PTPP Conducts First Landing Of The Tanah Merah SPAM In Bekasi

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JAKARTA - The state-owned construction company, PT PP (Persero) Tbk (PTPP), through its subsidiaries and subsidiaries engaged in infrastructure investment, namely PT PP Infrastructure (PP Infra) and PT PP Tirta Tanah Merah (PP Tirta Tanah Merah) carried out activities Piling of the First Pole of the Tanah Merah Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM).

The Tanah Merah SPAM, located in Bekasi, West Java, is a Build-Use-Delivery (BOT) collaboration between PP Tirta Tanah Merah as the Implementing Business Entity (BUP) and PDAM Tirta Bhagasasi, Bekasi Regency. The cooperation is in the context of increasing the supply of drinking water with a capacity of 200 liters per second (lpd).

The first inauguration ceremony for the Tanah Merah SPAM was also attended directly by the Regent of Bekasi Dani Ramdan, Director of PDAM Bhagasasi Usep Rahman Salim, Director of Operations of PT PP Infrastruktur Satya Priambodo, and Director of PT PP Tirta Tanah Merah Aan Hadiwibowo.

The erection event was held on Wednesday, June 22 at the project site, namely Karangsambung Village, Kedungwaringin District, Bekasi Regency, West Java.

Satya Priambodo said that the first pole erection activity was the beginning of the construction process for the construction of a Drinking Water Treatment Plant (IPA) which is expected to be able to supply drinking water to the surrounding community in 2023 with the output of drinking water quality standards in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Health.

"The construction of the WTP uses concrete material with a distribution capacity of 200 lpd which is equipped with a glass fused steel reservoir with a capacity of 3,500 meters per cubic meter. The automatic operating system uses Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) so that the drinking water treatment process can be monitored at any time for 24 hours per day. in real time," said Satya in a written statement, Thursday, June 23.

"Tanah Merah SPAM will serve domestic and commercial customers in the service area of PDAM Bhagasassi Lemah Abang Branch. Currently, PDAM Bhagasassi has already provided drinking water with a capacity of 50 lpd. In the future, through this first pole erection activity, the Tanah Merah SPAM will produce drinking water capacity with a total of 250 lpd," said Aan Hadiwibowo as President Director of PP Tirta Tanah Merah.

Meanwhile Bakhtiyar Effendi, Corporate Secretary of PTPP said PP Tirta Tanah Merah itself will operate and manage the Tanah Merah IPA with a distribution capacity of 200 lpd which prioritizes ensuring 3K, namely: Quality, Quantity, and Continuity, so as to improve the standard of living of the community, business people. , and industries around the Lemah Abang area, Bekasi Regency.

"Seeing the importance of the availability of drinking water as a major need in the life of the wider community, PDAM Tirta Bhagasasi together with PP Tirta Tanah Merah are ready to provide the best service in managing this Tanah Merah SPAM," said Bakhtiyar.