Water/Sanitation
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news Indonesia August 4, 2010 7:21PM

Jakarta Struggles to Provide Clean Water to All

By Sara Schonhardt

Voice of America, August 4, 2010

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Like many big cities in the developing world, the city of Jakarta, with a population of nine million people, is struggling to provide clean water to all its residents. In some poor neighborhoods international organizations are trying to help, but, their impact is minimal because the infrastructure problems are so complex and expensive to fix.

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