Company uncovers water theft

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 10/03/2006 9:47 AM | Jakarta

JAKARTA: PT Thames PAM Jaya has discovered water theft, believed to have been going on for four years, through an illegal pipe distribution network on Jl. Raya Cakung, Cilincing regency in North Jakarta.

""Our special team initially had a problem finding the illegal pipe network because it was located under tons of heavy iron. We needed to use a backhoe and forklift,"" said company spokeswoman Devy A. Yheanne.

She said that the company was trying to cut off the four inch pipe in the Semper Barat subdistrict.

""We are giving clean water to our subscribers in the area who experience a water deficit,"" Devy said.

Consumers have to ask for the service through legal procedures, through their subdistrict office. TPJ, which serves the East Jakarta area, is supplying 60 families with 110 cubic meters of water a day in the area.

The water company has been trying to detect water theft since last year. The company had previously cut off a two-inch pipe from the TPJ network in the same area in 2001. --JP

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