The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Thu, 09/01/2011
Sixty
percent of private water company PT PAM Lyonnaise (Palyja) customers have been
without water since the Buaran dam in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta collapsed
Wednesday night.
"The
water supply will return to normal after [the damage] is fixed," Palyja
spokesperson Meyritha Maryanie said on Thursday.
Palyja was
negotiating for an additional water supply from Tangerang and from another
private water operator, PT Aetra, she said.
However,
Tangerang could supply only 10 to 20 percent of the municipality’s needs, while
a permit from city water manager PT PAM Jaya was needed for PT Aetra to deliver
water to East Jakarta.
"Once
the permit from PAM Jaya has been issued, clean water will be immediately
channeled to customers within a few hours," Meyrita added, as reported by
tempointeraktif.com.
The dam
collapsed after it began to leak on Wednesday night.
Buaran Dam
collapse cuts water supply to 60 percent of customers
The recent
collapse of the Buaran dam in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, has cut the water
supply to around 60 percent of PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya (Palyja) customers since
midnight, the company says.
"The
water supply will return to normal once [the damage] is fixed," Meyritha
said.
She added
that the company was seeking to supplement its water supply with water from
Tangerang, and was also working with PT Aetra water company.
However,
water from Tangerang may only reach 10 to 20 percent of those who need it,
Meythan what is needed and a permit from city water operator PT PAM Jaya was
required for PT Aetra to take over the supplying of water.
"If
the permit from PAM Jaya has been issued, clean water supply will be
immediately channeled to customers within a few hours," Meyrita added.
The Buaran
dam wall collapsed started from a leak on Wednesday night which increasingly
worsened.
