Pekanbaru Water Supply project was developed to assist local governments to improve water service to the community of Pekanbaru. 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.
With this project, the management of drinking water in the city of Pekanbaru will be conducted by PDAM, UPTD SPAM Regional and PPP Unit. The level of service from 8% in 2014 will increase to 27% in 2019 with the sustainable access to safe drinking water. The Capacity of the system of 500 l / sec will serve 40,000 household connections.
The service areas are six (6) sub-districts: Pekanbaru Kota, Lima Puluh, Sukajadi, Sail, Senapelan, dan Payung Sekaki.
The water from Water Treatment Plant (WTP) reservoir in Tampan will pump into the ground reservoir and then pumped back into the 4 (four) areas of distribution in Lima Puluh, Sukajadi, Sail and Payung Sekaki. Total capacity of ground reservoir is 8,500 m3: 1. Lima Puluh (2,000 m3), 2. Payung Sekaki (3,000 m3), 3. Sukajadi (2.000 m3), 4. Sail (1,500 m3).
The total length of transmission pipes is 14.88 km with varying diameters 300-600 mm using a material Pipes Steel. The total length of distribution pipes is 133.61 km with varying diameters 70-250 mm with material Pipes HDPE.