The Tangerang regency administration is allowing private investors to supply tap water in certain areas because regency-owned water company Tirta Kerta Raharja (TKR) is unable to meet total demand.
Regency secretary Nanang Komara said private investors would provide clean water to several districts in the western part of the regency such as Cikupa, Pasar Kemis, Sepatan, Jayanti and Balaraja.
"Private operators will not disturb TKR's market at all," Nanang said Monday.
TKR currently supplies 950 liters of tap water per second to 90,000 customers, 60,000 of which live in Tangerang municipality. The other 30,000 customers live in the regency.
Head of the regency's environmental management agency Didin Syamsudin said Tangerang, as a large regency with 36 districts, needed private investors in managing tap water provision.
"With its limited production and services, TKR is yet to reach all districts in the regency," he said.
He said private investors interested in managing tap water businesses in the regency would face no difficulty in water resources because they could utilize the Cisasdane river and many small lakes.
TKR spokesman Anda Suhanda said his company was in favor of the administration's plan as the company was still unable to serve residents in the regency.
"We have 60,000 residents on our waiting list to subscribe to tap water. We can't comply with their request because we also have some constraints in terms of facilities, budget and water available from the Cisdane river," he said.
Anda said private investors would help the regency fulfill the central government's target of providing clean water to 80 percent of the total population in every region by 2015.
The Tangerang regency council's deputy speaker Arief Wahyudi said the council supports the plan but still needed time to realize it.
"We will have to discuss it with legal experts and hold dialogue with the Finance Ministry to assess the investment plan. We also need feedback from the people," he said.
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