JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Directorate General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works and Housing of Republic Indonesia, held Indonesia's first-ever water day ambassador competitions on April 10, 2018, to celebrate the 2018 World Water Day. Involving more than 50 high school and vocational students from 5 cities in Indonesia (Jabodetabek), all participants run through a 5-minutes speech competition, presenting their most compelling ideas to save water and preserve the environment. Of the 10 finalists, two selected young ambassadors of water day are expected to inspire water conservation awareness and action through social media platform and across schools in Indonesia.

All finalists paraded their views to stage, where they forged to display further researches on clean water shortages in Jakarta and whereabouts. According to a BBC report, Jakarta is the world's fifth most threatened city by water shortages and the main reason is massive losses of ground water.

The waste of a staggering 1,500 tonnes of trashes being thrown to Ciliwung, a long river flowing through West Java and Jakarta, also exacerbates the clean water scarcity in Jakarta.

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