PDAM Jayapura Dorong Pemanfaatan Danau Sentani untuk Sumber Air Baru

JAYAPURA – Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum (PDAM) Jayapura mendorong pemanfaatan Danau Sentani untuk menjadi sumber air bersih jangka panjang yang baru bagi masyarakat Port Numbay dan sekitarnya.

Hal demikian, karena kapasitas sumber air yang dikelola PDAM Jayapura sejak 25 tahun terakhir, belum bertambah dan kerap berkurang pasokan maupun kapasitasnya ketika memasuki kemarau.

"Maka itu, kami menilai pemanfaatan Danau Sentani adalah solusi konkrit bagaimana untuk mengantisipasi kekurangan air bersih di Jayapura dan sekitarnya. Dan Danau Sentani bisa dijadikan alternatif ketika terjadi kemarau yang panjang, sebab potensi dan kapasitasnya yang besar,” terang Dirut PDAM Jayapura, Entis Sutisna, Selasa, di Jayapura.

Ia katakan, pertumbuhan penduduk di wilayah Jayapura saat ini semakin tinggi. Dengan demikian, kebutuhan akan air bersih semakin tinggi pula, dimana hal ini dapat dilihat dari tingginya angka permintaan penyambungan air bersih PDAM dari masyarakat maupun pihak swasta yang bergerak di bidang pembangunan perumahan.

"Sebab coba dibayangkan potensi Danau Sentani ini menurut kajian Balai Wilayah Sungai Papua, ada sekitar potensi 1.100 liter air per detik, sementara PDAM Jayapura saat ini mengelola air sebanyak 895 liter per detik".

"Bisa kita bayangkan lagi kalau misalkan Danau Sentani ini sudah jadi sumber air baru, saya yakin warga Kota dan Kabupaten Jayapura tidak bakal kesulitan air bersih," jelas ia.

Berkenaan dengan hal tersebut, Entis mendorong Pemerintah Provinsi Papua serta Pemerintah Kota dan Kabupaten Jayapura untuk dapat berkolaborasi mewujudkan hal tersebut. "Sebab pastinya untuk membangun sarana air bersih di Danau Sentani bakal menelan anggaran pembangunan bernilai puluhan milyar rupiah. Termasuk untuk pembebasan lahannya," ucap Entis. ***

JAYAPURA – Jayapura Regional Drinking Water Company (PDAM) encourages the use of Sentani Lake to become a new long-term source of clean water for the people of Port Numbay and surrounding areas.

This is because the capacity of water sources managed by PDAM Jayapura since the last 25 years, has not increased and often decreased in supply and capacity when entering drought.

"Therefore, we assess the use of Sentani Lake as a concrete solution to anticipate the shortage of clean water in Jayapura and surrounding areas. And it can be used as an alternative when there is a long drought, because of its great potential and capacity," explained Director of PDAM Jayapura, Entis Sutisna, Tuesday, in Jayapura.

He said, the population growth in the Jayapura area is currently getting higher. Thus, the need for clean water is higher as well, it can be seen from the high number of demand of the community and private parties engaged in housing development for clean water supply.

"Imagine, the potential of Sentani Lake according to the study of the Papua River Regional Hall, there is about a potential of 1,100 liters of water per second, while PDAM Jayapura currently manages water as much as 895 liters per second".

"We can imagine if Sentani Lake has become a new source of water, I believe the residents of Jayapura City and Jayapura Regency will not have difficulty with clean water," he explained.

In this regard, Entis encouraged the Papua Provincial Government and the Jayapura City and Regency Government to be able to collaborate to make it happen. "To build clean water facilities in Sentani Lake will spend a development budget worth tens of billions rupiahs. Including for the land acquisition," said Entis. ***