The Ministry Of PUPR Targets IPAL Development In Pekanbaru To Be Completed In August 2023

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) through the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Cipta Karya targets the construction of the Pekanbaru City Wastewater Processing Installation (IPAL) to be completed in August this year.

"This is the final stage of the Pekanbaru City Metropolitan Sanitation Management Investment Project (MSMIP) program with the aim of making Pekanbaru City healthy and clean," said Director of Sanitation of the Directorate General of Human Settlements Tanozisochi Lase in a statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Monday, July 17.

Tanozisochi said the construction of the Pekanbaru City IPAL used Fixed-Bed Biofilm Activated Sludge (FBAS), namely the wastewater treatment process with a bacterial medium in the form of plant roots and artificial roots (biomodules).

Pekanbaru City IPAL uses Fixed-Bed Biofilm Active Sludge technology or abbreviated by FBAS where media in the form of plant roots and biomodules that function as a breeding ground for micro organisms will outline wastewater before flowing into the Siak River.

"This technology will later be similar to the park and equipped with a odor damping unit. So that the people around IPAL will not be disturbed by the resulting odor," said Tanozisochi.

The IPAL with a capacity of 8,100 m3/day is planned to serve 11,000 house connections. The construction of this Urban Scale IPAL has started in December 2020 and is currently at 94 percent of the physical progress.

IPAL development cooperates with service provider PT PP-PJL, KSO, which is expected when domestic waste water has been operating from households and commercial areas, no longer pollutes water or groundwater bodies in Pekanbaru City.

Meanwhile, Pekanbaru City Regional Secretary Indra Pomi said that his party had prepared a Waste Water Processing Regional Regulation and set operational rates.

After this IPAL was handed over to the Pekanbaru City Government through the Regional Public Service Agency, the City Government sought that this IPAL could operate at least 3,000 Home Connections (SR). The Pekanbaru City Government also requested assistance from the Ministry of PUPR in the context of maintaining and operating the IPAL activity.