Urbanization: an increasing source of multiple pollutants to rivers in the 21st century

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In this research, we quantify combined point-source inputs of nutrients, microplastics, a chemical (triclosan) and a pathogen (Cryptosporidium) to 10,226 rivers in 2010, 2050 and 2100, and show how pollutants are related. In the future, 80% of the global population could be living in urbanized areas where waters are polluted with multiple pollutants. We could formulate scenarios where future water pollution from growing cities is avoided by advanced waste water treatment in many world regions, but not in Africa.

Date Submitted: 2020-11-27

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DOI https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zyx-jce3
Metadata Access https://phys-techsciences.datastations.nl/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=doi:10.17026/dans-zyx-jce3
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Creator M. Strokal ORCID logo; Z. Bai; W.H.P. Franssen; N. Hofstra ORCID logo; A.A. Koelmans ORCID logo; F. Ludwig ORCID logo; L. Ma; P. van Puijenbroek; J.E. Spanier; L.C. Vermeulen; M.T.H. van Vliet; J. van Wijnen; C. Kroeze ORCID logo
Publisher DANS Data Station Physical and Technical Sciences
Contributor Data Librarian; Wageningen University & Research
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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Contact Data Librarian (Wageningen UR)
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Discipline Agricultural Sciences; Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture; Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture and Veterinary Medicine; Earth and Environmental Science; Environmental Research; Geosciences; Life Sciences; Natural Sciences