Waduk Jatiluhur

Jatiluhur located in District Jatiluhur, Purwakarta Regency (± 9 km from the center of Purwakarta). Jatiluhur Dam is the largest dam in Indonesia. The dam was named by the government Reservoir Ir. H. Juanda, with panoramic lake which covers about 8300 ha. The dam was built since 1957 by a French contractor, with the potential of the available water of 12.9 billion m3 / year and is the first multipurpose dam in Indonesia.Inside Jatiluhur, installed 6 units of turbines with 187 MW installed power production of electricity with an average of 1,000 million kwh per year, is managed by PT. PLN (Persero).Apart from Jatiluhur it has the function of irrigation water supply to 242,000 ha of rice fields (planting twice a year), drinking water, aquaculture and flood control are managed by Perum Jasa Trita II.In addition to functioning as hydropower with the largest run-off system in the world, Jatiluhur area has many recreational facilities are adequate, are like hotels and bungalows, bars and restaurants, tennis courts, pool, camping, swimming pool with water slides, conference rooms, recreational facilities and water sports , playground and other facilities. Sports facilities and water recreation such as kayaking, windsurfing, boat cruises, water skiing, Boating and more.In the waters of Lake Jatiluhur there are also floating net cage fish farming, the main attraction. At the time of day or in the stillness of the night we can complete peace of fishing while enjoying grilled fish.This region, we can see the Satellite Earth Station that is managed by PT. Indosat Tbk. (± 7 km from the central city of Purwakarta), as a means of international communication. Types of services provided include international toll free service (ITFS), Indosat Calling Card (ICC), international direct and others.Jatiluhur can be visited via the Toll Road Purbaleunyi (Purwakarta-Bandung-Cileunyi), exit at Toll Gate Jatiluhur.