Indonesia to Finish 13 Dams in 2023

The Directorate General of Water Resources of the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry is targeting to complete the construction of 13 dams in several Indonesian provinces in 2023. "A total of 13 ongoing (constructions of) dams, God willing, will be completed in 2023," director general of...

Semantok Dam: Flood Mitigation in East Java

East Java Governor, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, has said that in addition to serving as an irrigation source for the agricultural sector, Semantok dam can reduce the risk of flooding in Nganjuk District. "The establishment and operation of Semantok dam will really help us in reducing the flooding in E...

Green Natural Recycle, Ministry of PUPR Completing the Construction of Sadawarna Dam

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) is currently completing the construction of the Sadawarna Dam in Subang Regency, West Java with the concept of green natural recycle. The principles of environmentally-based and sustainable infrastructure are applied to the construction of the S...

Government Continues Building Water-Supply Infrastructure at IKN Nusantara

The government continues to accelerate the transfer of the State Capital or IKN Nusantara from Jakarta to Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan. The relocation of the capital city is showed by various basic infrastructures that are being accelerated. Citing the presidential.go.id page, Thursday ...

Reduce Groundwater Use, Two Dams Built in Bali

Date: June 3, 2022Bali Governor Wayan Koster has announced plans to reduce groundwater use on Bali by building two dams to meet needs through surface water.The two dams will be Tamblang dam and Sidan dam.The construction of the two dams is projected to cost up to Rp2.6 trillion, all of which will co...

Jokowi Inaugurates Way Sekampung Dam in Lampung

Source: CNBC IndonesiaDate: September 2, 2021 Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the Way Sekampung Dam, Pringsewu Regency, Lampung, Thursday (2/9/2021). "Alhamdulillah, the Way Sekampung Dam, which has been built since 2016, has been completed and is ready for&...

4 Dams in National Strategic Projects to Continue Construction amid Pandemic

Source: TempoDate: August 19, 2021 TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in his latest Instagram post on Thursday announced that the construction of national strategic projects will continue to be worked on despite being in the middle of a Covid-19 pandemic. According to the caption in ...

Ministry of PUPR RI to Build Four New Dams in 2022

Source: Times IndonesiaDate: June 21, 2021 TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA – The Directorate General of Water Resources of the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (Ministry of PUPR RI) will continue to build water resources resilience infrastructure, especially dams in 2022. In 2022, the ...

Proposed tailings dam for Indonesian zinc mine 'almost certain' to collapse

 Source: Deutsche Welle Date: 2 June 2021 A few hundred meters from the village of Sopokomil in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, work is set to begin on a tailings dam for a zinc mine that experts say is a recipe for disaster. The site rests on unstable volcanic ash. The region is wet and regu...

Ministry targets to complete four dams construction in December

Source: ANTARA News Date: 18 October 2020  The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry has targeted to complete the construction of four dams by end of December 2020 to support national food and water resilience. Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono said in a sta...

Adding Balikpapan's raw water supply, the Sepaku Semoi Dam begins the auction process

Source: KONTAN Date: 30 June 2020 The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) continues to increase the number of dams in Indonesia to support water and food security. One of the dams that will begin construction is the Sepaku Semoi Dam in Tengin Baru Village, Sepaku District, Penaja...

Batang Toru hydro plant ‘unnecessary’, energy analyst says

​Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 13 February 2020 A hydropower plant project in the Batang Toru ecosystem in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, has been lauded for its future role of supplying electricity to the supposedly underpowered province and helping curb the country's greenhouse gas emissions. Howe...