title: Comment on hess-2021-138
abstract: Socio-hydrology presents one of the scientific approaches interpreting complex interactions between human and water systems. To date, water becomes extremely politicized by non-scientists and frequently put in a broader political context with non-water issues. The purpose of this text is to (1) analyse drivers of the growing politicization of hydrological science in the Lancang-Mekong Basin, (2) examine solutions for addressing the misinterpretation of hydrological data, and (3) outline the unin