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Citarum river. The world's most polluted river.

September 15, 2009 - 07:43 Written in Nature Labelling SOCIETY , the world's most polluted river , pollution in rivers , river Citarum , Citarum River , Environment , Jakarta , Indonesia Pollution , Waste in Rivers

Browse a landfill
Beneath all the junk you see in the picture, though not enough, there is a river. The Citarum river passing through Jakarta, which today has the sad distinction of being the world's most polluted river.

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Citarum river. The world's most polluted river. "Weaving the World

The river that runs through the island of Java in Indonesia, provides 80% of water supply to the capital, Jakarta. It supports a population of 28 million people and provides 20% of gross domestic product of Indonesia. Rapid urbanization and industrialization along the basin over the past 20 years has focused on increasing bestial untreated sewage, solid waste and industrial waste, affecting public health and seriously threatens the livelihoods of fishing families poor. In many cases, these fishermen still live by the river, but had to change fishing by searching for recyclables. As you can see from the pictures, the small boats to cast their nets before, now I used to sail the sea of garbage and collect all reusable.

Despite the frightening and sad situation of the river and the people who subsist thanks to him, all is not lost yet. Pollution is at the bottom of the river, on the outskirts of the capital and the rest of the river is in perfect condition.

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Citarum river. The world's most polluted river. "Weaving the World In late 2008 the Asian Development Bank granted a loan package to the government of Indonesia worth more than $ 500 million for restoration and cleaning of the river basin. The package will be delivered gradually over the next fifteen years and will support projects for the rehabilitation and construction of waste treatment plants in the basin and provide drinking water to poor families who use the polluted river for fishing , bathroom and laundry and even for his own use. Given that these mountains of garbage are now the only livelihood of hundreds of families, loans will also be aimed at creating 25,000 hectares of rice fields, delivering a hectare per family, of which 25,000 farm families will new.

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Citarum river. The world's most polluted river. "Weaving the World

Hopefully in a few years, the Citarum River looks clean and decontaminated throughout the basin and these photographs remain as a bad memory.

Citarum River in its upper part. Photography Panoramio Sources:

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