Mining agency, water companies sign pact

Mining agency, water companies sign pact

JAKARTA: The city mining agency, city-owned tap water company
PAM Jaya and its two foreign operators signed a joint agreement
on Thursday on underground water usage and the tap water produced
by PAM Jaya's foreign operators.

Currently, the production and distribution of tap water from
the eastern half of the Ciliwung River is carried out by British
Thames PAM Jaya.

While PAM Lyonnaise Jaya of France is responsible for the
western half of the river.

"The agreement is aimed at increasing the control of
underground water usage in the city, which is important for
reducing land subsidence in the city," the head of the mining
agency, Muzahiem Mokhtar, said in a statement on Friday.

"Such control can only be obtained by optimizing the current
tap water network," he said.

According to the agreement, the agency will provide registered
underground water, while the tap water companies will make
available their subscriber databases for verification. --JP