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Country-level and gridded estimates of wastewater production, collection, treatment and reuse
Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Michelle T. H. van Vliet
Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Manzoor Qadir
Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University, Hamilton, Canada
Marc F. P. Bierkens
Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Unit Subsurface & Groundwater Systems, Deltares, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Continually improving and affordable wastewater management provides opportunities for both pollution reduction and clean water supply augmentation. This study provides a global outlook on the state of domestic and industrial wastewater production, collection, treatment and reuse. Our results can serve as a baseline in evaluating progress towards policy goals (e.g. Sustainable Development Goals) and as input data in large-scale water resource assessments (e.g. water quality modelling).
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