PDAM in Cisadane Stops the Water Treatment Plant (WTP), BSD and Surrounding Areas are Facing A Water Crisis

PDAM customers in the Bumi Serpong Damai, Sumarecon, and several housing estates around the Cisadane River will experience a clean water crisis starting today.The reason? PDAM stopped the production process of the clean water treatment plant (WTP).Why? Because the level of turbidity of the Cisedane ...

Importance of natural disaster mitigation in Jayapura

Source: ANTARADate: January 18, 2022 ANTARA - Floods and landslides that struck Jayapura City, Papua Province, on January 6, 2022, for over a week left puddles and high mud mounds in the affected area. These are still visible in residential areas in the Organda Housing area of Heram and Konya S...

Water Crisis in North Jakarta

 JakartaSource: KOMPASDate: January 16, 2022 JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, said that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will ensure that no more residents of North Jakarta experience a clean water crisis.  He said, Jakarta is the capital city, ...

Sikka supplies water to 70 drought-hit villages facing water crisis

Source: ANTARADate: October 4, 2021 Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA) - The disaster mitigation office (BPBD) of Sikka District in Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province, has supplied clean water to 70 villages reeling from a water crisis triggered by a drought. "As many as 70 villages, ...

Water crisis in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara linked to mining, observers say

Source: MongabayDate: May 1, 2021 Many parts of Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province have experienced a shortage of clean water shortage since last year.Environmental activists attribute the problem to environmental degradation in forested water catchment areas, including by mining companies.Wome...

Survey: 90 Percent of Young Respondents Are Worried about the Impact of the Climate Crisis

Source: Change.org Date: 25 September 2020  Water Crisis, Food Crisis, and Spread of Disease are the impacts of greatest concern Coinciding with the Global Climate Strike action which will be held simultaneously in many countries in the world, including Indonesia on September 25, 2020, to ...

The Neglected Water and Sanitation Crisis

Source: The ASEAN Post Date: 10 September 2020  The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the importance of access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene. As we all know now, hand washing is one of the best frontline defenses against the virus. Yet three billion people – almost half of the world'...

Drought leaves more than 100,000 short on water in Gunungkidul

Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 2 September With 15 of 18 districts in Yogyakarta's Gunungkidul regency hit by drought, authorities estimate that more than 120,000 residents will experience a shortage of water.  "We have received requests for clean water supplies from 11 affected districts," Gunu...

Extreme drought triggers water crisis in East Nusa Tenggara

Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 1 September 2020 Five villages in Rote Ndao regency in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) are suffering from clean water shortages as a result of extreme drought.  Deskiel Haning of the Rote Ndao Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) said the five villages were Holulai, Nentenae...

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The World Water Day 2020 Commemoration and How It Links to COVID-19 in Indonesia

Clean water and sanitation are essential for human life. Each person requires at least 20 to 50 liters of clean water each day for drinking, cooking, and hygiene. Unfortunately, half of the world population still lacks access to clean water and sanitation. The more dire condition can be felt in conf...

Water at heart of climate action

​Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 23 March 2020 ​We are feeling the devastating impact of climate change daily on a global scale and this threat continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. The United Kingdom experienced its wettest February on record last month, with several regions experiencing rainfa...