Target 7 Thousand Kilometers Of New Pipe Connection, PAM Jaya Asks Citizens To Understand If Galian Makes Traffic Jams

Illustration of clean water (Photo: Doc. KPUPR)

JAKARTA - President Director of Perumda PAM Jaya Arief Nasrudin said that his party is targeting a connection of 7 thousand kilometers of new pipes by 2030 to serve the residents' clean water needs. As is known, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has a target of coverage of PAM water services of up to 100 percent by 2030. Meanwhile, currently, PAM's existing service coverage has only reached 65.85 percent in the Jakarta area. "Towards 2030, we will continue to reach 7 thousand kilometers of new piping with a bundling investment model pattern with our partners," said Arief in a discussion at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Wednesday, August 30. Currently, the construction process for installing pipeline connections is just starting. Arief asked for the understanding of the community whose activities were disrupted due to pipeline excavations, causing congestion on several roads. This is because this is done to support services for the needs of clean water to residents. "Towards these 7 thousand kilometers (new pipes), you can imagine how massive the excavation will be on the side of the road which will cause traffic jams," said Arief. "So, we will intensify socialization to make people aware that this will definitely be sick and ill first (affected by traffic jams) to 2030," he added. In the early stages, PAM Jaya installed pipes for 19 thousand customers from August 2023 to August 2024. The work carried out with the Ministry of PUPR began to be carried out from east of Jakarta, namely in the Pondok Kopi area and its surroundings. Until now, the number of PAM Jaya pipeline connections has reached 960 thousand. With the addition of new pipes over the next year, the total connection will be 980 thousand. "Currently we are in the process of accelerating licensing, also parallel to his work. We are also conducting socialization to new potential customers from piped water," said Arief.

However, Arief admitted that efforts to invite the people of Jakarta to switch from consumption of ground water to PAM Jaya customers were not easy. Thus, this requires massive socialization. "For the 19 thousand new connections, because this is an apbn project, all customers are given free of charge. Even given free (connection) we need effort to carry out socialization. They still feel that groundwater in Jakarta is still sufficient to meet their daily needs. Meanwhile, if we see that there have been many talks about Jakarta in danger of sinking," he added.