Where’s the water

[Anglian]

i found this interesting but depressing piece from the BBC
https://www.bbc.c.uk/news/world-Asia-44636934
Our neighbour opposite has had to bore deeper for water, 2 years ago we went from 25 metres to 33metres for water, several houses at the top of the hill in the kampung have run out of bore water, this is a yearly event, close by they have built 2 complex’s with a total of 1500 houses all on bore water, and what may I ask are the plans for water supplies, not a lot it appears, the brilliant jakarta governor suggests we put holes in the ground to assist the water to filter down, good idea, only problem not rained here for a while, the Jakarta rivers are so polluted that that are useless for drinking water.
Oh well not much I can do about it so I will now go and have a nice shower while I can

 

[john madden]

The more water you extract the deeper Jakarta will sink.

 

[Vulgarian]

Well, yes - but most homes aren't connected to mains water (PAM). So the choice becomes pump groundwater or do without water. Not much of a choice, is it.

 

[Ruserious]

How do you even check if PAM is available? Is it a reliable and clean source of water? I would love to stop using groundwater....the well is a pain and I always suspect it is not very clean even after we went deeper.
I know this problem has been ongoing for 20 years and that private companies including one from Sandiaga Uno haven't done much to help it despite having the long term contracts. Its just a matter of time before this becomes the number 1 issue for Jakarta (i guess its traffic now)

 

[Vulgarian]

How do you even check if PAM is available? Is it a reliable and clean source of water?

Huh, good question. All I could find was this page - http://pamjaya.co.id/en/service-info/service-coverage but I can't figure out the difference between the map and the text when you select a region.

Is PAM water reliable and clean? Well, you can't drink it, if that's what you mean