Jakarta’s Water Push Meets the Subsidence Trap: Progress, Leakage, and the Last-Mile Gap
Jakarta’s public utility reports rapid expansion of piped water coverage since services returned to full public control in 2023, including 72,000 new household connections in 2025 and coverage reaching about 82%. The source suggests that leakage, service reliability, and continued groundwater extraction—especially by large commercial users—could limit the city’s ability to curb subsidence and deliver equitable access by the 2029 universal-coverage target.