Rethinking China’s water policy: the worst water quality despite the most stringent standards

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Dr Geir Orderud for helpful comments. We also thank Prof. Robert Mortimer of Nottingham Trent University, UK, for improving the English.

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Funding

This work was supported by the SinoTropia Project [Project No. 209687/E40], Environmental Sustainability Programme [Contract No. DCI-ASIE/2013/323-550, EuropeAid/133-582/L/ACT/CN], US EPA [Assistance no. X4-83338601, X4-83350501] and Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment of China [2015ZX07203-011].