Info system installed to control floods<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government now has both manual and automatic
\ninformation systems to warn people of floods after a computerized
\nsystem to provide accurate and continuous data on water levels
\nwas set up in May.<\/p>\n
The automatic system is online at all times. It was set up to
\ncomplement the current manual information system.<\/p>\n
\"The establishment of the dual information systems of flood
\ncontrol will pass flood warnings on to the government and local
\nadministration officials who can then warn the public,\" the
\nmanager of the Ciliwung-Cisadane river basin development project,
\nSiswoko, told The Jakarta Post yesterday.<\/p>\n
He added that with early information on real water levels
\nupstream, those lower down can react properly.<\/p>\n
\"The new technology, called Supervisory Control and Data
\nAcquisition (Scada) has 24 stations in Bogor, Depok, Bekasi and
\nJakarta and four remote terminal units in Jakarta,\"<\/p>\n
He said the Canadian-French technology provides updated water
\nlevel data from 13 downstream rivers here and at three upstream
\nsites of the Ciliwung and Pesanggrahan rivers in Bogor, Depok and
\nBekasi.<\/p>\n
He added that monitoring terminals were installed in his
\noffice on Jl. Inspeksi Tarum Barat, East Jakarta, and three more
\nat the public works offices.<\/p>\n
The old manual information system uses walkie-talkie radio
\nthrough which picket officials in Bogor, Depok and Bekasi can
\ncommunicate water levels every half hour to other picket
\nofficials in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"With the dual information system we hope that both the
\nofficials in charge and the public can take proper steps to
\nanticipate floods,\" Siswoko said.<\/p>\n
Siswoko said that whatever technology is applied, Jakarta will
\nstill be flooded, because it is too near sealevel.<\/p>\n
Siswoko warned that floods as serious as those in January and
\nFebruary this year could happen this rainy season.<\/p>\n
He said that the public misguidedly believes that floods that
\nbad happen only in every 20 years.<\/p>\n
\"A flood like the one in January has a probability of 20
\nyears, meaning similar or even worse flooding may reoccur sooner
\nor later within 20 years,\" said Siswoko.<\/p>\n
The January and February floods killed 30 people and caused Rp
\n90 billion in total losses. (kod)<\/p>",
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