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Water for people.pdf - WHO Thailand Digital Repository

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‘Improving water quality is still the major concernof the Seine-Normandy basin, despite real progressmade over the last thirty-five years. Storm runoffduring periods of heavy rainfall continues to createproblems, causing wastewater to be dischargeddirectly into rivers or overloading wastewatertreatment plants, thereby decreasing theirefficiency. Non-point source pollution from farmingand urban areas is still a major problem as nitrate,pesticide and heavy metal concentrations continueto increase.’

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