A drastic decline in revenues of regional water supply company PDAM Denpasar has Bali legislators wondering what the heck is going on.
In 2014, PDAM Denpasar reported a net gain of more than Rp 20 billion, but in 2015, the water company only gained Rp 8.6 billion. That’s a pretty big drop.
“In 2014, (revenue) was above Rp 20 billion, but by the time I saw the accountability budget draft for 2015, it had plummeted down to Rp 8.6 billion. We hope the government can better prepare, so there’s not a drastic decline like that,” DPRD (regional council) member AA Susruta Ngurah Putra told Tribun Bali on Friday.
When these disappointing figures were announced at an accountability meeting by PDAM Denpasar Director Ida Bagus Gde Arsana, the DPRD demanded to know what the deal was.
Arsana, who took leadership mid-2015 confirmed that PDAM Denpasar’s revenues dropped around Rp 12 billion more or less. He explained that too many projects in Denpasar caused the tap pipes to leak.
The director added that other factors in earnings discrepancies include previous tax revenues and that there was also a point where Denpasar had to buy water from neighboring regency Badung.
