BANYUWANGI – Hujan yang kerap melanda wilayah Banyuwangi dan sekitarnya membuat kapasitas Waduk Bajulmati kini telah mencapai titik maksimum. In the beginning 2017 then, reservoir is filled 10 million cubic meters (m3) which is characterized by the overflow of water from the reservoir through the spillway (abundant water) towards the Bajulmati River, Wongsorejo District.
And, took place at the Bajulmati Dam meeting building yesterday (21/2), Irrigation Design Survey guide discussion was held (SID). This discussion is related to the construction of irrigation networks in the area of Wongsorejo and Wonorejo Village, yesterday (21/ 2).
The discussion was attended by the Department of Public Works and Spatial Planning (DPUPR) Banyuwangi, DPUPR Situbondo, Development Planning Agency at Sub-National Level (Bappeda) Situbondo, Camat Wongsorejo, Village Head of Wongsorejo District, HIPPA Wonorejo, and Head of Bajulmati Reservoir.
The irrigation area of the Bajulmati Reservoir is located in Situbondo Regency and Banyuwangi Regency. The water source comes and is then dammed from the Bajulmati River and the Tangkup River.
“Masih direncanakan untuk perbaikan jaringan irigasi baru untuk mengaliri lahan pertanian delapan desa di Kecamatan Wongsorejo,” ujar Camat Wongsorejo, Sulistyawati.
Water from the Bajulmati Reservoir will later be channeled to the Bajulmamati Dam where it then flows to tertiary irrigation to irrigate agricultural lands.. Bajulmati Dam is able to drain irrigation water 1,2 cubic meters per second.
With added flow from the reservoir, the dam can increase the water supply to rice fields 1,8 cubic meters per second.
“Serta dapat menambah masa tanam lahan persawahan. So what has so far only been planted twice can be planted three times per year,” ungkap Sulistyawati.
Sri Indah Wijayasari, the survey team from PT Suwanda Karya Mandiri Bandung explained that the benefits of the Bajulmati Reservoir would be to irrigate 1.800 hectare (he has) divided into the Bajulmati right area of 1.322 he has, Bajulmati left as wide 478 he has, and divided in Wonorejo Village for irrigation 308 he has, as well as new land in Baluran Forest 170 ha which is currently being used as sugarcane land.
