Dam collapse leaves East Jakarta dry

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.

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