Jatipinggir Pump House is Ready to Face Flood
Reported by Jhon Syah Putra Kaban | Translated by Trias Risangayu
Jatipinggir Pump House, Petamburan
Urban Village, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta is well functioned and ready to use
to suck out flood water.
Jatipinggir Pump House is well functioned and ready to use. Just in case of power outages, we still have huge power generator
Pasar Ikan Pump Station Ready to Face Flood
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observation, there are two units of big pump which have a capacity of 5,000
liter/second.
Sigit
(33), the pump house operator acknowledged that he often maintain the stationer
pump routinely. In this dry season, the pump machine usually heat up at least
once in two days. “To make it ready if needed,” he uttered, Tuesday (8/25).
According to him, the problems faced by many suction pumps with large capacity is trash in the water.
“Fortunately, there is towing trash machine and
its net, so trash won’t stuck into sunction pump,” he said.
The pump
house is equipped with generator by 2,000 kilowatt (KW) power. “Just in case of power
outages, we still have huge power generator,” he expressed.
In order
to add suction ability, there are 2
mobile pumps with the capacity of 200 liter/second. “This machine is usually used at RW 10 and guided by two operators in their shift duty,” he disclosed.
