Jakarta is sinking: A day in the life documenting a city facing water insecurity
J. Carl Ganter ??
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J. Carl Ganter ??
Circle of Blue, Managing Director | Explorers Club Fellow | Vector Center, CEO | World Economic Forum Global Future Council | CSIS Water Security | Leaders on Purpose | Journalist / Photojournalist | Public Speaker
When we come across Ujang, a water vendor in Jakarta, he's pushing his wooden cart up the street. It's loaded with nearly 1,000 pounds of water — not quite fit to drink, but it's eminently cleaner than the oily water pulled from the increasingly contaminated sources underground.
This city's people, some 10.5 million, are on the point of a precarious spiral: Jakarta is sinking, many neighborhoods are below sea level and battling floods, its groundwater sources are becoming harder to reach and more contaminated, and its rivers are fouled with garbage and raw sewage.
Read the full story from fellow Circle of Blue colleague Jennifer Moller-Gulland and me in the latest issue of the Wilson Quarterly.
Tech Innovator-Product Marketing Strategist-Artist-Entrepreneur
5 年Jakarta is a result! Our attitude to sink is the worst! We continue to abuse our resources!
Climate Resilience & Rural Economic Growth
5 年The challenge ahead for cities like Jakarta looks immense but in your article you point to successes in Surabaya, the second largest city, which you report has delivered '100-percent piped water coverage to its residents'. This comes down to leadership and the collective will to deliver. The challenge, as ever, is how to unite people around a common cause that transcends political differentiation.?
Driving change for a sustainable future | Water, Nature, Climate
5 年Ariyo Irhamna
IT Audit Manager
5 年Just a teaser. Will the full story be available online?