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The 2019 coronavirus disease, called covid-19, is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2). Since it was first identified in china in december 2019, covid-19 has spread to almost all countries and territories and caused over 310,000 deaths, as on may 16, 2020. The impacts of the covid-19 pandemic are now seen in almost every sector of our society. In this article, i discuss the impacts of covid-19 on the water sector. I point out that our efforts to control the spread of covid-19 will increase the water demand and worsen the water quality, leading to additional challenges in water planning and management. In view of the impacts of covid-19 and other global-scale phenomena influencing water resources (e.g., Global climate change), i highlight the urgent need for interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers studying water and new strategies to address water issues. © 2020, springer-verlag gmbh germany, part of springer nature. |
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