A YEAR has passed since the mudflow gushed into Porong. Geology experts are convinced that it will continue to flow for decades, if not centuries. With an outflow of about 150,000 cubic meters per day, the total amount of mud expelled in 10 years could be enough to flood the entire Sidoarjo regency with a meter of mud.

Long before this regency, measuring 592 square kilometers, goes under the ecosystem stretching from Porong to the waters of the