Ask The High Building To Buy Water Mist For IDR 50 Million Per Unit To Expel Air Pollution, Heru Budi: If Possible Four

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has a discourse to require hundreds of high-rise buildings in Jakarta to buy and install water mists as an executor of air pollution at a price of around Rp. 50 million per unit.

Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono asked high building managers to buy water mists of four units at once to be placed on each side if possible.

"If the building has been purchased, (the price is) IDR 50 million. But, if possible, there are four sides," said Minister of Environment and Forestry. The building is a box, so there are four sides," said Heru at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Wednesday, August 30.

Although requiring the procurement of water mist, Heru admitted that he would not impose sanctions on building managers who did not carry out these instructions. The DKI Provincial Government also did not issue regulations regarding the obligation to use water mist.

Moreover, according to him, the operation of water mass with a purchase price of tens of millions is quite effective because it is used repeatedly every dry season.

"There is no regulation. That's the obligation of each other next year, there will be another dry season. In 2024 it will continue to be (used), right," explained Heru.

The DKI Provincial Government, he continued, will not supply a water mist procurement budget. "There is no budget. Buy each one. They want all of them. That's not too expensive either," he added.

The government has started to carry out micro weather modification technology in the form of spraying water using a water mist generator from above the building as an effort to control air pollution in Jakarta.

The DKI Provincial Government, the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), and Polda Metro Jaya operated a water mass from the Pertamina building on Sunday, August 27.

"We sprayed the above of the Pertamina building and the bottom du was immediately measured with a PM 2.5 device. It turned out to reduce PM 2.5 levels around the building. The equipment is from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry," said Head of the DKI Jakarta Environmental Agency Asep Kuswanto to reporters, Monday, August 28.

Asep said that spraying water from above the building was effective enough to bind PM 2.5, thereby reducing the level of air pollution in the capital city.

On the other hand, Asep also asked the managers of private buildings to also install water mist generators so that water spraying from above the building can be more evenly distributed.

"We are currently collecting data on tall buildings in Jakarta that we can suggest installing the water mist. If our data is around 1,300 buildings throughout Jakarta. We are currently mapping which buildings may be the most appropriate for us to try," said Asep.