The water treatment plant, completed in June this year, was built following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the South Sumatra government in September 2010.
Funded and built by Cargill at a cost of about US $1m, the plant will process and sterilise water by way of reverse osmosis before sending it via pipes to the athletes staying at the SEA Games village in Jakabaring, Palembang. The plant is able to generate and supply more than 2,000 cubic meters of potable water per day to the SEA Games athletes.
As part of the MOU, the South Sumatra government will own, operate and monitor the facility during and after the SEA Games. Cargill will also pipe the potable water to the Talang Bubuk village in the sub district of Plaju, making available clean drinking water for close to 12,000 underprivileged residents there.
The government will supply the potable water to the village during and after the SEA Games, thus helping to alleviate the shortage of clean drinking water in the Plaju district.
Anthony Yeow, president director of PT Hindoli, a Cargill oil palm plantation in South Sumatra, said: “Certain underprivileged communities in Palembang currently do not have access to clean drinking water and this has a detrimental effect on their well-being. The availability of potable water from the water treatment plant will help support improvements to their health.”
Source: Cargill
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