Jakarta Residents Must Be Patient, Next Year There Will Be 100 PAM Water Pipe Galian Projects To Connect 700 Kilometers

ARSIP - Congestion on Jalan TB Simatupang, South Jakarta (Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - The large number of PAM Jaya clean water pipe excavation projects in Jakarta is currently often complained of by the public. This is because the project has partially covered the road, resulting in traffic jams.

However, Jakarta residents still have to be patient in dealing with traffic jams due to this pipeline excavation project. Because, next year, this project will continue.

PAM Jaya President Director Arief Nasrudin admitted, in 2026, PAM Jaya will carry out a clean water pipe installation project of up to 100 excavation points.

"For the excavation later in 2026, the affected road means approximately 100 pit points," Arief told reporters, Sunday, September 21.

Arief explained, from those 100 points, PAM Jaya will install a water service pipeline connection of up to 700 kilometers, covering the main distribution network (JDU) to the distribution network of divisors (JDP).

"That's for (water flow from the installation) Jatiluhur Downstream 1, Buaran 3, and then another one from Serpong karian, but later maybe through our four IPAs that we are currently building, which we are building.

Arief also realized that these excavation projects still make it difficult for people to move around. "Indeed, once again to the community, we apologize, there is a control chamber that cannot be closed," he said.

However, Arief promised PAM Jaya would minimize the area of the road that was consumed by the excavation project area.

Currently, the coverage of water services managed by PAM Jaya reaches 74.24 percent. Meanwhile, DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung targets the fulfillment of PAM services to be 100 percent by 2029.

However, Arief admitted that the DKI BUMD in the field of water services has many challenges to realize the demands for fulfilling water service coverage.

PAM Jaya's biggest challenge is still related to the supply of raw water. The Karian Dam promised by the Ministry of PUPR has yet to contribute, while 85 percent of Jakarta's water supply is still from outside the region, including Jatiluhur.

"But the governor's message is clear, don't depend on one source. We are looking for alternatives, even to Banten," he said.

On the other hand, the age of an aging pipeline is also a tough job. As many as 70 percent of pipes are 2540 years old, most of them are not food grade, are leak-prone, and trigger high non-revenue water (NRW). Losses due to leakage are estimated at IDR 1 trillion per year.

To close the gap, PAM Jaya has prepared four new water treatment plants (IPA) in Semanan, Muara Karang, Condet, and the West Flood Canal 2. Water purifier technology was also launched so that water is still fit for drinking even though it passes through the old pipe.

PAM's piping water is only Rp1 per liter, very cheap compared to bottled water. We want people to switch," he added.