Pollution in the Citarum river

Detail of the darker color of toxic waste dumped by a textile factory into the Citarum river in Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. People living across the factory explained the color of the waste changes frequently, ranging from light blue and green to dark brown and black, depending on the dye the factory is using. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.

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Detail of the darker color of toxic waste dumped by a textile factory into the Citarum river in Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. People living across the factory explained the color of the waste changes frequently, ranging from light blue and green to dark brown and black, depending on the dye the factory is using. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.