The Origins of PDAM Integrated Water Management

The birth of the PDAM makes water distribution to housing easier, making the clean water supply of each house secure. Plus some other reliefs such as checking bills and payment steps, you can pay by off line or pay the PDAM water bill online which can be done anywhere. Do you know the history of the establishment of PDAM?

The state-owned drinking water company has existed since the Dutch colonial era in the 1920s under the name Waterleiding while in the Japanese occupation of a drinking water company called Suido Syo. In 1443 recorded evidence was recorded as if it were reported that at that time water called a drink of Southeast Asian people was channeled from the mountain flowing into people's homes with bamboo pipes. Drinking water is flowed directly to the Aceh Palace while the well is intended for areas far from rivers as reportedly took place in 1613.

Dutch colonialism began through its popular trade mission VOC (originally in 1613

The VOC rented a non-permanent building for 1,200 rijkdaader or 3,000 guilders, but then they cunningly made a permanent wall with stone and concrete and made their stronghold), then they grounded the Sunda Kelapa airport and renamed Jayakarta as Batavia, officially the Dutch colonized Indonesia, interspersed with French invaders (1808-1811) and British occupation (1811-1816), the people of Jakarta at that time around 15,000 people and drinking water were still simple with the use of surface water sources (rivers) which at that time were of good quality.

In Southeast Asia the routine community to deposit river water in a barrel or pitcher for 3 weeks or a month has been done to obtain healthy drinking water. In Jakarta in 1882 the presence of drinking water in Tanah Abang was stated to have clear and good quality that was sold by landowners with a price of F 1.5 per drum, while for river water it was sold 2-3 cents per picul (two cans of oil contents) soil). In 1905 the City Government of Batavia was formed and in 1918 stood PAM Batavia with its raw water source coming from the Ciomas Spring, at that time people did not like the bore well water in the Banteng Field because if used to brew the tea it was black (Fe content / iron is high).

The problem of the Copyright of the Work is still about the construction, repairs and widening of the State Buildings. The central government has not yet dealt with drinking water due to limited finances and experts in drinking water. In 1953 the construction of Kota Baru Kebayoran began in Jakarta, when the water supply problem was transferred to the provinces of Java and Sumatra. In 1955 the first general election was held.

In 1959 a Sanitary Engineering Department was formed which began to manage drinking water, beginning with the construction of drinking water in the city of Jakarta (3,000 l / sec), Bandung (250 l / sec), Manado (250 l / sec), Banjarmasin (250 l / sec) , Padang (250 l / sec) and Pontianak (250 l / sec) with a "turn key project" loan scheme from the French Government. The Law no. 5 of 1962 concerning Regional Enterprises and the start of making PDAMs to date. Through the Minister of Forestry Decree No. 3 / PRT / 1968 the Directorate of Sanitary Engineering was born, DG Cipta Karya. Three reservoirs created in the West Java region by damming the Citarum River, namely Jatiluhur Reservoir (1966), Cirata Reservoir (1987), and Saguling Reservoir (1986) marked the start of integrated water resource treatment.