TY - JOUR
T1 - Global multi-pollutant modelling of water quality: scientific challenges and future directions
AU - Strokal, Maryna
AU - Spanier, J. Emiel
AU - Kroeze, Carolien
AU - Koelmans, Albert A.
AU - Flörke, Martina
AU - Franssen, Wietse
AU - Hofstra, Nynke
AU - Langan, Simon
AU - Tang, Ting
AU - van Vliet, Michelle TH
AU - Wada, Yoshihide
AU - Wang, Mengru
AU - van Wijnen, Jikke
AU - Williams, Richard
N1 - Generated from Scopus record by KAUST IRTS on 2023-09-18
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - Assessing global water quality issues requires a multi-pollutant modelling approach. We discuss scientific challenges and future directions for such modeling. Multi-pollutant river models need to integrate information on sources of pollutants such as plastic debris, nutrients, chemicals, pathogens, their effects and possible solutions. In this paper, we first explain what we consider multi-pollutant modelling. Second, we discuss scientific challenges in multi-pollutant modelling relating to consistent model inputs, modelling approaches and model evaluation. Next, we illustrate the potential of global multi-pollutant modelling for hotspot analyses. We show hotspots of river pollution with microplastics, nutrients, triclosan and Cryptosporidium in many sub-basins of Europe, North America and South Asia. Finally, we reflect on future directions for multi-pollutant modelling, and for linking model results to policy-making.
AB - Assessing global water quality issues requires a multi-pollutant modelling approach. We discuss scientific challenges and future directions for such modeling. Multi-pollutant river models need to integrate information on sources of pollutants such as plastic debris, nutrients, chemicals, pathogens, their effects and possible solutions. In this paper, we first explain what we consider multi-pollutant modelling. Second, we discuss scientific challenges in multi-pollutant modelling relating to consistent model inputs, modelling approaches and model evaluation. Next, we illustrate the potential of global multi-pollutant modelling for hotspot analyses. We show hotspots of river pollution with microplastics, nutrients, triclosan and Cryptosporidium in many sub-basins of Europe, North America and South Asia. Finally, we reflect on future directions for multi-pollutant modelling, and for linking model results to policy-making.
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S187734351830023X
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85056208650&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.11.004
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.11.004
M3 - Article
SN - 1877-3435
VL - 36
SP - 116
EP - 125
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
ER -