basin water blog

There are several river basins that should be developed properly to manage the water resources in supporting the needs for Jakarta and its surrounding areas. From west to east the river basins are Cisedane, Ciliwung, Bekasi, and Citarum river basins. The 2007 Jakarta Flood This was happened in early February 2007 and the death toll was reported at about 57 with around 230,000 displaced. Kampung Melayu was one of the worst-hit area. Sofyan Wanandi, from the Indonesian Employers Association told the paper, as quoted by Borneo Post, said that losses at manufacturing firms in Jakarta could top 1 trillion rupiah or US $ 110.7 million. At one stage, 2000 relay station had been shut-up, and already back to normal since February 9. The flooded area was covering Jakarta, Tangerang, and Bekasi. Clean water supplied had been cut to about 500,000 people due to the flood which had inundated treatment plants. The flood was the worst that hit Jakarta since 2002, when 40 people were killed. Resc...

River Basins in Java Island The island of Java covers an area of about 132,590 km2, where roughly 60 percent of the island is cultivated for agricultural purposes, of which about 45 percent benefits from some form of irrigation. It has been decided to divide island of Java up into 23 river basin subdivisions, where for each river basin three main topics are going to be considered: Survey of water resources; present day water consumption; and future water consumption 2005 – 2025. River basin system / Area (km2) 1. Banten / 6.930 km2 1.1 Teluk lada / 3.760 km2 1.2. Banten / 3.170 km2 2. C.J.C / ...