It's taken only 20 years for the largest waterway in Indonesia's West Java to become a river of rubbish.

Choked by domestic and industrial waste, the Citarum is in crisis.

What used to be a vital source of fresh water and fish is now a dumping ground and scavenging site.

Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas traveled to West Java province to meet the people living by the river.