Pollution in the Citarum river

Farmers till the soil of a rice paddy located next to a textile factory and the Citarum river in Sukamaju village, Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia.. .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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Farmers till the soil of a rice paddy located next to a textile factory and the Citarum river in Sukamaju village, Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia.. .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.