Construction Of SPAM Jatiluhur I Targeted To Be Completed In September 2024

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) is targeting the construction of the Jatiluhur I Regional Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) in West Java Province to be completed in September 2024.

"SPAM Regional Jatiluhur I will serve East Jakarta 4,000 liters per second and is planned to be completed in September 2024," said Director General of Water Resources of the Ministry of PUPR Bob Arthur Lambogia at the Giant Sea Wall National Seminar in Jakarta, Wednesday, January 10.

Bob said the construction of the Jatiluhur SPAM was part of the Ministry of PUPR program to solve environmental problems that occurred on the north coast of Java, especially on the North Coast of Jakarta.

"The PUPR Ministry has programmed and implemented several programs to overcome this problem. The provision of clean water from surface water is carried out through the construction of the Karian-Serpong Regional SPAM," he said.

He said the water supply for this SPAM came from the construction of the Karian Dam in Banten which was completed this year and with a capacity of 315 million cubic meters which can supply raw water, especially for West Jakarta.

According to Bob, actually the problem of the north coast, especially on the north coast of Jakarta, is not just dealing with the tidal flood problem that occurs, but there are environmental problems.

"There are three things we have to do in our efforts to restore the environment, namely, firstly the provision of clean water through surface water, secondly sanitation, in this case the quality of water and waste and the third is flood control, both floods from upstream and tidal flooding originating from the sea," he said.

The construction of the Jatiluhur I Regional SPAM consists of upstream and downstream systems.

The upstream system is implemented through the Government and Business Entity Cooperation (PPP) scheme with its scope of activities including the construction of intake, transmission pipelines, water treatment installations (IPA) and the main distribution network to the offtake point.

This SPAM has two Water Processing Installations (IPA) located in Cibeet and Bekasi, West Java.

The Jatiluhur Regional SPAM project, which began in January 2022, was initiated by the Consortium PT Jaya Konstruksi Manggala Pratama Tbk-PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk.-PT Tirta Gemah Ripah with a working period of 30 years.

Later, the Jatiluhur Regional SPAM I can provide a supply of 4,750 liters of drinking water per second with a projection of being able to distribute it to around 380,000 house connections (SR) or about 1.9 million people in the provinces of DKI Jakarta and West Java, especially Bekasi City, Bekasi Regency and Karawang Regency.

The allocation of bulk drinking water for each Jatiluhur I Regional SPAM service area is, DKI Jakarta is 4,000 liters per second, Bekasi City is 300 liters per second, Bekasi Regency is 100 liters per second and Karawang Regency is 350 liters per second.