DKI prepares 25 mobile pumps before giant pumps in Ancol are completed

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, through the Water Resources Agency (SDA), is preparing 25 units of large-capacity mobile pumps to anticipate flooding before the giant pump construction project in the Ancol area is completed.

The Head of the DKI Jakarta SDA Agency, Ika Agustin, stated that each of these pumps has a capacity of 1,000 litres per second.

“All of them will operate mobile,” said Ika when met at the construction of the Ancol Pump House Water Management System in Pademangan, North Jakarta, on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will add five giant pumps in the Ancol area, North Jakarta, to control tidal flooding in coastal regions.

The addition of these pumps is deemed to increase the water management system’s capacity, particularly in areas prone to ponding, including Pademangan and Gunung Sahari.

The pump system in that area will be integrated with pumps owned by the central government in Sentiong Ancol, which also has a capacity of around 40 cubic metres per second or 40,000 litres per second.

Ika explained that this project is part of the Jaktirta Project, which will be built in five areas of Jakarta.

Ika also revealed that the pumps used are large-sized pumps with above-motor technology (vertical pump), sourced from several international manufacturers.

In the future, the Ancol area will be developed into a large polder system covering up to around 5,000 hectares.

Water from that area will be channelled and discharged directly into the sea as part of an integrated flood control system.

Ika said the project has been contracted since December 2025 and is targeted to start operating in 2027.

In addition, the DKI Provincial Government targets that part of the system can already be functioned in May 2027, coinciding with Jakarta Anniversary Day.