Rembang Regency Government Pushes Optimisation of IPAL at SPPG Units in Line with Minister of Environment Decree No. 2760

Rembang (ANTARA) - The Rembang Regency Government in Central Java is pushing for the optimisation of standardisation of Wastewater Treatment Plants (IPAL) at the Satuan Pelayanan Pemenuhan Gizi (SPPG) to align with Minister of Environment Decree No. 2760.

‘That Decree regulates quality standards as well as technology standards for wastewater treatment and waste management,’ said Taufiq Darmawan, Head of the Pollution Control and Environmental Damage Prevention Section at the Rembang Regency Environmental Service (DLH), in Rembang on Wednesday.

He said all SPPGs operating in Rembang Regency have IPAL as an operational requirement.

He explained that out of 68 SPPGs currently operating, all are equipped with IPAL. Ownership of IPAL is a mandatory requirement, on par with environmental documents such as the Hygiene Sanitation Feasibility Letter (SLHS) and Environmental Letter (SL).

Nevertheless, the current challenge is to ensure that the IPAL already built complies with the latest technology standards as set out in Ministerial Decree No. 2760, which was issued at the end of October 2025.

Based on on-site monitoring results, many IPALs were built before technical assistance from the DLH. At that time, most SPPG operators carried out the wastewater treatment system development independently because the regulation had not yet been issued.

‘The initiatives undertaken were generally still simple; some were only a pit or a concrete pipe as wastewater storage,’ he said.

Therefore, the DLH of Rembang Regency will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of all IPALs in existence.

The evaluation, he said, will focus on compliance with the technology standards set by the Ministry of Environment, to ensure wastewater management operates optimally and does not cause environmental pollution.