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Do you know that about 71% of Earth consists of water body? For all the water, only 3.5% is drinkable, and the rest is salty water (Williams 2014). Unfortunately, this available water is unequally distributed around the world.
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Li, Y., Feukam Nzudie, H.L., Zhao, X., Wang, H. (2020). Introduction. In: Addressing the Uneven Distribution of Water Quantity and Quality Endowment. SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9163-7_1
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