Jakarta Strives to Achieve Flood Control Target

Jakarta is traversed by 13 rivers and now the coverage of floods is expanding in Greater Jakarta. This should be properly handled.

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Aerial photo of the Brigif dam construction project in the Jagakarsa area, South Jakarta, Wednesday (2/11/2022). This dam is expected to be able to withstand the overflow of water from the Salak river which flows from Depok and Tanah Baru.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Jakarta has so far been striving hard to intensify the development of flood control infrastructure. In the Jakarta flood control scheme drawn up by the Jakarta Water Resources Office, the rate of water discharge into the capital city reaches 3,389 cubic meters per second.

The capacity of the existing flood control infrastructure of Jakarta is now only 1,141 cbm per second. This capacity of the existing infrastructure is part of the design of the flood control infrastructure under construction and targeted to manage 2,357 cbm per second.