PAM Jaya Admits That It Needs IDR 150 Billion Funds To Overcome Water Crisis Problems In City Forest IPA

Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi together with President Director of Perumda PAM Jaya Arief Nasrudin (left). (Diah-VOI)

JAKARTA - President Director of Perumda PAM Jaya Arief Nasrudin said that his party was still processing efforts to reduce the quality of raw water in the City Forest Water Processing Installation (IPA). The problem at the City Forest IPA caused 18 urban villages in North Jakarta and West Jakarta to experience a water supply crisis clean from PAM Jaya. Arief said that the City Forest IPA was not managed by PAM Jaya, but by PT Jakarta Propertindo. Arief admitted that the cost of handling repairs to this IPA requires a large amount of money. "We are ready to improve. So, there is indeed a side of the corporation that we have to prepare. I'm afraid it will be wrong because the investment is not small. If we want to add technology, it will take Rp150 billion," Arief told reporters, Wednesday, October 4. The amount of this cost is due to PAM Jaya also having to take over the assets of the City Forest IPA from Jakpro so that the handling process can be more optimal. "Coorporting, like it or not, PAM Jaya must take over. This is being processed. If it has been taken over by PAM Jaya, then we will fix it. The follow-up must be like that because if the corporation is not resolved, we are wrong," said Arief.

Arief explained that this water crisis occurred due to a decline in the quality of raw water at the City Forest IPA since last September 8. Areas affected by this crisis include Penjaringan, Pejagalan, Pluit, Kapuk, Kalideres, Rawa Buaya, Pegadungan, West Cengkareng, East Cengkareng, Pegadungan, Semanan, Duri Kosambi, Wijaya Kusuma, Jelambar Baru, Kapuk Muara, Tegal Alur, Kamal, Kamal Muara, and surrounding areas. The decline in water quality to not according to this standard is due to the impact of the long dry season that hit the city of Jakarta. This causes sea water interusion into the river and makes raw water salt levels high. "Indeed, what is unfortunate is that technology during the development of the City Forest (IPA) is not accompanied by SWRO (sea water reverse osmosis) technology. So then it cannot unravel sea water," he said.