Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 650 - 9
• Main Authors: Ma, Ting, Sun, Siao, Fu, Guangtao, Hall, Jim W., Ni, Yong, He, Lihuan, Yi, Jiawei, Zhao, Na, Du, Yunyan, Pei, Tao, Cheng, Weiming, Song, Ci, Fang, Chuanglin, Zhou, Chenghu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.01.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/844/4081; 704/844/685; China; Fresh Water - analysis; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; multidisciplinary; Quality management; Scarcity; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seasons; Socioeconomic Factors; Water Pollution; Water Quality; Water scarcity; Water Supply - standards; China
• ISSN: 2041-1723; 2041-1723
• DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14532-5

Inadequate water quality can mean that water is unsuitable for a variety of human uses, thus exacerbating freshwater scarcity. Previous large-scale water scarcity assessments mostly focused on the availability of sufficient freshwater quantity for providing supplies, but neglected the quality constr...