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Impacts of Climate Change on Water Crisis and Formation of Green Algal Blooms in Vietnam

  • Thriveni, Thenepalli (Hanil Cement) ;
  • Lee, Namju (Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)) ;
  • Nam, Gnu (Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)) ;
  • Whan, Ahn Ji (Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
  • Received : 2017.02.07
  • Accepted : 2017.03.06
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

Global warming affects water supply and water resources throughout the world. In many countries, climate change affects significantly on the fresh water resources. Vietnam is exposed mainly, to landslides and floods triggered by tropical storms and monsoon rains, although storm surge, whirlwind, river bank and coastal line erosion, hail rain. In addition to the prevalent drought, there are many major water challenges, including water availability, stress, scarcity and accessibility, because of poor resource management. Fast growth of urbanization, industrialization and population growth, agricultural activities and climate change cause heavy pressure on water quality. Both domestic and industrial wastewater, as well as storm water shares the same drainage. The common facilities for wastewater treatment are not available. Therefore, wastewater is treated only superficially and then discharged directly into rivers and lakes causing serious pollution of surface water environment. In this paper, we reported the severe water crisis and massive green algal blooms formation in Vietnam rivers and lakes. This is the biggest evidence of climate change variations in Vietnam.

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