Clean water supply to increase

PALEMBANG: The Palembang municipality has promised residents would have enough clean water next year because a private firm was to build a water plant to increase water production.

The Suara Pembaruan afternoon daily quoted mayor Husni Thursday as saying that the city-owned PDAM Tirta Musi had secured an agreement with PT Pratiwi Putri Sulung.

The report said the firm invested Rp 40 billion for the plant to produce 300 liters per second of clean water.

This is expected to be enough to supply 188,000 homes.

Currently Tirta Musi can only produce 1,850 liters per second of clean water.

Early last year the Asian Development Bank and a German-based bank had also agreed to provide Rp 86 billion in aid to help increase clean water production to 3,000 liters per second. (anr)