INDONESIA URBAN WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE Profile of Probolinggo City SABDO SUMARTONO/ IUWASH IUWASH SABDO SUMARTONO/ The City of Probolinggo: located 100 KM of City and has total population around 216.967 (106.812 men and 110.155 women).

General Overview Probolinggo is a city in Probolinggo District on the north coast of East Province. Like most of northern part of , the city has a large Madurese population in addition to many Javanese ethnic. Probolinggo City has 56.667 km2 area and it becomes a hub for other cities in the eastern part of Java.

IUWASH began its activities in Probolinggo City since October IUWASH EAST JAVA IUWASH 2011 soon after the Mayor signed a partnership agreement with Workshop on Corporate Plan 2012-2016 Preparation for PDAM Probolinggo City. IUWASH. Some IUWASH’s implemented programs during year 2011 to 2012 including training on Corporate Plan 2012 to 2016 for PDAM Probolinggo City, facilitating the establishment of micro-credit Small Medium Enterprise (SME) for healthy toilets managed by local sanitation entrepreneurs, providing grants for small sewerage system in an Islamic boarding school, and the socialization of community work plan to improve city sanitation.

Access to Drinking Water and Water Utility Service Ronggojalu springs in Probolinggo District is raw water resource of Probolinggo Water Utility. The water intake is using pump systems which consist of fours pumps with total capacity is 465 liters per second flowing through 20 inches diameter pipes along tanks. Meanwhile, the proportion of households who 15 KM to the Probolinggo city. still practice open defecation is around 18.56 percent, which consists of flush toilet channeled into the rivers/ In 2010, the clean water coverage service of PDAM runnels (10.45 percent), non-flush toilet channeled into Probolinggo City reached only 15,781 households or the river (2.97 percent), floating toilet over the river/ 43.64 percent of the total population, 216,967 people. ponds (1.98 percent), and defecate openly in the river As it is still below 36.36 percent of the national target (1.45 percent). towards MDGs, the local government and Probolinggo City Water Utility then set their target to reach The Government of Probolinggo City has formed up to 80 percent water connections for the urban a Sanitation Working Group and becomes part of population by 2015. The Probolinggo City Water Utility Acceleration of Residential Sanitation Development is categorizes as a ‘healthy’ water utility and has earned a (PPSP). profit of IDR 1.5 billion with total assets reach IDR 20.4 billion and capital of IDR 16.9 billion in 2011. In the sanitation sector, IUWASH continues to facilitate STBM activities. The result is increased number of toilets constructed independently by sanitation entrepreneurs. Challenges in Sanitation Sector Working closely with local government, IUWASH According to Environmental Health Risk Assessment also implements a grant program for sanitation of (EHRA) result of Probolinggo District, only 63 percent communities around communal wastewater treatment households have individual toilets with proper septic plant that will be built by Public Works Office.

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