WATER WORRIES
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, 2010The 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, 2010Pay 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, 2009The 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, 2009The 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, 2009Dredging 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, 2009The 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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