REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Drought was always repeated every year. Drought was a necessity due to the existing water supply was already unable to meet the water needs of the population.
"Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara has a water deficit for a long time," said Head of Data Information and Public Relations of National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho in a press release on Saturday, July 1.
During the dry season in the regions occurred water deficit of about 20 billion cubic meters. Even based on the study of Bappenas (2003), in Java, there were 92 regencies / cities which have a water deficit of over one to eight months.
It mentioned, 38 regencies / cities have water deficit of more than six months in a year. It was what causes drought inevitable.
Currently, drought hit 16 provinces were covering 102 regencies / cities and 721 districts in Indonesia until the end of July 2015. 111 thousand hectares of agricultural land were also experiencing drought. "It is estimated that the drought will spread," said Sutopo.
Based on the analysis of BMKG and LAPAN, July to November 2015 the climatic conditions in the region of Indonesia, mainly in the south of the equator was affected Moderate El Nino, even in November 2015 will likely strengthen.
These conditions will give effect to the level of intensity and frequency of rainfall will decrease and even the possibility of the beginning of the rainy season on 2015-2016 in some regions will suffer a setback.
16 provinces that drought was Banten, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, Bengkulu, Papua, NTB, NTT, South Sumatra, South Sulawesi, Lampung, Riau, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan and Bali. Drought was most prevalent in Central Java, Lampung, West Java, East Java, South Sumatra, and NTB.
To overcome the short-term drought, BNPB was providing Rp 75 billion. These funds were mostly used to assist BPBD in handling the emergency drought with the distribution of clean water to the water tank, pipe repair, and construction of water storage tanks.
"A long-term handling that requires a thorough effort for improvement of environmental quality and the development of water infrastructure," said Sutopo explained.
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