Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes

MTH Van Vliet, J Thorslund, M Strokal… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change and extreme weather events (such as droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and
floods) pose serious challenges for water management, in terms of both water resources …

Current and future global water scarcity intensifies when accounting for surface water quality

ER Jones, MFP Bierkens, MTH van Vliet - Nature Climate Change, 2024 - nature.com
The inadequate availability of clean water presents systemic risks to human health, food
production, energy generation and ecosystem functioning. Here we evaluate population …

Sub-Saharan Africa will increasingly become the dominant hotspot of surface water pollution

ER Jones, MFP Bierkens, PJTM van Puijenbroek… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Human activities greatly impact surface water quality, while being reliant upon it for water
supply. Surface water quality is expected to change in the future as a result of alterations to …

Warming underpins community turnover in temperate freshwater and terrestrial communities

I Khaliq, C Rixen, F Zellweger, CH Graham… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Rising temperatures are leading to increased prevalence of warm-affinity species in
ecosystems, known as thermophilisation. However, factors influencing variation in …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of droughts and heatwaves on river water quality worldwide

DJ Graham, MFP Bierkens, MTH van Vliet - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Droughts and heatwaves have a major impact on river water quality worldwide. However,
previous studies of river water quality under these climate extremes are limited to a small …

Economic risks hidden in local water pollution and global markets: A retrospective analysis (1995–2010) and future perspectives on sustainable development goal 6

J Yang, J Li, MTH van Vliet, ER Jones, Z Huang, M Liu… - water research, 2024 - Elsevier
Pollution from untreated wastewater discharges depletes clean water supply for humans
and the environment. It poses adverse economic impacts by determining agricultural yields …

Complex interplay of water quality and water use affects water scarcity under droughts and heatwaves

MTH van Vliet - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Droughts and heatwaves amplify water scarcity by decreasing water availability, worsening
water quality and increasing sectoral water use. These three driving mechanisms interact …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of wastewater quality parameters using adaptive and machine learning models: A South African case study

AG Sheik, MA Malla, CS Srungavarapu… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
The wastewater treatment process often faces challenges in monitoring water quality
parameters (WQ), to overcome this there is a need for develo** innovative modeling …

[PDF][PDF] Blind spots in global water quality monitoring

ER Jones, DJ Graham, A van Griensven… - Environmental …, 2024 - lirias.kuleuven.be
Poor water quality threatens human and environmental health, as well as the usability of
water for sectoral purposes (eg drinking water, food production, energy generation)[1–3] …

Modelling future coastal water pollution: impacts of point sources, socio-economic developments & multiple pollutants

MP Bak, C Kroeze, ABG Janssen… - Environmental Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Urbanisation is happening worldwide. In 2100, over 70% of the population is projected to
live in highly urbanised areas. As a result, urban wastewater discharge may increase. This …