SDA Sub-Agency Adds Four Mobile Pumps to Face Rainy Season

One unit with 1,000 cubic meters per second power has been attached at Muara Angke Reservoir and three other pumps are alerted to other locations as needed

The North Jakarta Water Resources (SDA) Sub-agency has added four mobile pumps powering 350 - 1,000 cubic meters per second, which aims to face the peak of the rainy season in North Jakarta.

North Jakarta SDA Sub-agency Head Adrian Mara Maulana said, they consisted of two pump (1,000 cubic meters per second) and two pumps (350 cubic meters per second).

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"One unit with 1,000 cubic meters per second power has been attached at Muara Angke Reservoir and three other pumps are alerted to other locations as needed," he said, Monday (12/28).

He explained, those pumps are the result of procurement in 2020. The procurement for pump with 350 cubic meters per second power was bought at Rp 3 billion per each, pump with 1,000 cubic meters per second power was bought at Rp 6 billion per each.

"Hopefully it is able to accommodate rainwater optimally," he hoped.