PAM Water Tariff Rises January 1, Acting Governor Of DKI: 17 Years Never Rise

One of the residents washed his hands on the sink provided by PAM JAYA to support the culinary MSME bazaar in the Central Jakarta area, Sunday, June 26, 2022. (doc PAM JAYA)

JAKARTA - PAM Jaya's plan to increase the clean water tariff for Jakarta residents as of January 1, 2025 is in the spotlight. Acting (Pj) Governor of DKI Jakarta Teguh Setyabudi emphasized that this decision had been carefully considered.

According to him, PAM's water tariffs in Jakarta have not increased for a long time. In fact, the cost of meeting the need for drinking water continues to increase. Meanwhile, the price of bottled drinking water also continues to rise.

"There are so many considerations. It's not just PAM Jaya's tariff since 2007-2024, it means that 17 years have never gone up. But there are also various other considerations," said Teguh, Friday, December 27.

However, not all groups of customers experienced an increase in the piped water rate. President Director of Perumda PAM Jaya Arief Nasrudin said the increase in tariffs only targeted groups with water consumption of more than 10 m3 to 20 m3 and above 20 cubic meters.

For example, the category of very simple household customers or simple households using PAM water is around Rp. 150,000 per month, only experiencing an increase in tariffs of Rp. 5,000 compared to old rates.

"There is an increase but a month the increase is Rp. 5,000. So it feels like this figure is Rp. 5,000, this figure is still very reasonable, so it can still be broken down by the community," said Arief.

Meanwhile, social customer groups specifically for use up to 10 cubic meters experienced a reduction in tariffs. As for other group customers, it remains the same as before.

"If household customers use water wisely with consumption at 10 m3, then there will be no change in the rate that will be felt by the customer, considering that the tariff on the 0-10 m3 requirement is still relatively the same," said Arief.

On the one hand, Arief explained that changes in PAM Jaya's water tariffs were needed so that the DKI Provincial Government BUMD could accelerate the fulfillment of the coverage of new piping and connection water services in Jakarta by 100 percent by 2030.

"In terms of law and various aspects, currently environmental, health, and even economic aspects, will have an impact when later we can accelerate the connection of new networks. Because in West and north Jakarta they really need piped water," he concluded.