Ye Zhaoa,c Xiang Zhanga,c* Zhimin Dengb Jianping Bingd
a. State Key Lab of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, China
b. Changjiang Water Resources Protection Institute, Wuhan, China
c. Hubei Key Lab of Water System Science for Sponge City Construction, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, China
d. Bureau of Hydrology, Changjiang Water Resources Commission, Wuhan 430010, China
The e-flow (EF) has been considered as a promising approach to sustainable water systems. The persistent antagonism between EF and other water demands is questionable.