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    Drought less predictable under declining future snowpack

    1. Barnett, T. P., Adam, J. C. & Lettenmaier, D. P. Potential impacts of a warming climate on water availability in snow-dominated regions. Nature 438, 303–309 (2005). CAS Google Scholar 2. Simpkins, G. Snow-related water woes. Nat. Clim. Change 8, 945 (2018). Google Scholar 3. Viviroli, D., Dürr, H. H., Messerli, B., Meybeck, M. & […] More

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    Including water quality monitoring in rural water services: why safe water requires challenging the quantity versus quality dichotomy

    Rural water service provision typically prioritises quantity over quality, which is often assumed to be adequate where groundwater is used. This practice maintains the separation of water safety from other aspects of rural water service provision, thereby establishing a false dichotomy—one that is reinforced by contradictory assumptions about whether water quality matters to the public. […] More

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    Agricultural risks from changing snowmelt

    1. Brauman, K. A., Richter, B. D., Postel, S., Malsy, M. & Florke, M. Water depletion: an improved metric for incorporating seasonal and dry-year water scarcity into water risk assessments. Elem. Sci. Anth. 4, 000083 (2016). Google Scholar 2. Oki, T. & Kanae, S. Global hydrological cycles and world water resources. Science 313, 1068–1072 (2006). […] More

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    Implications of losing snowpack

    1. Barnett, T. P., Adam, J. C. & Lettenmaier, D. P. Nature 438, 303–309 (2005). 2. Hock, R. G. et al. in IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (eds Pörtner, H.-O.) Ch. 2 (in the press). 3. Qin, Y. et al. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0746-8 (2020). 4. Livneh, B. […] More

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    Efficacy of locally-available cleaning methods in removing biofilms from taps and surfaces of household water storage containers

    Tap cleaning To assess tap cleaning agent and method efficacy: (1) a protocol was developed; (2) a system was built to group biofilms in taps and one trial run was completed; (3) four data collection runs, one for each of the four cleaning agents, were completed; and (4) data were analyzed. Through partner discussions, a […] More

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    The river–groundwater interface as a hotspot for arsenic release

    1. Fendorf, S., Michael, H. A. & van Geen, A. Spatial and temporal variations of groundwater arsenic in South and Southeast Asia. Science 328, 1123–1127 (2010). Article Google Scholar 2. Winkel, L. H. et al. Arsenic pollution of groundwater in Vietnam exacerbated by deep aquifer exploitation for more than a century. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. […] More