Minister Of PUPR Targeted 6,400 Clean Water Connections During SPAM Raknamo Operating

Minister of PUPR Basuki Hadimuljono (right two) during a working visit in Kupang. (photo: dock. between)

KUPANG - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) targets as many as 6,400 households in Kupang Regency to enjoy clean water if the Raknamo Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) is operational. "If this SPAM is already operating, it is targeted that 6,400 house connections will be filled with clean water," said PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono in Kupang, Saturday, October 1, quoted by Antara. He said the achievement of the construction of the Raknamo SPAM has reached 63 percent and is targeted that by April 2023 it can be used to flow to thousands of houses in Kupang district. Basuki considered that the welfare of the people in NTT, especially in Kupang Regency, was the main key. He said that in 1984 when he first became an agricultural instructor in Kupang Regency, the Oesao area which is now a very dry area. In fact, the area is difficult to produce vegetable vegetables, so if you need vegetables, you must order from outside NTT. But now everything has changed after irrigation channels were built to the area after the construction of dams and reservoirs. To note that the budget for the construction of SPAM Raknamo reached Rp87.27 billion with a capacity of 40 x 2 liters per second.

A total of eight villages will certainly receive clean water services. The eight villages in Kupang Regency include Raknamo, Manusak, Oelamasi, Desno, Kairane, Fatukanutu, Oefeto and Kuanheum villages. The existence of the Raknamo dam which was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo in 2018 will be a raw water provider for the SPAM to be distributed and then from SPAM distributed to residents' homes. The scope of the construction of this dam includes a network of raw water transmission networks, clean water treatment systems, distribution reservoirs with a capacity of 300 cubic meters and a capacity of 200 cubic meters. In addition, a clean water distribution pipeline was also built on SPAM Raknamo.