Water Supply in Gunung Kidul Regency Yogyakarta Special Territory Project

Gunung Kidul Regency has been suffering from serious water deficiency in the dry season. Only 30% of inhabitants can access safe water since this area is affected by karst tableland. In addition, water outage occurs 8 days out of 10 days in the dry season and many inhabitants are forced to use unsanitary water from a river and shallow wells, which makes several people contract diseases such as diarrhea.

Improving sanitation maintenance of water supply facilities is the most critical issue in the area. Under these circumstances, the Government of Indonesia has asked Japan to provide grant aid to improve the water supply facilities, to teach the operation of facilities, and to improve the operation and maintenance capacity. This project aims to realize a constant and safe supply of water to 93,800 residents and to free the community from water-drawing labor.