Series editor's preface
The thing is that wastewater management remains a key problem to be solved in the coming years. In this respect, I would like to emphasize that watercourses are intensively managed in many areas around the world and face serious problems, such as increasing population in urban areas, i.e., more than 50% of the global population lives in cites. In short, and quoting recently published papers, it is expected that the number of people affected by organic pollution will increase from 1.2 billion in 2000 to 2.5 billion in 2050. Wastewater discharges from cities, especially megacities, and intensive livestock rearing due to increased demand on food supply can be considered the main sources of pollution of our rivers and groundwater. United Nations facts and figures are well known: 3 in 10 people lack access to safely managed drinking water services, 6 in 10 people lack access to safely managed sanitation facilities, and each day, nearly a thousand children die due to water- and sanitation-related diarrheal diseases.
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| Format: | artículo biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-01-01
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| Subjects: | Waste Water Management, Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/358530 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85153585306 |
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| Summary: | The thing is that wastewater management remains a key problem to be
solved in the coming years. In this respect, I would like to emphasize that
watercourses are intensively managed in many areas around the world
and face serious problems, such as increasing population in urban areas, i.e.,
more than 50% of the global population lives in cites. In short, and quoting
recently published papers, it is expected that the number of people affected
by organic pollution will increase from 1.2 billion in 2000 to 2.5 billion in
2050. Wastewater discharges from cities, especially megacities, and intensive
livestock rearing due to increased demand on food supply can be considered
the main sources of pollution of our rivers and groundwater. United Nations
facts and figures are well known: 3 in 10 people lack access to safely managed
drinking water services, 6 in 10 people lack access to safely managed
sanitation facilities, and each day, nearly a thousand children die due to
water- and sanitation-related diarrheal diseases. |
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