EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
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Community Plumbing
Challenge 2017
Cicau Village in Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java,
will host this year’s international Community
Plumbing Challenge (CPC), announced IAPMO
Group CEO, Russ Chaney, at the opening of
the fourth annual IAPMO Indonesia Education
Conference in Jakarta recently.
Indonesia becomes the third country to
host the CPC, following India in 2015 and
South Africa in 2016. Top young apprentices
and professionals representing four or five
different countries — including Indonesia
— are expected to participate, joining
forces to form a long-term international
collaboration that will deliver improved
sanitation infrastructure and facilities in the
Cicau area and others similar to it. In an
exciting new development from previous
editions, CPC2017 will be presented in
two parts: a De sign Week in August and a
Construction Week in November.
CPC2017 will be presented by the International
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Foundation
(IWSH Foundation) in association with the World
Plumbing Council. The project will be based at local
school SD Negeri Cicau 02, with a range of other
promotional and participatory activities planned
across the village for the duration of the event.
living conditions and public health for specific
areas in need, so we are particularly excited
to launch our newest programme here in
Indonesia this year to continue building bridges
across our growing network of local and
international partners.”
PT IAPMO Group Indonesia senior vice-
president Shirley Dewi added, “Our team
is highly motivated to facilitate CPC2017
in partnership with SD Negeri Cicau 02, as
the village is located a mere 3km from our
new testing and certification facility, which
opened in 2016. Through CPC2017, we aim
to develop an innovative working relationship
with Cicau Village that will stretch into the years
ahead; utilising the new Indonesian Plumbing
Systems Standard to make gradual gains for
general public health through the design and
implementation of better sanitation for all.”
Speaking in Jakarta recently, Chaney
highlighted the CPC’s role in spearheading
the mission of the newly established
IWSH Foundation. The IAPMO Indonesia Education Conference is
a public outreach event designed to promote
the importance of good plumbing systems in
improving the health and safety of Indonesian
citizens, safeguarding the environment, and
boosting the Indonesian economy. PA
“The IWSH is now in place to align efforts
and extend the great work of organisations,
governments, and industry working across the
water, sanitation, and hygiene sector,” Chaney
said, “while the CPC targets direct impact in
the heart of communities where water systems
are unsafe or unsustainable. Combined, the
two platforms offer huge potential for improving The two platforms
offer huge potential
for improving living
conditions and public
health for specific
areas in need.
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