PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk will again build a pipeline network construction project to accelerate the drinking water supply system for the Umbulan Regional East Java Province worth 115 billion. This work is intended to distribute clean water in the East Java Region, especially Pasuruan City, Sidoarjo Regency, and Gresik Regency.
The work contract agreement was signed by Senior Vice President Infrastructure III Division, Dhetik Ariyanto, and Antonius Lolon, SE. MT as Official for Commitment Making Water Supply, Work Unit for Implementation of Settlement Infrastructure Region 1 East Java Province.
SVP Corporate Secretary of the Company, Novianto Ari Nugroho said that this work was intended to distribute clean water to residents in the absorption area according to the joint agreement (PKS) for the Umbulan Regional SPAM, especially Pasuruan City, Sidoarjo Regency, and Gresik Regency.
Access to national drinking water is still dominated by the Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) instead of the pipeline network. The government has set a target for national drinking water access to reach 100% in 2024 consisting of 30.45% piped network drinking water access and 69.55% non-piped network, with the Major Project building 10 million house connections. "The Umbulan Regional SPAM has a capacity of 4,000 liters per second which can serve 310,000 house connections (SR) or 1.3 million people in East Java Province," added Novianto.
Meanwhile, the raw water source for this SPAM comes from the Umbulan spring in Winongan District, Pasuruan Regency, which is channeled through a 93-kilometer clean water transmission pipe with a total of 18 offtake reservoir points in five Regencies/Cities, namely Pasuruan City, Pasuruan Regency, Sidoarjo Regency, Gresik Regency. and the City of Surabaya.
This project is planned to require 450 calendar days of work and is targeted for completion by the end of 2023. Meanwhile, maintenance time is 365 working days.
