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Public health: A sustainable plan for China's drinking water

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  • Tao Tao

    (Tao Tao is professor and Kunlun Xin is associate professor at the College of Environmental Science and Engineering, and the Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment Tongji University, Shanghai, China.)

  • Kunlun Xin

    (Tao Tao is professor and Kunlun Xin is associate professor at the College of Environmental Science and Engineering, and the Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment Tongji University, Shanghai, China.)

Abstract

Tackling pollution and using different grades of water for different tasks is more efficient than making all water potable, say Tao Tao and Kunlun Xin.

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  • Tao Tao & Kunlun Xin, 2014. "Public health: A sustainable plan for China's drinking water," Nature, Nature, vol. 511(7511), pages 527-528, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:511:y:2014:i:7511:d:10.1038_511527a
    DOI: 10.1038/511527a
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