Slum Sewerage Hero
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
From a narrow alley in a Malang slum, he burst forth as the pioneer of effective low-cost community sewerage systems.
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AGUS Gunarto Ekoputranto may not be an engineering genius like B.J. Habibie, doctor from Aachen Technology Institute, Germany. But in terms of inventions, Herr Doctor may have found his equal. While the former president contributed theories on aircraft design, Agus has contributed to his country in his own way. He invented a cheap and environment-friendly sewage treatment plant, ideal for the use of poor urban communities.
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