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PAM Jaya cooperates with prosecutors office to secure legal matters
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A worker controls the quality of raw water at a treatment facility owned by private tap water company PT Palyja in Central Jakarta. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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ity-owned water operator PAM Jaya has signed an agreement with the Jakarta Prosecutor’s Office to secure legal matters in relation to the company’s development plan.
The cooperation was needed for the company to merge with the city’s sewage company, PD PAL Jaya, said PAM Jaya president director Erlan Hidayat.
“The merger will require legal protection in the form of a bylaw,” he said as quoted by wartakota.tribunnews.com during the signing of the agreement in South Jakarta on Thursday.
Erlan said the legal accompaniment was necessary to avoid legal issues in managing the city’s water.
The administration is drawing up a bylaw to regulate clean water and sewage management.
Erlan also explained that the clean water supply was not yet adequate. PAM Jaya could only provide 17,000 liters per second out of the needed 26,100 liters per second for some 10 million residents each day.
To accommodate the need, the company has built a water treatment plant in Karet, Central Jakarta, to add 500 liters per second of water.
More plants will be built in the coming years. (dea)
