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COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE DES GRANDS BARRAGES ------- VINGT-SIXIÈME CONGRÈS DES GRANDS BARRAGES Autriche, juillet 2018 ------- CHALLENGES OF DAMS CONTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT IN INDONESIA Tri HARTANTO Geologist of Dam Safety Units, MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA INDONESIA Indonesian Archipelago, which is situated in tropical zone, doesn’t benefit much its climatic condition from the hydrological point of view. With existence of dry season and rainy season, the rainfall depth is only concentrated in certain months of the year (mostly on November, December, January and February), thereby varying from region to region and from island to island. Such as situation has caused people to look for means of storing up as much as possible water for future use in the dry season when rain is scarce or if it’s of not non-existent. One answer to this problem is the construction of dams capable of storing up water in large quantities. Ministry of Public Works and Housing, who responsible for infrastructure, will construct 65 dams across the region, From 2013 until 2019. It will provide totally 6.5 billion m3 reservoir and irrigated 460,382 Ha and in 2022, it expected that all of 65 dams, will be finished. From 65 dams, 49 are new dams, the other 16 dams still on going. All of them are were owned by the government with 6.5 billion m3 reservoir capacity, not included of those from all other dam stakeholders. So for next 5 years later, Indonesia will have over 270 large dams accros the nation. This paper will attempt to present some issues and solution regarding to challenges of dams construction and management in Indonesia. Keywords : land acquitition, human resources, Indonesia 1471