32 Percent Of Jakarta Residents Still Exploiting Groundwater

JAKARTA - PAM Jaya President Director Syamsul Bachri Yusuf revealed the fact that as many as 32 percent of the residents of the capital city have not had access to clean water pipes. Because, as of 2022, PAM Jaya has only been able to serve the people of DKI Jakarta with a coverage of 68 percent.

This he conveyed in the commemoration of World Water Day 2022 at Lake Ring, Papanggo village, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

"There are still 32 percent of DKI Jakarta residents who have not had access to piped water and have not been served by PAM Jaya. What does that mean? This means that 32 percent of DKI Jakarta residents are still using groundwater and still exploiting groundwater for their daily lives," said Syamsul , Tuesday, March 22.

Therefore, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government ordered PAM Jaya to be able to fulfill the coverage of piped water services as a whole or 100 percent of Jakarta residents by 2030.

According to Syamsul, the homework (PR) that PAM Jaya must do is to fulfill the supply of 11 thousand liters of water per second and an additional 4,200 kiloeters of pipes that must be connected from house to house.

"As of today, there are 11 thousand liters per second of water taken from the ground by Jakarta residents for their daily needs. So, to overcome this, we need to build a good piping system," explained Syamsul. Continuing, Assistant for Development and Environment DKI Jakarta Province Afan Adriansyah explained that the government's goal to meet 100 percent piped water service coverage in Jakarta is to suppress land subsidence.

Moreover, this condition was highlighted by American President Joe Biden. Biden says Jakarta is in danger of sinking by 2030.

Therefore, in addition to fulfilling the clean water service coverage provided by the government, Afan also asked the people of Jakarta to no longer use groundwater and switch to piped water.

"Efforts to prevent land subsidence are not merely the task of the government, but collaboration and collaboration from all levels of Jakarta society are needed to make it happen, starting to switch to piped drinking water and being concerned with the disposal system that has an impact on environmental sustainability. drowned," said Afan.