14 Central Java Regencies Face Drought, Clean Water Distribution Underway

At least 14 regencies in Indonesia's Central Java province are now facing drought, prompting urgent efforts to supply clean water to the affected regions. The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) confirmed the extent of the crisis.

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There are already, if I'm not mistaken, 14 regencies.

Bergas Catursasi Penanggungan, head of the Central Java BPBD, stated that five areas are particularly hard-hit: Klaten, Banjarnegara, Cilacap, and Purbalingga. Klaten, situated near mountainous areas, is described as a region that frequently experiences water shortages during the dry season due to difficulties in accessing water from higher elevations.

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If it's like this, the upper areas have difficulty with water. Indeed, during the dry season, there is always a shortage of clean water.

Previous attempts, such as geoelectric surveys to detect groundwater, have proven unsuccessful in finding viable water sources in some of these areas. Consequently, the primary strategy for drought mitigation involves distributing clean water. Local governments have collectively prepared approximately 129 million liters of clean water to be supplied to the drought-stricken regencies.

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It turns out that there are indeed no water sources that can be tapped underneath.