Water, Care Now, or Lose Later (Water Security Program Exposure)

Friday, 12 November 2021
by Trustha Rembaka

By: Trustha Rembaka.          

 

 

 

The slogan above welcomes everyone who enters the Regional Drinking Water Supply System for Yogyakarta-Sleman-Bantul (SPAM Regional Kartamantul) in Klangon, Argosari, Sedayu, Bantul. The words above remind people to rethink the existence of water and an invitation to act as a form of concern for water to anticipate water loss or damage in the future. The Kartamantul Regional SPAM became the destination for exposure or study visits for Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta students in the Water Security program on Thursday, November 11, 2021. Here, the students observed the installation and learned the process of drinking water treatment that’s supplied from the Progo river for drinking water company (PDAM) Yogyakarta municipality, Sleman regency, and Bantul regency.

 

 

The head of the production at SPAM Bantar, Bayu Winarno expressed his appreciation because the students have an interest in water and management. Furthermore, he explained that the installation is part of the president's strategic project to provide clean water and utilize surface water. Currently, the installation is managed by the Regional Clean Water Company (PDAB) Tirtatama in the Special Region of Yogyakarta as a provider of clean water for PDAM Kota Yogyakarta, Sleman, and Bantul since 2020. The installation here is complete because it has the process from intake, pre-sedimentation, dosing, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and Clearwell including laboratories.

 

 

 

 

Continuing the exposure, the students went around the location with Baehaqi Avfarisqa, a production staff, to observe firsthand the water treatment process from the intake stage from the Progo river with a capacity of 400 liters/sec, which is pumped up through a pipe to a pre-sedimentation installation in the form of a garbage filter and deposition of sand and stone. Next is the coagulation and flocculation process, where the water is stirred and added chemicals to bind the mud particles, purify the water and kill bacteria using certain materials. The mud particles will agglomerate and become fine sediments so that the water will gradually become clear and bacteria-free. The next stage is filtration, where the water flows through a filter consisting of a layer of activated lime or zeolite, quartz sand, and gravel. Furthermore, the water enters the Clearwell or reservoir that holds clean water before being distributed through pipes to the installations of PDAM Yogyakarta, Sleman, and Bantul. From the available data, clean water from SPAM Bantar supplies water needs in 6 districts in the Sleman regency, all districts in Yogyakarta Municipality, and three districts in the Bantul regency.

 

 

 

The students also observed the standardization of clean water quality for SPAM Bantar. The laboratory staff revealed water indicators based on Health Ministry Regulation (Permenkes) 492 of 2010, that water can be consumed if the pH is in the range of 6-7, TDS is below 500 ppm/lt, and 0 for Ecoli and Coliform. This check is carried out twice a day internally and periodically by the public auditor.

 

 

The exposure experience opened the participants' horizons regarding water treatment, as a form of conservation for necessary deep water and preventing land subsidence caused by uncontrolled extraction of deep water. In addition, the participants also found an enrichment in understanding that in the future water has a strategic role as a means of realizing prosperity, so the management of the use of surface water needs to be developed and the strives for water not only for the availability but also for its high quality and easy accessibility for the community. Water, care now or lose later.


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