Private water operators PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya (Palyja) and PT
Aetra Air Jakarta (Aetra) have filed an appeal against the Central
Jakarta District Court's recent ruling banning the
privatization of water in the capital city. On 24 March 2015,
judges at the Central Jakarta District Court ruled in favor of the
Coalition of Jakarta Residents Opposing Water Privatization
(KMMSAJ), ordering the annulment of the cooperation between city
owned water operator PAM Jaya and the two private water operators
that began in 1997 and which was scheduled to expire in 2023.
The lawsuit was filed in November 2012. The coalition claimed
that Palyja and Aetra had both failed to provide adequate supplies
of clean, potable water to Jakarta residents. During the 17 years
since the agreement was signed in 1998, just 60 percent of
residents enjoy piped clean water.
