KORAN JAKARTADate: March 1, 2022 The Ministry of Industry, an invention from the BPPI work unit in Semarang, namely the Center for Industrial Pollution Prevention Technology (BBTPPI), in 2020 has created a biology-based liquid waste treatment technology named PLANET-2020 (Pollution Preventio...

Indonesia promotes three priority environment issues at EDM-CSW

Source: SINDONEWSDate: March 2, 2022 SINDONEWS (JAKARTA) - Indonesia brings up three priority issues, which are the focus of discussion at every meeting of the Environment Deputies Meeting and Climate Sustainability Working Group (EDM-CSW) at the G20 Indonesia presidency. This was stated by the Mini...

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