PUPR Targets The Semoi Sepaku Dam To Be Completed In 2023

Bandungan Sepaku Semoi/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing or PUPR is targeting the construction of the Sepaku Semoi Dam in North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan to be completed by 2023 in order to support raw water sources in the National Capital (IKN) Nusantara. PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said the dam built It has a pool area of 280 hectares and a capacity of 10.6 million cubic meters. This has been planned for a long time, mainly to meet the raw water needs of Balikpapan City. Furthermore, with the IKN, it will be optimized to supply raw water with a capacity of 2,500 liters/second and reduce flooding by 55 percent. Meanwhile, for flood control at IKN, the drainage network is currently being designed to be implemented immediately," said Minister Basuki in a written statement received in Jakarta, Saturday, February 19. The PUPR Ministry continues to accelerate the construction of the Sepaku Semoi Dam in North Penajam Paser Regency to support the needs raw water and flood control in the National Capital Region (IKN) of the Archipelago in East Kalimantan Province. The dam, which is located in Tengin Baru Village, Sepaku District, is targeted to be filled with water (impounding) by mid-2023.

Head of the Kalimantan IV River Basin Center (BWS) Harya Muldianto said that the construction progress of the Sepaku Semoi Dam until mid-February 2022 by 37 percent includes the work of preparing spillway buildings, evasion buildings, and the body of the dam including the main caver dam. the year 2023, but we will accelerate it by mid-2023, it has impounded (initial filling), but physically it has been completed in early 2023," said Harya Muldianto. Brantas Abipraya- PT Sacna- and PT. BRP (KSO). In East Kalimantan Province, there are already 6 water reservoirs that are used for water storage, namely the Manggar Dam in Balikpapan (capacity 14.2 million cubic meters), the Barnacle Dam in Balikpapan (2.43 million cubic meters). Aji Raden Dam in Balikpapan (0.49 million cubic meters), Samboja Dam in Kutai Kartanegara (5.09 million cubic meters), Mahakam River Kalhol Intake (0.02 million cubic meters), and Lempake Dam in Samarinda (0.67 million cubic meters). million cubic meters).