SPAM Batu Meets Clean Water Needs 2,500 Households In Tanjung Pandan

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BELITUNG - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has completed the construction of the Batu Mentas Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) in Tanjung Pandan City, Belitung Regency, in 2022.

The budget disbursed by the Ministry of PUPR reached Rp74.55 billion.

Later, the presence of this SPAM will support the National Tourism Strategic Area (KSPN) in Bangka Belitung Province and to increase access to safe drinking water for the surrounding community.

Head of Region II Section of the Regional Settlement Infrastructure Agency (BPPW) Bangka Belitung Khoirul Hakim said, until now the Batu Mentas SPAM has fulfilled access to clean water for 2,500 Home Connections (SR).

"SPAM Batu Mentas has a capacity of 2x50 liters per second and currently (has met access to clean water) 2,500 SR," said Hakim to reporters at SPAM Batu Mentas, Tanjung Pandan, Belitung Regency, Thursday, September 26.

The judge said that this figure is still very far from the target set by his party, which is 8,000 SR. Therefore, his party will encourage the achievement of this target with a drinking water presidential instruction program (Inpres).

"In the future, we will also estimate SR with the Mentas Water Inpres (because) SPAM Mentas functions to support KSPN," he said.

According to Hakim, Belitung has been designated a strategic tourism area. Thus, he said, the existence of the Batu Mentas SPAM aims to support clean water capacity in hotels and the fisheries industry.

"So, fisheries needs clean water because there are many fishing industries here, fishing. This (water source) comes from the Batu Mentas SPAM," he added.

For your information, the construction of SPAM Batu Mentas itself is a continuation of the infrastructure that has been built by the Sumatra VIII River Basin Center (BBWS), which is in the form of stage 1 intake work along with pumps, transmission networks and Batu Mentas Embung.

The Ministry of PUPR through BPPW Bangka Belitung also built a processing unit (WTP), reservoirs and a main distribution network (JDU) to support the needs of public drinking water.

The SPAM work has been started since September 29, 2020 and completed in March 2022, which includes the construction of 2 units of concrete water treatment (IPA) with a capacity of 50 liters per second, a reservoir with a capacity of 650 cubic meters and a reservoir with a capacity of 650 cubic meters.

Next, the 4.000-meter diameter HDPE pipeline distribution network is 15,000 meters long, the 300-millimeter HDPE pipeline distribution network is 1,302 meters long and the HDPE pipeline distribution network is 150 millimeters long, 3,150 meters long.

Then, GIP pipeline crossing work with a diameter of 400 millimeters and supporting buildings, such as pump houses, generator rooms and electrical substation spaces.