The population of Bekasi Municipal as satellite city of DKI Jakarta is growing at 3% every year and is approaching 2 million people. In contrary, the existing condition of water service coverage of PDAM Bekasi Municipal is very low, serving only approximately 25% of the total households. Furthermore, in some districts such as Pondok Gede, the service coverage of PDAM is less than 1 percent. PDAM Bekasi Municipal currently has only one water intake with a capacity of 10 lps to serve this district. Most of the households in the area use ground water to cover their daily needs. The groundwater, on the other hand, has low quality, with high concentrations of Fe and Mn.
The Government of Bekasi Municipal will expand the water supply service, due to the limitated existing water supply capacity. The Pondok Gede Water Supply Project is expected to increase the total service coverage for the Pondok Gede District and Jatiasih District. The realization of this project will make a substantial contribution to the city process toward achieving the Millenium Development Goals's (MDG's) target of 68.9% of the population with sustainable access to safe drinking water.