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Budi Utomo.(Courtesy of Beritajakarta.com/Suparni) (Courtesy of Beritajakarta.com/Suparni)
Budi Utomo. (Courtesy of Beritajakarta.com/Suparni)
In an effort to anticipate a water crisis in Thousand Islands regency, the Jakarta city administration has planned to develop seawater desalination projects in five islands in the regency.
Thousand Islands Regent Budi Utomo has said that the projects are expected to be completed next year on the islands of Karya, Kelapa, Harapan, Tidung and Untung Jawa. 'We need more electricity for the seawater desalination projects to convert the seawater into freshwater,' Budi said.
People in Thousand Islands regency currently rely on the reverse osmosis (RO), which is a water purification technology that uses a semipermeable membrane to treat groundwater.
According to Budi, the seawater desalination project would replace the RO facility. 'We have proposed the development of the desalination program in five islands [...],' he said.
He said that the electricity networks have been installed in the area, which will be the location of the desalination programs. 'We need more energy. The RO facility is currently only for turning raw [groundwater] water into drinkable water, which uses less energy than the desalination facility, which will be used to turn seawater into freshwater.'
Meanwhile, head of Kepulauan Seribu Selatan subdistrict Murta'a said that three RO facilities could no longer operate, causing a water crisis in Pari and Lancang islands. 'Currently, the production of the existing RO facilities has been decreasing due to raw water scarcity,' he said as reported by beritajakarta.com on Thursday.
He expressed hopes that the relevant agencies would immediately repair the RO facilities because the people could not wait any longer. (bbn) (++++)
