The water pollution abatement programme in Indonesia

1. The water pollution abatement programme in Indonesia has achieved some successes, although these are mainly of an institutional nature. 2. The techniques used in the current assessment approach are not sufficient for evaluating the sustainability of river uses. 3. Strong climatological and geological influences on river water quality in a number of regions require the establishment of water quality standards which take account of such natural variation. 4. An approach to the assessment of the ecological quality of rivers is described as an input for the development of the current nationwide Clean River Programme.