Still Progress, Sepaku Semoi Dam Will Be Prepared 300 Liters Of Raw Water Pumps Per Second

Sepaku Semoi Dam (Photo: Kemen PUPR)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) is working on the target of completing the Sepaku Semoi Dam and the Sepaku River Intake in the State Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago, so that it can be used immediately this year.

The Director General (Dirjen) of Water Resources (SDA) of the Ministry of PUPR Jarot Widyoko said the construction of the two natural resources infrastructure was to meet the raw water needs as well as flood control in the IKN area.

"After the construction of the Sepaku Semoi Dam and Intake of the Sepaku River, the raw water pump will then be prepared in stages. In 2023, a raw water pump from the dam has a capacity of 300 liters/second will be prepared," said Jarot in a written statement, Monday, March 20.

Jarot said, in the early stages, his party had prepared four standard water pumps for the Sepaku River intake with a capacity of 600 liters/second each. "What will be operated is three pumps and one pump as a backup," he said.

Meanwhile, Head of the Kalimantan IV River Basin Center (BWS) Harya Muldianto said that the construction of the Sepaku Semoi Dam is currently 86.56 percent and is targeted to be filled with water in June.

Later, he said, the Sepaku Semoi Dam could supply a raw water requirement of 2,500 liters/second. A total of 2000 liters/second for IKN Nusantara and the remaining 500 liters/second for Balikpapan.

"In addition to the dam, the Ministry of PUPR is also completing the Sepaku River Intake with a capacity of 3000 liters/second," said Harya.

Harya also said that the Sepaku River Intake was built with the concept of a Movement Dam (obermeyer) and had a width of 117.2 meters of dams, and a height of 2.3 meters of dams.

"The Sepaku River Intake was built to provide raw water of 3,000 liters/second which we are working on from October 2021 to April 2023. Currently, the physical progress is 92.23 percent," he said.

The work includes the body of the dam (main dam), the wall of the dam, the feeder canal, mud bags, downstream and upstream walls, apron work, an olak pond, and the work of Building Information Modelling (IBM).