Monday, October 18, 2004

Jawa, Bali, NTB, dan Sulawesi Selatan Krisis Air. (Java, Bali, NTB, and South Sulawesi Water Crisis.)

Source: Koran Tempo

Menteri Kimpraswil, Soenarno mengungkapkan, terdapat empat wilayah di Indonesia, yakni pulau Jawa, Bali, Nusa Tenggara Barat, dan Sulawesi Selatan yang saat ini tengah mengalami krisis air. Dilema Ini merupakan masalah klasik yang berulang setiap tahun selain banjir dan longsor di musim hujan. Dia menilai selain persoalan distribusi dua hal lain yang menjadi persoalan sumber daya air adalah kuantitas/ kualitas secara faktual dan sumber daya air yang belum mendapatkan perlindungan maksimal untuk menghindari kekurangan air. Menurutnya, yang mengkhawatirkan adalah kualitas maupun kuantitas air. Karena masalah ini dinilai cenderung meningkat setiap waktunya.

English Translation

Kimpraswil Minister, Soenarno revealed, was received four territories in Indonesia, namely the Javanese island, Bali, the West Nusa Tenggara, and South Sulawesi that at this time were experiencing the water crisis. This dilemma was the occurring classic problem every year apart from the flood and the landslide in the rain season. He considered apart from the problem of the distribution two another thing that to the problem of water resources was the quantity/the quality factually and water resources that did not yet obtain the maximal protection to avoid the lack of the water.According to him, that worrying was the quality and the quantity of the water. Because this problem it was thought tended to increase by each time.