Wednesday, 02 December 2020
Samarinda City sovereign drinking water forum
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samarinda , (26/10/2020). In the context of preparing an indication of the program plan/activity sector of drinking water for the sovereign water forum, then carried out in Samarinda City. This activity was attended by elements of the East Kalimantan Regional Settlement Infrastructure Center, East Kalimantan Province Bappeda, Public Works and Public Housing Office of East Kalimantan Province, Samarinda City Bappeda, Samarinda City Public Works and Spatial Planning Office, Perumdam Tirta Kencana Samarinda City, and the Governor Team for the escort of the Acceleration of Development (TGUP3) of East Kalimantan Province.
In an effort to fulfill the service of the drinking water sector in Samarinda based on the transmission network system there are several problems such as the decline in the raw water quality of the Mahakam River , some pipelines are damaged, as well as lack of electric supply stability (need back-up to ensure that science operations run 24 hours).
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On the other hand the problem is also found in the distribution network system, some of them are from 159,000 SR in Samarinda there are 13,000 SR Served clean water 24 hours/day, this is because clean water production is still minimal. In addition, the Samarinda City budget allocation for the drinking water sector is also still experiencing limitations.
Kasubbid Infrastructure Keciptakakaan and Bappeda Settlement of East Kalimantan Province Alfino Rinaldi Arief explained that the Samarinda City Government would build Mount Lingai II Natural Sciences by 50 lt /DT and are building Makroman Natural Sciences with physical progress of 56%. The Provincial Government of East Kalimantan collaborated with the Samarinda City Government for the construction of the Kapih River spam, namely the construction of intake in 2020 (not yet completed due to the rationalization of the budget due to COVID-19) and the procurement of distribution interconnection pipes.
In the future the Samarinda City Drinking Water Sector/Activities will be proposed based on the order of priority, among others The construction of the Cendana Science, NRW decreases through the replacement of customer water meters, and the main construction of the network. (Bapedlartim/Fat/Editor: Sukandar, S.Sos)
