Delta Life 7

Water & health DOSSIER 9 Water and health are closely related. That sounds obvious, but doctors, ecologists and engineers are still not working together a lot. The spread of pathogens in urbanmains networks and the emergence of more and more resistant bacteria are just two of the risks that have only been researched recently. We need to pool forces to get a clear picture of the intimate interaction between health and water. We are getting better and better at forecasting changes, for example during floods or after dam construction. A survey of a promising research field.

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