Bali's Coming Clean Water Crisis
By 2020 Bali will Have a Severe Shortage of Clean Water Due to Overexploitation of Ground Water by Hotels.
BeritaBali.com reports that Bali’s Environmental Protection Agency (BLH) has recorded salt water intrusion into the ground water supply and distances between 39 and 330 meters from the shore line. The BLH is blaming this development on the high usage of ground water, particularly by the hotel sector.
The worst affected areas are in Sanur, Kuta, Candi Dasa and Nusa Dua. Meanwhile, the use of ground water in Denpasar is now approaching 3 million cubic meters per month.
The head of the technical laboratory division of BLH, Gede Surjana, said he is concerned by the degree of salt water intrusion into Bali’s water supply and the level of salinity measured in ground water samples. He warned further that if something is not done soon to limit the over-use of ground water, Bali will face a clean water crisis by 2020. He estimates the maximum permissible use of ground water for all of Bali stands as 300 million cubic meters per year. © Bali Discovery Tours
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