35,000 Residents Disturbed Due To Pipe Damage, Bima Arya Instructs Perumda Tirta Pakuan To Supply Clean Water Through Tank Trucks

BOGOR - Mayor of Bogor, West Java, Bima Arya, stated that the damage to the one meter diameter raw water pipe belonging to Perumda Tirta Pakuan resulted in temporary disruption of clean water services to around 35,000 customers. The related officers are working to replace the damaged transmission pipe.

"There are around 35,000 customers, mainly in the Districts of West Bogor and Tanah Sareal, whose services have been temporarily disrupted," Bima said through his Instagram account @bimaaryasugiarto, quoted from Antara, Monday, July 19.

The location of the leaking raw water transmission pipe is in Genteng Village, South Bogor District, Bogor City, at the construction site of the Bogor-Sukabumi double track railway, which is currently under construction.

Bima instructed the ranks of Perumda Tirta Pakuan Bogor City to immediately repair and replace the 1,000 m diameter raw water transmission pipe.

The report of a pipe leak on the Ciherang Pondok-IPA Dekeng Intake route was due to natural materials that fell on the pipe last Sunday.

According to Bima, the technical officer of Perumda Tirta Pakuan who was present at the location of the pipe damage carried out several stages of work, starting from emptying the water flow to replacing the leaking pipe with a new pipe.

Technical officers from Perumda, he said, tried their best to repair and replace pipes, so that the work was completed within one day.

Bima also instructed the Board of Directors of Perumda Tirta Pakuan, to temporarily supply clean water to customers whose services were disrupted using tank cars.

"We recommend that customers anticipate being able to accommodate water supplies in the next few days," he said.

Bima Arya also stated that he had reminded the contractors working on the construction of the Bogor-Sukabumi double track railway to evaluate their work, to be more careful at work, so that this kind of incident does not happen again.

Previously, the Technical Director of Perumda Tirta Pakuan Ardani Yusuf, when contacted via his cell phone, Sunday (18/7/2021) night, said that after receiving the report, he immediately went to the location of the pipe leak to check the incident and ensure immediate repairs.

According to him, the leakage of the raw water pipe has an impact on clean water services in zones III and IV, namely South Bogor, West Bogor and Tanah Sareal Districts.