DKLH Promises to Handle Suwung Landfill Waste Liquid Early 2026

Head of the Bali DKLH I Made Rentin discusses handling waste liquid from the Suwung landfill according to the results of supervision by the Ministry of LH, Denpasar, Tuesday 23/12/2025. ANTARA/Ni Putu Putri Muliantari

DENPASAR - The Bali Forestry and Environment Service (DKLH) has promised to deal with waste liquid from the Suwung Final Disposal Site (TPA) starting in early 2026.

This was conveyed by the Head of the Bali DKLH I Made Rentin in response to the still existing obligations that have not been carried out based on the supervision of the Ministry of Environment and Energy.

"We will immediately carry out (waste liquid handling) in the first quarter of 2026," he said in Denpasar, Tuesday, December 23.

It is known that the LH Ministry has provided an opportunity in the form of a delay in the closure of the Suwung landfill from today, December 23, 2025, to February 28, 2026.

However, from the results of supervision at the landfill, from the many aspects that were considered to have passed because they had been carried out, the Ministry of LH found that DKLH Bali had not managed the sludge or liquid from the waste pile at the sludge treatment plant based on the results of sludge quality testing that exceeded the quality standard for the parameters of BOD, COD, TSS, Total Nitrogen, and Mercury.

Made Rentin explained that the reason this aspect had not been fulfilled was because the party who initially wanted to work had backed out so that the new handling was about to start again.

"Among the many items, there is an improvement in the installation of wastewater treatment (which has not passed), we have estimated Rp. 5.7 billion but the provider has resigned, it should be handled in the 2025 change budget, once again the provider has resigned," he said.

In addition to handling waste liquid from garbage, this postponement opportunity from the LH Ministry was used to optimize the closure of the Suwung landfill with the sanitary landfill method.

From the results of the ministry's supervision, Bali was only able to cover 51 percent of the waste pile so that the Bali Provincial Government targeted 100 percent coverage.

Third, the Bali DKLH also promised the LH Ministry to improve access to the Suwung landfill, where with the existing budget constraints, the local government partnered with concrete companies around the landfill to support access improvements in the near future.

Not only to convince the ministry about Bali's efforts, especially Denpasar and Badung in waste management, this step is also to answer the demands of waste swakelola actors who are burdened if the Suwung landfill is closed without a permanent solution and the roads are damaged so far.