#citarum river

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Life along the world's most polluted river

Despite the fact that the Citarum River has been named the world's most polluted river by the World Bank, around 28 million people in Indonesia depend on it for irrigation and electricity — as well as nearly 80 percent of the capital city's water supply.

Based on reports, more than 20,000 tons of waste and 340,000 tons of wastewater are disposed of directly into the waterways of the third-biggest river in Java every day from thousands of textile factories, killing nearly 60 percent of the river's fish species and causing health problems for people who live along the banks of the polluted river.

In recent years, the Indonesian government has vowed to clean the Citarum River as studies from environmental groups had found that levels of lead in the river reached 1,000 times the U.S. standard for drinking water, but the problem has persisted due to the lack of coordination, maintenance and enforcement. (Getty Images)

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The gargantuan task of cleaning Indonesia’s Citarum river

Seven thousand military personnel pressed into service to clean up one of the world's most polluted rivers.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo earlier this year started an ambitious programme of cleaning up an almost 300km stretch of Citarum River, labelled as one of the most polluted rivers in the world.

Pollution comes from many sources: from everyday garbage and domestic waste to thousands of factories dumping their poorly managed waste into the river.

Up to 500,000 cubic metre of rubbish ends up in Citarum river annually, and heavy metal contamination in the water coming from the factory waste has reached critical level.

About 27 million people rely on the river - the longest in West Java province - for irrigation, drinking water and other daily needs, with nearly 80 percent of the capital Jakarta's supposedly 'clean water' sourced from the river.

This is not the first time the government has come up with clean-up programme.

Millions of dollars have been poured into the project before, but with the lack of coordination, maintenance and enforcement, the problem has persisted.

The government, however, is hopeful that this time will be different.

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Africa megadiscarica della società dei consumi: l’emblematico caso del sito ghanese di Agbogloshie

Africa megadiscarica della società dei consumi: l’emblematico caso del sito ghanese di Agbogloshie

Uno dei temi che tocco più frequentemente è quello relativo ai siti più contaminati dell’Italia e del mondo, che non sempre coincidono con quelli più industrializzati, ma che vedono proprio le aree del pianeta più povere e disperate, diventare megadiscariche della imperante società dei consumi, basata esclusivamente sulla crescita intesa solo in termini quantitativi, assolutamente irrispettosa…

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Scavengers on boats salvage plastic waste for recycling on the Citarum river choked with garbage in Cihampelas district in West Java province. The river winds 297 kilometres (185 miles) across the island of Java, cutting through the sprawling Indonesian capital Jakarta. Labelled "the most-polluted in the world" by a local commission of government agencies and NGOs charged with its clean-up, the river is the only source of water for 15 million Indonesians who live on its banks. From here

[shitfucktory]

Citarum River in Indonesia, one of the most polluted rivers on Planet Earth. It has an important role in the life of the people of West Java , as it is used to support agriculture, water supply, fishery, industry, sewerage, electricity etc. about five million people live in the basin of the river. Textile factories in Bandung and Cimahi were major toxic waste contributors. More than 2,000 industries contaminate 5,020 sq miles of the river with lead, mercury, arsenic and other toxins.