Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality

The impact on inadequate water quality on water scarcity is unclear. Here the authors quantify China’s present-day water scarcity and show that inadequate water quality exacerbates China’s water scarcity, which is unevenly distributed across the country.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ting Ma, Siao Sun, Guangtao Fu, Jim W. Hall, Yong Ni, Lihuan He, Jiawei Yi, Na Zhao, Yunyan Du, Tao Pei, Weiming Cheng, Ci Song, Chuanglin Fang, Chenghu Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14532-5