Affirming Jakarta's Clean Water Tariff Adjustment Must Run, DPRD: For Subsidies Of The Lower Society

Member of Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Nur Afni Sajim. (doc. Public Relations of the DKI Jakarta DPRD)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Nur Afni Sajim, emphasized that the adjustment of the PAM water tariff is in accordance with the Decree of the Governor (Kepgub) of DKI Jakarta Number 730 of 2024 concerning water rates, and aims to provide subsidies to the lower middle class.

"PAM is only the executor who is assigned to increase the tariff price. From the previous Rp7,000, now it is at least Rp. 12,000. That is for subsidies to the very middle to lower class people," Afni told reporters, Thursday, February 20.

According to Afni, the decision to adjust this tariff has gone through a mature calculation and considers the progressive principle based on the selling value of the tax object (NJOP).

The member of the Democratic Faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD explained that the water tariff was calculated based on the NJOP of an area. He added, if the NJOP of a property is already above Rp. 10 million, then the tariff will automatically fall into the progressive category.

"For example, the price of NJOP in Thamrin and South Jakarta must be different. So, apartments there are subject to higher rates," said Afni.

"Cook Thamrin Residence is in the K2 category? I live in the suburbs of Jakarta, slum environments, often flooded. But because my house is 1,000 meters, I got IDR 47,000. So it is calculated based on the property and facilities," he added.

He admitted that the PAM Jaya tariff adjustment occurred in conjunction with tax increases and other cost of living. This makes people even more burdened.

"Water is a basic need, so it's only natural for people to protest. But if someone says it's an increase of up to 71 percent, we'll wait for an explanation. Isn't that true?" he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairperson of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Ima Mahdiah urged the DKI Provincial Government to issue apartment managers or unscrupulous Associations of Flat Owners and Occupants (P3SRS) still using groundwater but also increasing clean water rates in Jakarta.

Ima admitted that she received reports from many apartment managers in Jakarta who took groundwater but charged residents with the new tariff for piped water managed by PAM Jaya.

"It turns out that a lot of apartment PPRS and so on half took PAM and half took ground water. But they used tariffs from PAM. This should have been put in order first," Ima told reporters.

As of January 2025, the DKI Provincial Government officially increased the clean water tariff managed by PAM Jaya. This new policy was implemented after the water tariff was not good since 2007. The increase in water rates also aims to accelerate the increase in service coverage by 100 percent by 2030.