一个低收入国家的地下水污染风险的空间模型
Rebekah G K Hinton1, Robert M Kalin2, Modesta B Kanjaye3
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK; The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK.
Water research
|November 12, 2024
概括
坑对于环境卫生至关重要,但有可能污染地下水. 预测显示,到2070年,水点污染将增加3至7倍,威胁到清洁水目标.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 水资源管理 水资源管理
背景情况:
- 坑对于联合国可持续发展目标6 (SDG6) 是必不可少的,但如果不安全管理,可能会造成地下水污染的风险.
- 来自坑的污染增加了疾病和死亡率.
- 对于未来的坑-所污染风险,缺乏长期的空间预测.
研究的目的:
- 为了产生高分辨率的空间预测坑-所污染风险从2020年到2070年.
- 在各种人口情景下建模坑-所扩张.
- 评估坑所对水质和公共健康的未来影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了马拉维超过10万个水点和26万个坑所的全国调查数据.
- 开发了一种新的,高分辨率的空间模型,用于坑-所生长.
- 在五种不同的人口情景下预计的污染风险,重点关注"通常情况下的业务"增长情景.
主要成果:
- 预计到2070年,面临近距离微生物污染风险的水点数将增加三倍.
- 预计污染风险最高的水点将增加七倍.
- 据估计,在2020-2070年期间,约有8.2兆的便被丢弃到废弃的坑所中,相当于国家肥料应用.
结论:
- 坑-所污染风险的显著增加威胁到清洁水的可用性.
- 需要对卫生管理进行紧急改变,以防止可持续发展目标6的目标发生冲突.
- 未来的卫生战略必须整合强有力的水资源保护措施.
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