“By the River” is a documentary by NontawatNumbenchapol telling the story of the mistake in the mullock collecting system of a mineral processing plant in the District of Thong PhaPhum of Kanchanaburi Province. Since 1998, the tailing leaked from the waste catchment has caused the level of lead contamination in the Southern Klity Village's creek to rise above the safe level. The damage to the ecosystem, to the natural resources and to the well-being of people in the area which the event has created has been immeasurable. Although the Supreme Administrative Court has ordered that the Pollution Control Department to pay a few million baht in compensation to the villagers, it seems that the necessary and effective measure for the creek rehabilitation from the government that many have been asking is still a mere plan on a piece of paper, without any degree of certainty. On the other hand, the villagers still have to bear with this contaminated river without any choices even though they probably yearn for 'a better life' in the same way the dwellers in the capital city like us do.