Benjamin Leon Bodirsky

Benjamin Leon Bodirsky
Sewage will overtake agriculture as the biggest polluter of river sub basins in India
This study predicts that sewage will become the dominant source of nitrogen pollution in rivers due to urbanisation and insufficient wastewater treatment technologies and infrastructure in worse case scenario projections in countries such as India.
Mengru Wang
Rhodé Rijneveld
Felicitas Beier
Mirjam P. Bak
Masooma Batool
Bram Droppers
Alexander Popp
Michelle T. H. van Vliet
Maryna Strokal
Posted on 20 Feb, 2024 03:18 PM

India is fast hurtling towards acute water scarcity. The reasons are many. While groundwater overdependence, changing rainfall patterns, poor water management practices are to blame, recent research shows that poor water quality is also adding up to this scarcity while also threatening the health of populations.
The polluted river Yamuna at Agra (Image Source: India Water Portal)
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