PAM water leakage has reached almost 60%<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The volume of water leaking from the
\ndistribution pipes of the city-owned water company PAM Jaya
\nreaches 59 percent of its total water production of 1 million
\ncubic meters per day.<\/p>\n
Susanto Mertodiningrat, head of the drinking water and
\nsettlement health improvement training center of the Ministry of
\nPublic Works, said in Bogor, West Java, on Tuesday that the
\nvolume of water leakage in Jakarta is far higher than the average
\nof 42 percent experienced by the other provincial water companies
\nthroughout the country.<\/p>\n
Susanto was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying that if
\nthe volume of leakage could be reduced to 40 percent, PAM Jaya
\nwould be able to save billions of rupiah and there would be no
\nneed for the firm to raise water rates.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the opening of a Seminar and Workshop on Drinking
\nWater Quality Standards and Guidelines, Susanto said the water
\nlosses were caused by aging pipeline networks and pilferage.<\/p>\n
\"Besides springing leaks, the old pipe networks also affect
\nthe quality of the treated water distributed by the firm due to
\ncontamination,\" he said.<\/p>\n
In a related development, Achmad Lanti, secretary of the Cipta
\nKarya directorate general, said that the quality of drinking
\nwater in Indonesia is still below the standard set by the World
\nHealth Organization.<\/p>\n
\"The poor quality is caused mainly by the increasingly
\ncontaminated input to the water company,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The water input to the treatment plants usually has to be
\nchanneled through heavily populated and industrial areas, causing
\na high level of the contamination.<\/p>\n
New pipeline<\/p>\n
Lanti said that the government is currently installing a pipe
\nnetwork to supply water input through Kali Malang to the PAM Jaya
\nwater processing center in Pejompongan, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The pipeline, which is being installed at a cost of Rp 1
\ntrillion (US$476.19 million), is designed to secure an adequate
\nsupply of drinking water for Jakartans by the year 2000, he said.<\/p>\n
In a related development, Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirdja
\nissued a statement on Tuesday to the effect that the city's water
\nprojects are partly funded by financial assistance from the World
\nBank.<\/p>\n
In a statement read by Tb. M. Rais, the deputy governor for
\neconomy and development, Surjadi announced to members of the City
\nCouncil that the current project is also designed to reduce the
\nuse of artesian wells and to prevent the ground water level from
\nfurther declining.<\/p>\n
The governor said recently that the ground water supply in the
\ncapital is adequate to meet demand for drinking water for the
\nnext 10 years.<\/p>\n
The city administration is striving to intensify control of
\nthe licensing of artesian wells because excessive use of the
\nwells is feared to speed up sea water intrusion into the
\ncapital's ground water system, the governor said.<\/p>\n
\"I agree with the statement made by the United Democratic
\nParty faction, that the usage of artesian wells must be limited
\nthrough stricter permit procedures so as to avoid further
\ndegradation of land and water systems in the capital,\" the
\ngovernor said. (yns\/hhr)<\/p>",
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