The Tsitarum River is the dirtiest on the planet.

It is a well-known fact that a certain activity of a person has a detrimental effect on nature. People over the past 50 years have polluted the environment, as they could not in the entire previous history of human existence. Quite a few cases, when a person influenced the disappearance or drying of many lakes or rivers. What is the Aral Sea worth, only 10% of which remains. Earlier we had a topic about the city of Varanasi, where it was told about the state of the Ganges River. This river became one of the most polluted in the world, but its pollution is nothing compared to the river, which will be discussed next. . The Tsintarum River is not only the most polluted river in the world, but also the dirtiest source of water on the planet.

Indonesia is an island nation located in Southeast Asia. On one of the large islands, in Java, the Chitarum River flows, which plays a huge role in the life of the islanders. The waters of this river are used in agriculture, for water supply. This is the main water artery in the province of West Java.

Back in the seventies of the last century, Chitarum was the most common river, which served as a source of water for people, animals and plants. In the 1980s, Indonesia is becoming one of the fastest growing countries in the world. On its territory, factories and factories appear as mushrooms after the rain. The river basin was no exception.

Along the riverbed, from the origins, Citarum River is a place where starting to dump waste factories, and large city sewers to drain. The river is small in size, 10 meters wide, and 5 in depth, so the discharge of waste has exceeded the possibility of its release into the Yavan Sea. Thus, the river gradually became a dump.

But for whom grief, and for whom and earnings. In photos, people in boats swim for good. For them, this is the source of income. Moving through the piles of garbage, for a day, garbage is selected, which is suitable for further processing. Also from the found, come across things suitable for further resale. They are washed, wiped and sold as objects of the former use.

Despite all of the above, the state managed to build a hydroelectric power station on this river. Construction was very much reflected on the ecological state of the region. The hydropower plant made it difficult to fade the debris downstream, thereby causing an even greater accumulation of debris on the Chitarum River. Now the power plant is in a dead-end position. Garbage due to the dam can not normally pass, and because of the large amount of debris, the HPP can not function normally. Concerned about this problem, in 2008 the Asian Development Bank allocated a half a billion US dollars to clean the river. But there is still no improvement.

It remains to be hoped that in the struggle between nature and industry, the state will make a reasonable decision in favor of nature.