JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang will supply Jakarta with 2,800 liters
JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang will supply Jakarta with 2,800 liters
of clean water per second with the completion of a new water
treatment plant in the regency in 1996.
The water will be piped to two water distribution centers in
Meruya, West Jakarta, and in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta,
president of the Tangerang Regency Water Company, Chusfani
Kartadikaria, said.
Chusfani made the statement yesterday in Tangerang regency
during a hearing with the visiting Jakarta city councilors of the
City Council's Commission C for finance and Commission D for city
development.
"The water supply will be designated for the West Jakarta
area, from its southernmost boundaries to its northernmost
boundaries with Tangerang, up to the coastal areas in North
Jakarta and South Jakarta," Chusfani said.
The transmission pipes will stretch from the Cisadane river in
West Java to the Pesanggrahan river in Ciputat, South Jakarta,
Chusfani added.
The clean water supply, which will be piped to Jakarta, will
be taken from a new water treatment plant in the Tangerang
regency, which has a capacity of supplying 3,000 liters of water
per second, Chusfani said.
But 2,800 liters or 93 percent of the capacity will go to
Jakarta in accordance with the agreement made with the World
Bank, which has given a 20-year loan to finance the project,
Chusfani said.
The project is worth around Rp 120 billion, Chusfani added.
The price of the water Tangerang will sell through the
Cisadane-Serpong project to Jakarta is Rp 375 per liter, Chusfani
said. He added that his office is allowed to review the price
every two year.
"This will increase the volume of clean water in the city from
the current 12,800 liters per second to 15,600 liters per second
in 1996," Machmud Ranusemito, the director of administration and
finance of the city water company, PDAM Jaya, said.
This means that PDAM Jaya will be able to serve 64 percent of
Jakarta population in the year 2000, Machmud said.
According to Machmud, currently, PDAM Jaya is able to serve
only 44 percent of Jakarta's population of 8.4 million. (06)