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Indonesia-US-Swiss Partnership

to Improve PDAM’s Performance

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) collaborating with
the Swiss Government through the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
(SECO) will be supporting the Government of Indonesia in improving access to
drinking water and sanitation for the poor and vulnerable groups in urban areas.

AHMAD ZAZILI

he inauguration of this operational budget is going towards "I look forward to the results
collaboration was held in Jakarta paying the electricity, the Swiss of this pilot model to support our
Ton Wednesday (26/6) by the Ambassador said. With the training, goal of providing 10 million house
Minister of National Development he expects energy consumption of connections over the next five years,"
Planning, Bambang Brodjonegoro, PDAMs to be more efficient, even he hoped.
United States Ambassador to reduced to 15 percent thereby saving Bogor Regent Ade Yasin, expressed
Indonesia, Joseph R. Donovan Jr., operational costs in the long term. her appreciation for the assistance
Swiss Ambassador, Kurt Kunz, USAID The US Ambassador thanked the of the US and Swiss Governments
and SECO officials, several heads of Swiss Government for contributing to their PDAMs. She hopes there
regional governments, and directors to the water and sanitation will be a transfer of knowledge and
from seven PDAMs involved in the partnership in Indonesia. "Thanks technology, especially in the area of
program. to the contribution of the Swiss NRW reduction and energy efficiency.
Through this collaboration, the Government, we can run a pilot The USAID and SECO programs
Swiss Government contributed USD water measurement system program focus on improving PDAM
4.5 million. This additional funding will in seven PDAMs in West Java and performance through non-revenue
strengthen the institutional capacity Central Java. All of these efforts will water reduction and energy efficiency
and performance of PDAMs through enable the provision of access to clean in seven PDAMs: PDAM Kota Depok,
a series of training programs in an water to 60 thousand city residents in PDAM Kabupaten Bogor, PDAM
effort to improve access to drinking Indonesia, in low-income areas,” the Kabupaten Karawang, PDAM Kota
water for the community. US Ambassador said. Surakarta, PDAM Kota and Kabupaten
"We are proud to partner with the The Minister of National Magelang, and PDAM Kabupaten
Government of Indonesia and USAID. Development Planning, Bambang Sukoharjo. The collaboration will run
We hope that this program can help Brodjonegoro expressed his for three years until 2021.
expand drinking water infrastructure appreciation for this partnership. In In its release, USAID explained,
and develop an institutional model his remarks, Bambang highlighted one of the key targets of the program
to improve the efficiency of water NRW figures nationally in 2018 which is the reduction of NRW by 5 to 7.5
management in Indonesia," said the reached 33 percent, equivalent to percent and an increase in energy
Swiss Ambassador. the water capacity of 49 thousand efficiency by 15 percent. In addition,
The training also includes steps to liters per second. The Indonesian 600 PDAM employees will receive
save energy, especially considering government targets this leakage rate training on capacity building related to
the fact that 30 percent of PDAM’s to fall to 25 percent by 2024. NRW and energy efficiency.

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