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P E R P A M S I Persatuan Perusahaan Air Minum Seluruh Indonesia Association of Indonesian Water Supply Enterprises www.perpamsi.org. INDONESIAN LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 2004 TSUNAMI DISASTER IN ACEH FOR WATER SECURITY AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT. IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition
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P E R P A M S I Persatuan Perusahaan Air Minum Seluruh Indonesia Association of Indonesian Water Supply Enterprises www.perpamsi.org INDONESIAN LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 2004 TSUNAMI DISASTER IN ACEH FOR WATER SECURITY AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition 10-14 September 2006, Beijing Dr. Werner BRENNER, Advisor to PERPAMSI
SNAPSHOT ON TSUNAMI RESPONSE • Extensive toll on lives • More than 170.000 dead or missing • Around 500.000 displaced • Local administration collapsed • Resumed within 1 month after the Tsunami • Lack of logistics / supplies, manpower, financial resources from Central Government • Emergency stocks were not sufficient to deal with the scale of disaster
SNAPSHOT ON TSUNAMI RESPONSE • Lack of transportation infrastructures: Bottle-neck in the city of Medan / North Sumatra • Limited capacity of the airport to accommodate busy traffic (Banda Aceh, Medan, Lhokseumawe) • Limited capacity of harbors in Aceh Province (Malahayati Harbor & Lhokseumawe Harbor) • Access to West Coast only by air and sea transportation with a limited capacity
SNAPSHOT ON TSUNAMI RESPONSE • Lack of communication infrastructures • No regular facilities of communication (cable/mobile phone) was available • Limited communication facility via satellite • Insurgency (GAM) • Main problem during emergency operation (mobilization of supplies, expertise, equipment; construction of infrastructures)
SNAPSHOT ON TSUNAMI RESPONSE • Abundance of support from all over the world arrived • Donations, Humanitarian Assistance, Technical Assistance,….. • Coordination !! • Extensive damages on infrastructure, social sector, productive sector and cross sector • Banda Aceh: 60-80% • East Coast: 40-60% • West Coast: 80-100%
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SERVICES IN ACEH PROVINCE
PERPAMSI EMERGENCY RESPONSE & LESSONS LEARNED • Forming of a “Task Force” in PERPAMSI to provide immediate assistance shortly after the tsunami for emergency relief • Fact finding mission went to Aceh • Coordination of activities on 3 levels: • In Jakarta: (PERPAMSI office) linking up with the donor community, suppliers, organize transports for donated goods, organize staff support to utilities in Aceh, …. • In Medan / Province North Sumatra: mostly logistical support for the overland transport of goods to Aceh, staff support from utilities • Distribution of goods to the utilities in Aceh Province
PERPAMSI EMERGENCY RESPONSE & LESSONS LEARNED • Emergency relief support to affected water utilities in Aceh Province (1) • Installation of mobile water treatment plants • Provision of chemicals for water treatment • Staff support from outside Aceh to operate emergency installations • Water tanker services to camps • Repair of utility water treatment installations
PERPAMSI EMERGENCY RESPONSE & LESSONS LEARNED • Emergency relief support to affected water utilities in Aceh Province (2) • Salary payments to utility staff • Financial support for O&M of installations • Employment of new staff supported by donors • Provision of equipment to utilities (pick-up trucks) • Training and capacity building for new utility staff • Constructing of deep wells for refugee camps
PERPAMSI EMERGENCY RESPONSE & LESSONS LEARNED PARTNERSHIPS • National Level • With all water utilities • With governmental institutions • Private companies operating in the water sector • International Level • Water utility associations • Donor community • NGOs
LESSONS LEARNED FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA Organizational Set-up on National Level The existing national body for disaster was not effective to respond to the excessive impact Executing Agencies: The technical departments of the Ministries of Public Works, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Communication and the Military) Requirement of a disaster act Coordination Very important in pooling and distributing responsibilities and available resources (funds, equipment, manpower, supplies) Requirement: A clear and strong command line CAPACITY RESPONSE
INDONESIAN TSUNAMI AND EARTH QUAKE HISTORY Source: Latief H., N. T. Puspito, F. Imamura, (2000)
INDONESIAN TSUNAMI AND EARTH QUAKE HISTORY Source: Latief H., N. T. Puspito, F. Imamura, (2000)