Martin, Stephen M.; Baird, Donald G.; Achenie, Luke E. K.; Deshmukh, Sanket A.; Foster, Earl Johan; He, Jason; Vikesland, Peter J.; Edwards, Marc A.; Deitrich, Andrea; Dillard, David A.; Lesko, John J.; Moore, Robert Bowen; Long, Timothy E.; Riffle, Judy S.; Morris, Amanda J.; Cheng, Shengfeng; Edgar, Kevin J.; Moeltner, Klaus; Xia, Kang; Stewart, Ryan D.; Badgley, Brian D.; Hedrick, Valisa E.; Gohlke, Julia M.; Duncan, Susan E. (Virginia Tech, 2017-05-15)
Water scarcity is mainly caused by overwhelming human consumption and contamination, from production of water-thirsty meats and vegetables, biofuel crop production, industrial uses, and rapid urbanization. The scale of water scarcity makes it an interconnected global issue and efforts to minimize the gap between water supply and demand are critical...