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Does 91% of the world’s population really have “sustainable access to safe drinking water”?

Pedro Martínez-SantosDepartment of Geodynamics, Faculty of Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 514-533 | Received 29 Oct 2016, Accepted 17 Feb 2017, Published online: 20 Mar 2017

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