Several areas in Jakarta earlier on Friday this week saw heavy rain. However, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) explained that the rain was not the sign of the end of a dry season in the city.

The Ciliwung watershed is an important watershed in Java in term of the size, position, and governments involved in its management. According to the Center for Watershed Management of Ciliwung-Cisadane, the issues and problems in Ciliwung watershed is complex. Specific issues and problems are being faced i.e. water supply, flood, water quality, energy, transport and institutional arrangements. Ciliwung watershed becomes a major problem of annual flood in Jakarta province.

A prolonged drought has left thousands of hectares of rice fields dried out and tens of thousands of residents with a clean-water crisis in a number of regions in Central Java.

Residents of Greater Jakarta have been warned to save water during this year’s extended dry season, which may turn into a drought. Evi Lutfiati (BMKG) said that the dry season, which normally ended in early October, might instead end in November.

The prolonged drought has disrupted the transportation of staple foods in a number of regions in Mahakam Ulu regency, East Kalimantan, as the long absence of rain has led to a sharp decrease in the level of the Mahakam River between East Kutai and Mahakam Ulu.

Although it is still dry season, the city administration keeps vigorously accelerating the dredging of rivers, reservoirs and water channels that spread in Jakarta. Additionally, all malfunctioned pump machines also being repaired.

The Bengkulu National Land Agency (BPN) must give all plantation permit (HGU) maps demanded by the Bengkulu Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), a local court decided on Wednesday, July 29, 2015.

The prolonged drought has disrupted the transportation of staple foods in a number of regions in Mahakam Ulu regency, East Kalimantan, as the long absence of rain has led to a sharp decrease in the level of the Mahakam River between East Kutai and Mahakam Ulu.

The Project provided drainage, wastewater collections and treatment plants as well solid waste management facilities and conducted a comprehensive capacity building program. More than 800,000 citizens benefited from the project with about 250,000 benefiting from reduced flooding. More than 800,000 citizens now enjoy improved solid waste management service, 66,500 students have better schools sanitation facilities; and 8,452 poor families have benefited from the received revolving fund for upgrading their toilets.