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        "msgid": "government-targets-24-million-clean-water-pipeline-connections-by-2029-1771932061",
        "date": "2026-02-24 17:20:22",
        "title": "Government targets 24 million clean water pipeline connections by 2029",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Indonesia's government aims to establish 24 million clean water pipeline connections to homes by 2029, serving approximately 93 million people and achieving 40 per cent urban coverage, up from the current 14 million connections. Coordinating Minister Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono acknowledged the challenge of meeting this three-year target whilst emphasising the need for inter-sectoral collaboration and integrated water management.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The government is aiming to build 24 million clean\nwater pipelines to homes by 2029, which is equivalent to 40 per cent\nurban coverage.<\/p>\n<p>This target is estimated to reach approximately 93 million\npeople.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development,\nAgus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), acknowledged that this target is not an\neasy task and requires inter-sectoral collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat means up to 93 million people. This is a very challenging task.\nIt is now 2026, can we achieve this in the next three years?\u201d said AHY\nat the Water Townhall Meeting in Jakarta, Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that currently, the number of clean water pipelines\ninstalled has only reached 14 million households. This figure serves\napproximately 56 million people, or about 20 per cent of Indonesia\u2019s\ntotal population.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the long term, the government has set a more ambitious\ntarget through the National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN)\n2025-2045.<\/p>\n<p>By 2045, the target is to have 56 million household connections, or\n100 per cent coverage, which is projected to serve 211 million\npeople.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a heavy task and we must do it seriously because once again,\nwe must ensure that every citizen has access to clean water,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>AHY explained that to achieve this target, several strategic steps\nneed to be strengthened.<\/p>\n<p>First, water conservation to ensure that water availability can\naccommodate current and future needs.<\/p>\n<p>Second, effective and efficient water management and utilisation to\nprevent waste. Third, disaster mitigation, including the risk of floods\nand other hydrometeorological disasters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must manage and develop, using this (water) in the best possible\nway, effectively and efficiently. We must not use it without a clear\npurpose,\u201d added AHY.<\/p>\n<p>He also presented a map of national water needs, which shows\ncompetition between sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, about 74 per cent of water resources are used for\nirrigation to support food self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>This need is not only concentrated in Java and Sumatra, but is also\nbeing expanded to Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Papua and other regions of\neastern Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, water use for household needs reaches about 9 per cent,\nindustry 6 per cent, commercial needs 3 per cent and other sectors 8 per\ncent.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the government believes that integrated management is the\nkey to ensuring that the largest needs in the agricultural sector can\ncontinue without sacrificing access to clean water for the\ncommunity.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/government-targets-24-million-clean-water-pipeline-connections-by-2029-1771932061",
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