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SUBMITTER: Wen Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5322379 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wen Yingrong Y Schoups Gerrit G van de Giesen Nick N
Scientific reports 20170223
Organic pollution of rivers by wastewater discharge from human activities negatively impacts people and ecosystems. Without treatment, pollution control relies on a combination of natural degradation and dilution by natural runoff to reduce downstream effects. We quantify here for the first time the global sanitation crisis through its impact on organic river pollution from the threats of (1) increasing wastewater discharge due to urbanization and intensification of livestock farming, and (2) re ...[more]