USAID IUWASH PLUS, PT LANEIGE Indonesia Pacific dan SPEAK Indonesia: Menuju Air Minum Aman untuk Semua
As a form of support for the government's program to achieve universal access to clean water and sanitation in 2019, USAID IUWASH PLUS, PT LANEIGE Indonesia Pacific (LANEIGE) and SPEAK Indonesia are building a water conservation program partnership through the construction of infiltration wells in Ternate City (Maluku Province). North) and a program to increase access to drinking water through a master meter system in the City of Surabaya (East Java Province).
The infiltration well development program in Ternate is implemented in the Ake Gaale Spring water catchment area in North Ternate District. This program aims to rehabilitate the residents' springs as a source of raw water for PDAM Ternate City which was brackish due to intrusion of seawater, as well as to increase the quantity and quality of the residents' well water so that the residents' access to drinking water is better. The infiltration well development program is still ongoing to achieve the minimum target of constructing 700 units of infiltration wells at various predetermined points. LANEIGE in this program assisted the construction of 86 units of infiltration wells in the Ake Gaale Spring water catchment area.
Meanwhile in Surabaya, the program to increase access to piped drinking water through the installation of a master meter scale is intended for non-formal housing among low-income communities. In this program, LANEIGE contributed to the construction of two master meter systems for 64 house connections in the Bendul Merisi Jaya area with approximately 320 beneficiaries.
In carrying out the activities, USAID IUWASH PLUS, LANEIGE and implementing agencies divide tasks according to their respective expertise. The implementing agency for the infiltration well program in Ternate City is SPEAK, while the master meter scale program in Surabaya is YISI (Indonesian Social Investment Foundation)i. LANEIGE acts as a program fund provider, USAID IUWASH PLUS plays a role in developing and implementing program technicalities, while SPEAK and YISI act as program implementing partners in the field.
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