In water bodies and streams, water self-purification is water quality improvement. It is of vital importance to environmental safety of water supply.

In water bodies and streams, water self-purification is water quality improvement. It is of vital importance to environmental safety of water supply.
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There are plenty of factors and processes involved. To create a scientific order in this chaos of factors is of huge importance to theory and practical applications.

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