[3] The Mookervaart was originally constructed in 1678 to 1689 to draw one-third of the water flow from the Cisadane River and link to the city canals of Batavia, to control the flood.

[3] In 1732 Governor General Diederik Durven ordered the canal to be dug deeper to bring more water to the city, but this created stagnant pools that brought deadly illnesses, such as malaria, increasing the mortality rates.

[4] Furthermore, the canal also swells very high during the rainy season, so a lock was built at the upper end of the river in 1770.

[5] The Mookervaart River has a length of 13 kilometres (8.1 mi), with a watershed area (Indonesian: Daerah Pengaliran Sungai) of 67 km².

[6] The average daily rainfall is 132 mm, with the peak debit at 125 m³.