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Challenges and Opportunities to Treat Water Pollution

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Paths to Clean Water Under Rapid Changing Environment in China

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In recent years, the global population has exceeded 7 billion. Such a huge population has greatly affected the global environment. In particular, the eutrophication of rivers, lakes, reservoirs, cities and agricultural areas have become one of the major environmental challenges facing the world, especially this situation is even more severe in Europe and China. Eutrophication has received high international and domestic attention due to its economic and ecological consequences. The intensification of water eutrophication had caused frequent occurrence of cyanobacteria blooms, which have brought serious harm to human production and life, and the scope of its influence has been continuously expanded.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    Yiping Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    Lixiao Ni

  3. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    Yong Guo

  4. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    Xu Zhao

  5. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    Yue Dong

  6. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    Yu Cheng

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Li, Y., Ni, L., Guo, Y., Zhao, X., Dong, Y., Cheng, Y. (2022). Challenges and Opportunities to Treat Water Pollution. In: Paths to Clean Water Under Rapid Changing Environment in China. SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0091-4_2

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