Stopping Lapindo Mud Flow
Japan Offers Technology for Stopping Lapindo Mud Flow
Friday, 11 May, 2007 | 17:11 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The President Director of Katahira Engineering, Okumura, explained today (11/5) about the technology for ‘control cofferdam’ for stopping the Lapindo hot mudflow in Sidoarjo. This technology will replace the method of stopping the mudflow using aseries of concrete balls .
According to Public Works Minister, Djoko Kirmanto, mud coming out of the center will be blocked by dams. The mud will be channeled to the Porong River and the sediment will stay inside the dam through iron pipes circling the center.
“The mud will be the counterweight for the mud hole. the pressure of the mud from the outside and the inside will be in balance so it can reduce the mudflow,” said Djoko after attending the closed meeting led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The dam will be made by arranging the iron pipes in a circle around the center. The diameter of the iron pipes dam is estimated to reach 120 meter. The pipes' height is 40 meters.
Friday, 11 May, 2007 | 17:11 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The President Director of Katahira Engineering, Okumura, explained today (11/5) about the technology for ‘control cofferdam’ for stopping the Lapindo hot mudflow in Sidoarjo. This technology will replace the method of stopping the mudflow using aseries of concrete balls .
According to Public Works Minister, Djoko Kirmanto, mud coming out of the center will be blocked by dams. The mud will be channeled to the Porong River and the sediment will stay inside the dam through iron pipes circling the center.
“The mud will be the counterweight for the mud hole. the pressure of the mud from the outside and the inside will be in balance so it can reduce the mudflow,” said Djoko after attending the closed meeting led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The dam will be made by arranging the iron pipes in a circle around the center. The diameter of the iron pipes dam is estimated to reach 120 meter. The pipes' height is 40 meters.
