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The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has launched a US$18 million project to provide access to solar power and clean water in remote parts of Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
In the 19th century, East Indies lieutenant-governor Thomas Stamford Raffles wrote in History of Java that Javanese people commonly boiled water and drank it while it was still warm.That practice remains relevant two centuries later, as more than half of all Indonesian families consume water from sources that provide water deemed unsafe to drink. The rest, or four of 10 families, buy bottled water.
Whether you are trying to kill bacteria or viruses, many research studies have found that an alcohol concentration of 60% or greater is needed to be effective. If 60% alcohol is good, is 100% better?
The workers, wearing orange uniforms and matching rubber boots, are tasked with collecting trash to keep Jakarta’s rivers and riverbanks clean — no small feat in a city where littering remains a massive issue.
