Domestic waste constitutes 84 pct of Cisadane river`s pollutants

Almost 84 percent of pollutants in Cisadane River came from domestic waste, an official of Tangerang city`s environmental affairs office said.

“Based on a research, 84 percent of water in Cisadane River is polluted by domestic waste,” Affandi Permana, the head of the Tangerang environmental affairs office, said here on Thursday.

The domestic waste polluting the river came from households, hotels, restaurants and vehicle workshops, he explained.

Industrial waste particularly coming from iron and manganese plants constituted 14 percent of the total pollutants in the river, and the remaining two percent was waste from other sources.

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