PAM Jaya president director Arief Nasrudin said the construction of the city’s clean water pipe network was on the right track.

“We aim to achieve 100 percent clean water coverage for all Jakarta residents by 2030,” he said on Sunday, as quoted by Antara.

“We are committed to ensuring the availability of quality tap water for Jakartans.”

Afief added that work was being carried out in several areas to achieve more efficient and sustainable water distribution.

The city-owned company is constructing communal reservoirs, developing drinking water supply systems (SPAM) and increasing the number of water treatment plants in Buaran III, Ciliwung and Pesanggrahan.

Currently, there are six communal reservoirs in Jakarta, located in Cilincing, Duri Kosambi, Marnuda, Marunda Kepu, Pluit and Taman Sari. The city administration hopes to have 13 communal reservoirs in operation by the end of 2024.

The plan to construct communal reservoirs won first place in the Jakarta Innovation Awards in October, which were organized by the Jakarta Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda).

PAM Jaya service director Syahrul Hasan said that to reach 100 percent tap water coverage in Jakarta, the company would have to finish SPAMs in Jatiluhur and Karian Serpong.

Syahrul noted that those projects were currently underway. Both were designated National Strategic Projects (PSN) by the then-public works and housing ministry.

The development of SPAM Jatiluhur Phase 1 is progressing, with PAM Jaya having received 20,231 new connection applications. Meanwhile, the SPAM Karian Serpong project is still in the documentation processing stage at the ministry.

"We are targeting a total of 2 million pipeline connections for PAM Jaya by the final year of the 100 percent target in 2030," Syahrul said.