Current wastewater treatment targets are insufficient to protect surface water quality

SDG 6.3 targets to half the proportion of untreated wastewater discharged to the environment by 2030 will substantially improve water quality globally, but a high-resolution surface water quality model suggests key thresholds will still not be met in regions with limited existing wastewater treatmen...

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Main Authors: Edward R. Jones, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Niko Wanders, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Ludovicus P. H. van Beek, Michelle T. H. van Vliet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00554-y