Klojen (malangkota.go.id) – To facilitate water monitoring in five strategic rivers for 24 hours, Perum Jasa Tirta I Malang has a new breakthrough, namely by building a Command Center. Previously, the water monitoring system and data collection related to water implemented by this state-owned company were carried out conventionally.
After about 28 years, Perum Jasa Tirta I Malang finally innovated which ultimately succeeded in implementing a more effective and efficient method, by utilizing advances in information technology, so that with this control center, performance will be more effective and the data obtained will be more valid.
These are some of the things conveyed by the Head of Perum Jasa Tirta I, Raymond Valiant Ruritan during the launch and introduction of the new system from the Command Center, Thursday (31/01/2019) at the Perum Jasa Tirta I Office on Jl Surabaya, Malang City.
Before this system existed, Raymond said that water monitoring was only carried out in the Brantas River which flows through the Malang Raya area to Surabaya. "Today, with the Command Center, water monitoring can be carried out in five national strategic rivers, namely the Brantas River, Bengawan Solo to the Tobasa River in North Sumatra," said the bespectacled man.
At this Command Center, they can monitor water for the benefit of the community, such as rainfall, flowing water in rivers, the amount of water in reservoirs, water availability and water quality.
"This effort is part of the current industrial revolution or what is commonly called (industrial revolution) 4.0. Thus, all data and information can be digitized, and can be monitored online. real-time for 24 hours," added Raymond.
In Indonesia, he explained, (Command Center) just the first and hopefully it can be an example and bring a better impact to the institution. "This system also functions to anticipate and even prevent flooding caused by water discharge factors. In this system there is special equipment embedded that can detect whether the water discharge is in normal or dangerous conditions," said Raymond.
He further said that the increase in water discharge could be caused by high rainfall in several hours, causing river water to rise and could trigger flooding.
"If this condition occurs, the system will immediately detect it, and we will immediately notify the management of the water dam to immediately anticipate and take concrete steps so that a flood disaster does not occur," concluded Raymond. (say/yon)
