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Main Dam of Sidoarjo Mud Overtopping Saturday PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 26 June 2007

(Originally published by The Jakarta Post in June 26, 2007)

JAKARTA (Antara): Ring-like inner dam for mud in East Java's regency of Sudoarjo posed overtopping Saturday morning threatening outer-ring dam, which function to prevent the mud from flowing to wider areas.

 
Costly New Method Could End Mudflow (Jakarta Post) PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 12 May 2007
(Originally published by The Jakarta Post in May 12, 2007 and written by M. Taufiqurrahman)

The National Sidoarjo Mudflow Mitigation Team (BPLS) has announced plans to try a new -- and expensive -- method to stop the mud that has been gushing from a gas exploration well in East Java for the past year.