JAKARTA (Antara): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) funds a study on water quality management along the basin of West Tarum, which channels raw water from Jatiluhur Dam in West Java to the capital.
Some 80 percent of tap water in Jakarta is supplied through the canal.
"The government is now taking a basin-wide approach to improve water and natural resources management in West Tarum basin." ADB executive Christopher Morris was quoted by Antara newsagency as saying Friday.
Urbanization has brought pollution to the basin of the Tarum River and its tributaries, he added.
West Tarum Canal poses serious pollution because residents dump their domestic waste to the canal. Many of them also do their laundry in the canal.
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