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Water Worries: What’s Wrong With Jakarta's Water and What Can Be Done?

Special in-depth report: From reservoir to tap, the capital’s water system is in worse shape than many realize. Can it be fixed? 12:01pm Jul 27, 2010

The Supply: How Our Water Is Fouled on Its Way to the Tap

Jakarta’s dysfunctional water system hurts the poor the most. 12:01pm Jul 27, 2010

Pay Up: How the Water Mafia Controls Access

Residential “entrepreneurs” — Jakarta’s legendary street mafia, or preman — exploit water shortages by selling clean water to residents from their own illegal house connections. 5:23pm Jul 24, 2009

The Sewage: Poor Sanitation Means Illness and High Costs

A city drowning in its own filth, Jakarta needs to address its sewage issues. 6:38pm Jul 24, 2009

The Floods: A Swelling City Is at the Root of the Problem

Checking development and migration are key factors in fighting back rising waters. 6:15pm Jul 24, 2009

Dredging the Rivers Means Uprooting Thousands of Squatters

For squatters on the banks of the Pluit reservoir, living free comes at a price. Floods are a reality of life. 6:28pm Jul 24, 2009

The Garbage: Our Waste Mountains Can Be Better Handled

Creative Use of Trash Helps Clogged Rivers Keep Moving

The Tides: Efforts Never End to Repel an Invading Sea

How Earth, Sun and Moon Conspire Against the Sinking City

A boy bathing his younger sibling in a slum in Penjaringan, North Jakarta. (Photo: Safir Makki, JG)



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