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Access to clean water remains low in Indonesia, with approximately 44 percent of households connecte...
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Indonesia: "When
the water is commodity!" Various international conventions, including the
United Nations Economic and Social Council Declaration, the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights clearly state that access to water is a
basic human right, and that it is the government’s responsibility to provide
access to clean water for the people. However, access to clean water remains
low, with approximately 44 percent of households connected to the supply
network and 56 percent connected to the sewage network. Beside that the heavy
indebtedness and weak operational capacities of a majority of local water
utilities, or PDAMs, have resulted in the underdevelopment of the sector’s
infrastructure, while the decentralization of the responsibilities for the
sector has made it highly fragmented and complex.
Avice from
Indah Budiarti
