Mapping global inputs and impacts from of human sewage in coastal ecosystems
Fig 2
Total nitrogen input into Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters of coastal countries, by source type (sewer, septic, direct).
The global total wastewater input is 6.2Tg N, with 3.9Tg from sewers, 0.3Tg from septic, and 2Tg from direct input. The top 40 countries are shown in the horizontal bar chart; remaining countries are in the pinwheel, grouped by continent or larger geographical region. Values for all countries are also reported in S5 Table in S1 File. Note that the Netherlands is shown in both places (in red) to help connect the scale of the two parts of the figure.