Batu City to Build Waste Treatment Facility for Domestic Waste
4 March 2015 03:10 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Batu city administration is set to form a regional technical executive (UPTD) to manage domestic waste produced by the city.
“All domestic wastes should be treated, not to be disposed onto the river,” said Batu Deputy Mayor, Eddy Rumpoko.
The Deputy Mayor had signed the Mayor Regulation No 19/2014 concerning the domestic waste UPTD. Facilities have been built and manpower have been trained to perform the task.
The waste will be treated to obtain methane gas and bio-slurry to be used as fertilizers while the waste water will be treated so that it meet the quality standard for disposal onto river.
Eddy also reminded residents not to dump their waste directly to the river because Brantas RIver is already heavily polluted.
“Water insects such as Chlorophyceae is hardly seen,” said a teacher at SMA 7 Malang, Tipuk Ujianti.
EKO WIDIANTO