There Are Five Dams Ready To Be Inaugurated In Early 2024, Here's The List

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) will soon inaugurate the five dams that have been completed.

The presence of the five dams is an effort by the government to increase water storage in various areas for water and food security, as well as mitigate the impact of climate change.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of PUPR Endra S Atmawidjaja said that as many as five dams, which are National Strategic Projects (PSN), are ready to be inaugurated in early 2024.

"Five dams are ready to be inaugurated in early 2024, namely the Karian Dam, Cipanas, Sepaku Semoi, Tiu Suntuk, and Lolak," Endra said in a written statement, quoted on Friday, December 8.

The first dam that is ready to be inaugurated is the Karian Dam with a capacity of 314.7 million cubic meters, which will add suplesy to the Ciujung Irrigation Area (DI) with an area of 22,000 hectares (ha).

In addition to irrigation, the Karian Dam will provide raw water for household needs, and industry in nine cities/districts in the provinces of Jakarta and Banten at 14.6 cubic meters per second.

Covering Serang City, Serang Regency, and Cilegon City with 1.5 cubic meters per second, Lebak Regency Maja with 0.6 cubic meters per second, Bogor Regency with 0.2 meters per second, Tangerang Regency with 3.6 cubic meters per second, Tangerang City with 2.0 cubic meters per second, South Tangerang City with 1.8 cubic meters per second, and West Jakarta City with 4.2 cubic meters per second.

Then, the Cipanas Dam is also expected to meet 850 liters of raw water per second for the Tambourine industrial area and residential areas, including Kertajati Airport.

Next, the Sepaku Semoi Dam also has flood reduction capacity of up to 232 cubic meters per second of 55 percent for the IKN and Sepaku Districts.

Then, the Tiu Suku Dam, which is located in West Sumbawa, was built since February 2020 at a cost of IDR 1.22 trillion.

With a capacity of 55.90 million cubic meters and an inundation area of 312.09 hectares, the Tiu S Dam will be able to supply raw water of 68 liters per second, an irrigation area of 1,900 hectares, and has the potential for a Micro Hydro Power Plant (PLTM) of 0.81 MW, flood reduction of 390 cubic meters per second, and potential as a place of conservation, tourism, and land fisheries.

Finally, Lolak Dam with an inundation area of 97.5 hectares which is planned when operating to supply 2,214 hectares of irrigation water, supports the supply of 500 liters of raw water per second, tourism, water conservation and has a potential for 2.43 megawatts of electricity.