Author Contributions
J.W. proposed the research topic, investigated and sorted the literature, and obtained research funds; X.Z. designed the research program, investigated and collated the literature, conducted the statistical analysis, implemented the research process, designed the framework of the paper, and preformed the statistical analysis; J.L. collected and organized the data, drafted the paper, provided technical and material support, implemented the research process, revised the paper, and provided relevant suggestions; J.W., X.Z. and J.L. designed the research proposal, performed the final review of the paper, and extracted and discussed the conclusions. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
The research is supported by the Department of Finance of Hebei province (No. [2016]826) and its investigation and evaluation of soil pollution in the upstream watershed of Guanting reservoir and Miyun reservoir in Hebei Province.
Institutional Review Board Statement
This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.
Informed Consent Statement
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Data Availability Statement
All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to all the authors for their contributions to this article and to the editors for their valuable comments.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interests.
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