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Acknowledgements 
The study was supported by Estonian Science Foundation 
Grants ETF8654 and ETF 8576, Estonian Basic Research Grant 
SF0180009Asll and by the Swedish Research Council for 
Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, 
FORMAS the project “The colour of water — interplay with 
climate, and effects on drinking water supply.”