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Ricardo N Coimbra1, Marta Otero1,2
1Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Water with the necessary quality is indispensable to the functioning of most of the known life forms, being essential to human health, social and economic development, and ecosystems functioning [...].
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