Pollution in the Citarum river

Girls ride a bicycle across a small bridge over the polluted waters of one of the distributaries of the Citarum river in Padamulya, 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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Girls ride a bicycle across a small bridge over the polluted waters of one of the distributaries of the Citarum river in Padamulya, 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.