Sambangi Sleman Monitoring For Drinking Water Channel Grants, Australian Ambassador: So That Residents There Is A Sanitation Program

Sleman Regent Kustini Sri Purnomo accompanied the Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Penny Williams Monday (12/9/22). ANTARA/Victorianus S P

DIY - Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia, Penny Williams, visited Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY) on Monday, September 12.

Penny's visit is in the context of monitoring and evaluating the drinking and sanitation water grant program from the Australian Government.

The Australian Ambassadors delegation was received by the Regent of Sleman, Kustini Sri Purnomo and immediately made a visit to the homes of the beneficiaries of the drinking water grant in Mudil Hamlet, Sariharjo, Ngaglik.

According to Kustini, in 2021 access to drinking water in Sleman Regency has reached 100 percent, of which 20.60 percent are pipeline networks, while 79.40 percent are non-pipeline.

"Urban piping networks are managed by PDAM Tirta Sembada, while rural pipeline networks are managed by the community through the Village Tax Drinking Water Supply System (SPAMDes) and the Supply of Drinking Water and Community-Based Sanitation (Pamsimas)," he said, quoted from Antara.

"As of 2022, Sleman has had 63 Pamsimas Villages spread over 16 Kapanewon (sub-districts). Meanwhile, the non-pipeline network in the form of dug wells is owned by the community independently," he continued.

Kustini added, for the sanitation of the Sleman Regency Government, the focus is on providing decent access and safe domestic wastewater. His party, he continued, is committed to completing two percent of the sanitation that is not yet feasible and safe.

"By 2021, access to decent and safe wastewater in Sleman Regency has reached 98 percent. Consisting of 76.23 percent of proper sanitation access and 21.77 percent of safe sanitation access. Meanwhile, the other two percent are not feasible sanitation," he said.

Furthermore, Australian Ambassador Penny said she was happy to come and see with her own eyes, the result of the cooperation between Autralia and Indonesia, especially cooperation with Sleman. His arrival was on the sidelines of a visit to Yogyakarta in the context of the G20 meeting.

"The purpose of this collaboration is so that residents can access clean water and there is also a sanitation program," added Australian Ambassador Penny.

Three times Grants

As is known, the Australian Government has distributed drinking and sanitation grants to the Sleman Regency Government several times.

The first grant, namely the Urban Drinking Water Grant Program from the Australian Government (AusAID) which was implemented in 2013 and 2014 to build as many as 2,000 housing connections (SR) for low-income people (MBR). Having received a reimbursement of Rp. 4 billion, with technical implementation is the Sleman Regency PDAM.

Then, the second grant, the Performance-Based Drinking Water Grant Program (AMBK) in 2021 to 2024 with the grant funds to be received as high as IDR 6.99 billion, with technical implementers being the Sleman PDAM.

Pada 2021 Pemkab Sleman sudah mendapatkan reimburse dana hibah AMBK sebesar Rp712 juta. Sementaranya akan dimintakan reimburse secara bertah.

While the third grant, the SAIIG Grant Program from 2016 to 2020 for the construction of sanitation is 2,387 water house connections for centralized processing system waste and has received a reimbursement of Rp. 10,821 billion.