Residents whose homes were on the edge of time Ciliwung usual this time consuming water for daily needs. Ciliwung is the biggest garbage dump in Jakarta. From upstream to downstream plant communities dispose of waste production and household waste into the Ciliwung River. But the public also consume water filled with toxic heavy metals and bacteria E coli. And indeed the people who were on the river bank had no choice. As trash, people also consume the water.
River water conditions were very bad. The trash meets the river and the water was sometimes black and smelly. Residents riverbanks using water as washing, cooking, defecating and trash them. This residents activity has occurred for decades. They are aware of the water they use is not healthy but they are helpless. Ciliwung River is also used as a source for drinking water.
All conditions of the river in Jakarta had been exposed to contaminated. And Ciliwung as the largest river in Jakarta experiencing the worst pollution. Unfortunately the river is actually used as the raw material of drinking water, while containing BOD average of 8.97 milligrams per liter (mg / l) and COD were 35.22 mg / l while BOD quality standard is 10 mg / l and 20 mg COD / l.
And every rainy season Ciliwung River flooded. Residents along the river are used to experiencing it. Kampung Pulo, East Jakarta is the place flooded from Ciliwung. Each floods recede always leaves 10-20 cm thick mud. It has become routine every rainy season like this.
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