Jakarta Prepares Rp93bn to Build SWRO in Thousand Islands
19 January 2017 08:52 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta Provincial Government is budgeting up to Rp93 billion to build Water Management with Sea Water Reserve Osmosis (SWRO) system in eight locations in Thousand Islands this year.
Acting Jakarta Governor Sumarsono said that the eight points of SWRO construction are a continuation from last year's failed projects.
"This year we budgeting Rp93 billion to continue the construction," he said at City Hall, Wednesday (1/18).
He is optimistic that the failure last year will not happen again this year because he will tighten the tender process.
"I want the chosen contractor know the project well," he added.
He expressed that SWRO construction plan in eight points this year just reached five percent only. Because of that, The Jakarta government cut work contract with the tender winner.
"We budgeting it again at least similar to this year which is given by Ministry of Public Infrastructure and Housing (KemenPU-PERA)," he continued.
For information, KemenPU-PERA gave Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) to Jakarta. SPAM itself was build in Untung Jawa Island with SWRO technology.
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