How Microsoft helped deliver clean water during Indonesia’s drought emergency
AI-summarised brief · reviewed before publication
Microsoft partnered with Indonesian NGO Yayasan Rumah Energi and regional disaster agencies to deliver clean water during a drought emergency in Karawang and Bekasi regencies. In August 2026, El Nino‑driven low river levels and failing irrigation left 46 villages without reliable water for cooking, washing and bathing. Microsoft supplied 28 portable storage tanks, each holding 5,000 litres, and filled them with 140,000 litres of drinking water for 12 villages. The tanks were placed after joint mapping by BPBD officials and village leaders to target the hardest‑hit neighborhoods. Local residents reported immediate relief, citing reduced travel for water and safer consumption. The effort builds on a 2025 Microsoft‑YRE program that installed rain‑water harvesting tanks across the region to improve long‑term water security for families.
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