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Jakarta aims to reach 82 percent tap water coverage by 2023
City-owned tap water company PAM Jaya aims to expand water coverage to 82 percent by 2023 amid ongoing plans to take over water management from its private partners.
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Sumara, 70, pushes a water cart in Penjaringan, North Jakarta. Many households in Jakarta rely on clean water vendors to meet their water needs amid inadequate tap water coverage in Jakarta. (Antara/Wahyu Putro A.)
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he Jakarta administration is striving to expand the city’s tap water coverage from the current 62 percent throughout the capital to 82 percent by 2023 amid persistently sluggish progress in coverage expansion.
The figure is in line with the target set in cooperation agreements signed by city-owned tap water company PAM Jaya and two private companies, PT PAM Lyonnaise Jakarta (Palyja) and PT Aetra Air Jakarta (Aetra). The cooperation started in 1997 and ends in 2023.
The lack of improvement in tap water management has long been criticized, with the increase in tap water coverage being less than 20 percent from 44.5 percent in 1998.
Despite missing the target, PAM Jaya president director Priyatno Bambang Hernowo expressed optimism that the company would meet the target as long as key aspects were addressed in a timely manner. He cited raw water supplies and non-revenue water as among the aspects.
The company's production capacity stands at 20,232 liters per second (lps) to cover 62.3 percent of households, amounting to 873,800 customers as of September. The company seeks to boost its production capacity to 22,053 lps to reach 82 percent coverage.
Jakarta plans to have complete coverage throughout the capital by 2030.
Meanwhile, PAM Jaya also aims to decrease non-revenue water from the existing 43.28 percent to 36 and 27 percent by 2023 and 2030, respectively.
