Experiences Concerning the Implementation of Innovative Technologies and Management Strategies in Emerging Countries: Example IWRM Indonesia

摘要

Within the German-Indonesian joint-project "Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Indonesia", which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), under the aegis of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) innovative technologies and management strategies are developed to improve the water supply situation in karst areas. In this context, the world's first underground water extraction plant, securing the water supply for some 80.000 people by usage of hydropower driven pumping systems, was implemented [1]. The utilization of the underground hydropower potential (barrage) is accomplished by the operation of reverse driven centrifugal pumps, which are mechanically connected to feed pumps. After the successful initial start-up of the plant, followed by the handover to the Indonesian operating authority, it turned out, that a continuous operation can only be ensured by an advanced adaption of the operational concept, associated by an intensive knowledge transfer considering the socio-cultural boundary conditions as well as administrative structures. Since 2011, the continuous operation of this hydropower plant is conducted autonomously by the Indonesian project partners. Following the presentation within the IWRM Karlsruhe 2010 event [2], this present paper concentrates on the experiences and measures of the implementation phase as well as the handover process, which might be of use for other projects in emerging countries. Furthermore, technological aspects regarding the continuous operation of the hydropower driven conveying modules will be discussed. The experience report will be supplemented by an overview of current attempts for transferring the developed technologies including the associated knowledge to further locations in Southeast Asia (www.iwrm-indonesien.de).