Global Stressors on Water Quality and Quantity

摘要

One challenge to solving global water problems is the large number and integrated impact of global stressors such as population and consumption, demographic and land-use changes, urbanization, and climate change. Another challenge is the rapid rate of change projected for all of these stressors and their resulting impacts, which are expected to accelerate even further over the next century. The large number of stressors, their unknown interrelations, and the observed rapid change must all be considered when selecting and adapting new technology and governance structures for sustainable water and sanitation systems.