Citarum's Hot Black Waste
Monday, April 30, 2018
arsip tempo : 172207137658.
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THE pipe lies hidden beneath the water running through a paddy field trench in Jalan Nunisari, West Bandung regency, West Java. Black water courses through the seven-inch diameter pipe. Five minutes after exiting the pipe, the black water turns brown. Tempo's potential of hydrogen (pH) reading of the water three weeks ago showed a 9.3 pH and a temperature of 32.5 degrees Celsius.
High-alkaline water from the pipe merges with irrigation water befo
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