Altitude of Water Bengawan Solo Reaches Nine Meters

SOLO-Heavy rains that hit the highway Solo on Tuesday (02/21/2012) evening to Wednesday (2/22/2012) morning, making the water level rises in the Solo River.

The water rose from midnight until morning. The observer and the surface of the water in the sluice Jurug, Suharyanto revealed at 09.00 am Face High Water (TMA) Jurug reached 9.01 meters or 3 red alert to the alert. This elevation in status rose from 07.00 am in the morning, the Standby 2 with TMA 8.86.

Suharyanto explain the increase of the contribution of TMA occurred among river water Dengkeng in Klaten, Colo., and also DAM Elephant Mungkur reservoirs. Monitoring of the TMA at these locations continue to be done, because it will impact directly on the Solo River and flooding in the region through which this Bengawan.

Meanwhile, on the whole Demangan sluice water pump has been turned on to remove water from the city to Solo. Pumping performed solo for the TMA is higher than the water in the city.

Data floodgates Demangan officer, Sri Waluyo show, do closing sluice gates at 04.00 pm last. At 05.00 BST on three small water pump is started.

At 6:30 pm a large water pump re-run to mempa water from the river to the river in the city of Solo. Done so that the pumping of river water in the city is not flooded residential areas. Until 10:00 pm, the pumping is still done until the time limit could not be determined, while the condition of TMA on both sides of the gate it is considered safe.