Here's How PAM Jaya Meets The Shortfall In The Supply Of 13 Thousand Liters Of Clean Water Per Second In Jakarta

JAKARTA - President Director of PAM Jaya Priyatno Bambang Hernowo said that DKI Jakarta still lacks a supply of 13.000 liters of water per second to meet the drinking water needs of residents.

Bambang said, as of June 2021, PAM Jaya supplies 20.725 liters per second to 907.000 residents. He said the coverage of drinking water or clean water services in Jakarta is currently still at 65 percent of the total needs.

"From all of this, we are still short of approximately 13.000 liters per second. After all, currently, Jakarta has 65 percent of service coverage", said Bambang in a virtual discussion entitled "Equitable Service of Drinking Water in Jakarta, Wednesday, September 1.

The government has a target for drinking water service coverage to be met 100 percent for DKI residents by 2020. To meet this target, the government has a number of short-term initiatives.

First, the government will add to the construction of a drinking water supply system (SPAM) in the form of a water distribution pipe network from the Karian and Jatiluhur reservoirs.

"Around 2024, there will be an additional 7200 liters per second from Karian-Jatiluhur, in this case, the distribution network and transmission network to capture the 7200 liters per second, then distribute it to DKI Jakarta residents who currently do not have access to drinking water services", said Bambang.

On the side of the DKI Provincial Government, Bambang explained that his party will carry out construction in Buaran III, Pesanggrahan, Ciliwung, Uprating dam or increase supply in Buaran III. Then there are other developments including SPAM Communal.

With these various efforts, it is hoped that by 2030 PAM Jaya will be able to reach 100 percent coverage with the ability to flow 33.725 liters per second.

To achieve even distribution of drinking water needs, DKI has built a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) or system for converting seawater into freshwater. This system that treats seawater is applied in the Thousand Islands. Currently, said Bambang, there are 9 islands that have received SWRO pipe services.

"Raw water in the Thousand Islands is no longer possible to continuously extract deep groundwater. So, the SWRO was made to ensure that residents in the Thousand Islands can get quality water", said Bambang.

Not only that, but DKI also builds water kiosks as an effort to ensure the supply of clean water to residents, especially in areas that do not yet have a pipeline network or residents who live in disputed lands.

Through water kiosks, drinking water is distributed using trucks which are managed by the residents themselves. From the kiosk, residents buy water at an affordable price.

"Currently PAM Jaya has built 102 water kiosks and will continue to grow. This is a temporary program, a quick win, to ensure that the residents of DKI Jakarta can get access to drinking water services even though it is the minimum requirement", he concluded.