2. The river supplies Indonesia's capital, Jakarta with 80 percent of it's drinking water. In the village of Sukamaju a man cleans plastic bags in it's waters because he says the strong chemicals help him do his job more effectively.
3. Rice plantations in the area rely on the untreated water from the Citarum river for irrigation. The river supplies 30 million people with water.
4. Water, black from chemical pollution, runs down a channel outside a textile plant. Dozens of textile factories line the banks of the river by Sukamaju and toward the city of Bandung.
5. The village of Sukamaju have no filter system. While they boil the water to drink, they wash and clean in the untreated water. The lack of sanitation means reddish and effluent goes directly into the river.
6. Four-year-old Wildan has spots covering his face and neck that his family delves are caused by the polluted water of the river.
7. The Asian Development Bank has committed $500 million over the next 15 years to clean up the river and support the communities that rely on it.
