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View all search resultsBlocked pipe leaves West Jakarta neighborhood dry for weeks
A blocked pipe due to nearby construction has left Jembatan Besi residents dealing with a weeks-long water outage, as PAM Jaya continues its efforts to restore services while battling the city's limited, aging grid.
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Residents line up with a variety of containers to buy clean water on March 14, 2025, amid a days-long water outage in a Jakarta neighborhood. (AFP/Aditya Irawan)
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or more than a month, dozens of households in West Jakarta have been left without reliable access to piped water due to a local blockage in the grid managed by city-owned water company PAM Jaya, exposing a persistent weakness in the capital’s aging water infrastructure.
Sandi, 39, a resident of Jembatan Besi subdistrict in Tambora, has resorted to using rainwater for the toilet as he rations expensive gallon bottles of drinking water for essential needs.
He first noticed a problem with the piped water supply in late January, when the pressure dropped and the water began to smell foul, then eventually stopped flowing altogether.
“My house actually has a well, but the water is too salty,” Sandi said on Thursday.
“I’ve reported this to PAM Jaya several times, but there’s still no solution.”
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The water company has confirmed that the water outage in the densely populated neighborhood was due to construction on a nearby overpass, and said it was working to accelerate repairs to the affected infrastructure.
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