Besides to accommodate rainwater, absorption wells are also expected to reduce the occurrence of flood and inundations. That is why the construction of absorption wells in East Jakarta keeps being accelerated considering the municipality is a flood prone area.

Absorption well has two functions, for flood solution and storage of rainwater so it could be used during dry season

“Absorption well has two functions, for flood solution and storage of rainwater so it could be used during dry season,” said Head of East Jakarta Industry and Energy Sub-Department, Tuti Kurnia, Thursday (12/18).

According to Kurnia, a total of 1,043 absorption wells will be built in 10 sub-districts. They will be spread 400 in Kramatjati, 304 in Duren Sawit, 137 in Pulogadung, 100 in Pulogadung, 87 in Matraman, and 15 in Cipayung. The construction process has reached 80 percent completion.

“East Jakarta is a wide area, thus absorption wells existence needs to be put into attention intensively,” she stated.

Technically, Kurnia continued, the general standard of absorption well construction is 3.20 square meters deep, 2 square meters long, and 1.2 meters wide. And inside the well, concrete tank is built to collect water.

“The water inside the well could also be used to water the plants,” she added.

Based on beritajakarta.com observations in one of absorption well construction locations, some workers were seen dredging the soil and installing the tank.

“There are 40 points that we worked on. We’re currently installing the tanks to storage water,” told Widiarto, one of the workers.

For information, as many as 3,620 absorption wells will be built this year by Jakarta Industry and Energy Department in five municipalities and a region in Jakarta. This is conducted as an effort to resolve flood problem which becomes one of Jakarta Provincial Government’s priorities.