Regional SPAM Jatiluhur Phase I Downstream System Completed, Ready To Serve Jakarta Community Drinking Water

SPAM Jatiluhur I (Photo: Ministry of Public Works)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works (PU) has completed the construction of the Hilir Phase I SPAM Regional Jatiluhur I system in West Java Province. This water infrastructure is used to serve the drinking water of people in Jakarta and its surroundings.

The Jatiluhur Regional SPAM Downstream Phase I System is projected to have a bulk drinking water capacity of 4,750 liters per second of water with a beneficiary service of around 380,000 Home Connections (SR).

The construction of the Downstream Phase I SPAM Regional Jatiluhur I system will begin to be carried out by the Ministry of Public Works in July 2023 with a target of completion on December 18, 2024.

The infrastructure support built includes the construction of a transmission pipeline network and distribution of the DC Pondok Kopi system, offtake center east, reservoir DC Pondok Kopi and reservoir DC Cilincing, transmission pipeline network DC Cilincing segment 1, segment 2 and segment 3 as well as pipeline network distribution of the DC Cilincing system.

The Downstream Phase I SPAM Regional Jatiluhur I system utilizes raw water from the western tarum channel of the Jatiluhur Dam which is channeled through the Bekasi Water Processing Installation (IPA) with a capacity of 4,400 liters per second and distributed through the off-take center east.

The construction of infrastructure in the Downstream Phase I SPAM Regional Jatiluhur I system is carried out by the Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Settlement Infrastructure Agency (BPPW) through 7 work packages.

Acting (Plt) Director General of Human Settlements of the Ministry of Public Works and Expert Staff of the Minister of Technology, Industry and Environment Endra S. Atmawidjaja said the construction of the Jatiluhur I Regional SPAM by utilizing raw water from the Jatiluhur Dam in West Java Province.

One of them aims to deal with land subsidence on the north coast of Jakarta.

"In addition to helping meet access to drinking water that is appropriate for people in Jakarta, of course, it is also to reduce groundwater extraction which can withstand land subsidence," Endra said in his official statement, Monday, December 16.