IQ Water: Jakarta The Most Polluting City In Indonesia

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JAKARTA - Air quality data agency IQ Air ranked Jakarta as the first of the top ten most polluting cities in Indonesia with an air quality index of 180 on Monday, July 18. Jakarta's air rating is worse than a number of other regions in Indonesia, such as Surabaya (East Java- air quality index 159) in second position, and Bekasi (West Java-air quality index 129) in fourth position based on monitoring at 07.45 WIB. Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 is at 111.5 micrograms per cubic meter or 22.3 times above the World Health Organization (WHO) annual air quality guideline value. Even the monitoring post in Pesing, West Jakarta showed IQ Air was in the dangerous category (air quality index 348) with a PM2.5 concentration at 298 micrograms per cubic meter. Then at Wisma Matahari Power, Kebayoran Lama monitoring post, South Jakarta, IQ Air shows air quality in the very unhealthy category (air quality index 218) with a PM2.5 concentration at 168 micrograms per cubic meter. Meanwhile, monitoring posts in North Jakarta, such as Jalan Puri Jimbaran 2 and Jalan Pasir Putih II in Ancol Pademangan, and Mutiara Beach in Pluit, Penjaringan, the air quality according to IQ Air is in the unhealthy category with an air quality index between 188 (Pearl Beach) to 196 (Jimbaran 2).