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Kulyash Meiramkulova, Aliya Kydyrbekova, Davud Devrishov, Ubaidulayeva Nurbala, Akmaral Tuyakbayeva, Sayan Zhangazin, Rimma Ualiyeva, Valentina Kolpakova, Yuliya Yeremeyeva and Timoth Mkilima
Zeolite materials are among the relatively cheap and readily available materials for wastewater treatment. However, the performance of zeolite-based systems can be highly affected by the material properties. In this study, the treatment system based on n...
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Andreia Rodrigues, Cristina Sousa Coutinho Calheiros, Pedro Teixeira and Ana Galvão
Ponds are a common feature in urban parks to provide aesthetic and recreational functions, but also deliver a wide range of ecosystem services. The objective of this study was to assess the water quality of six urban ponds in the city of Lisbon, Portugal...
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Joshua N. Edokpayi, Elizabeth T. Rogawski, David M. Kahler, Courtney L. Hill, Catherine Reynolds, Emanuel Nyathi, James A. Smith, John O. Odiyo, Amidou Samie, Pascal Bessong and Rebecca Dillingham
Consumption of microbial-contaminated water can result in diarrheal illnesses and enteropathy with the heaviest impact upon children below the age of five. We aimed to provide a comprehensive analysis of water quality in a low-resource setting in Limpopo...
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Joshua N. Edokpayi, Elizabeth T. Rogawski, David M. Kahler, Courtney L. Hill, Catherine Reynolds, Emanuel Nyathi, James A. Smith, John O. Odiyo, Amidou Samie, Pascal Bessong and Rebecca Dillingham
Consumption of microbial-contaminated water can result in diarrheal illnesses and enteropathy with the heaviest impact upon children below the age of five. We aimed to provide a comprehensive analysis of water quality in a low-resource setting in Limpopo...
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Liat Birnhack, Oded Nir and Ori Lahav
The importance of supplying drinking water with a balanced mineral composition, including a minimal concentration of Mg(II) ions, has been recently acknowledged by many publications, as well as in official WHO guidelines. The issue is relevant to natural...
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Kit-Ling Lam, Yu-Hin Lam, Angie Ying-Sim Ng, Ken Kwok-Yin So, Nora Fung-Yee Tam, Fred Wang-Fat Lee and Wing-Yin Mo
Mangrove wetlands are vulnerable coastal ecosystems that provide critical habitats for aquatic life. Tai O is a popular tourist village on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, which is surrounded by mangrove wetlands with rich biodiversity; and this village is also...
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Timoth Mkilima, Kulyash Meiramkulova, Aliya Kydyrbekova, Tursynkul Bazarbayeva, Daldabayeva Gulnur, Zholdasbek Aknur, Abzal Shegenbayev, Dzhexenbayev Nurbolat, Gulaina Oshanova and Kaisagaliyeva Gulzhakhan
This study focuses on evaluating the efficacy of biofilm-enhanced natural zeolite for the purification of slaughterhouse wastewater. The investigation encompasses four distinct treatment methods: employing natural zeolite without biofilm, integrating bio...
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Samuel B. Adeloju, Shahnoor Khan and Antonio F. Patti
Groundwater contamination is a major global issue. A good understanding of the associated chemistry and fate of a contaminant such as arsenic in groundwater is important for minimizing or avoiding potential health, social and economic implications when u...
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Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal, Muhammad Shoaib, Paul Agwanda and Jung Lyul Lee
One of the challenging problems of Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan, is the surface water-quality problem of the Ravi River, which flows through the main cities of the province. At present, the overall status of water quality is very pollut...
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Francesco Granata, Stefano Papirio, Giovanni Esposito, Rudy Gargano, Giovanni de Marinis
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Stormwater runoff is often contaminated by human activities. Stormwater discharge into water bodies significantly contributes to environmental pollution. The choice of suitable treatment technologies is dependent on the pollutant concentrations. Wastewat...
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Franz Mascher, Wolfgang Mascher, Franz Pichler-Semmelrock, Franz F. Reinthaler, Gernot E. Zarfel and Clemens Kittinger
Within the framework of a one-year study the treatment capacity of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was evaluated, with regard to fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) and to their influence on the recipient. The logarithmic reduction rates for fec...
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Francesco Granata, Stefano Papirio, Giovanni Esposito, Rudy Gargano and Giovanni De Marinis
Stormwater runoff is often contaminated by human activities. Stormwater discharge into water bodies significantly contributes to environmental pollution. The choice of suitable treatment technologies is dependent on the pollutant concentrations. Wastewat...
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Natalino Perovano Filho, Kelly Fernanda Seára da Silva, Elane Cristina Lourenço dos Santos, Daniel Delgado Queissada, Ana Maria Queijeiro López
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The sugar and ethanol industry generates large quantities of waste liquids. If untreated effluents are used in fertigation, they might contaminate groundwater and, if they are released into water bodies, they might also jeopardize the survival of the aqu...
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Richard Smardon
This editorial provides an overview of the special issue ?Wetlands and Sustainability?. In particular, the special issue contains a review of Paul Keddy?s book ?Wetland Ecology? with specific reference to wetland sustainability. It also includes papers a...
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Matthew P. Thompson, Joe Scott, Paul G. Langowski, Julie W. Gilbertson-Day, Jessica R. Haas and Elise M. Bowne
Wildfires can cause significant negative impacts to water quality with resultant consequences for the environment and human health and safety, as well as incurring substantial rehabilitation and water treatment costs. In this paper we will illustrate how...
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Karina Cardoso Valverde, Leila Cristina Konradt Moraes, Milene Carvalho Bongiovani, Franciele Pereira Camacho, Rosângela Bergamasco
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This work suggests the study of the coagulation diagram as a tool to verify the efficiency in removing color and turbidity of the water, using the Moringa oleifera Lam and the association of this biopolymer with the aluminium sulphate as coagulating agen...
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Jian Huang, Caterina Valeo, Jianxun He and Angus Chu
This study examined the effectiveness of open-joint inter-locking pavers in a permeable pavement in cold (winter) conditions. A field-scale inter-locking paver cell (UNI Eco-Optiloc®) was built to evaluate the hydraulic performance and water quality impr...
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Tilak Chhetri, Gary Cunningham, Dhananjay Suresh, Bruce Shanks, Raghuraman Kannan, Anandhi Upendran and Zahra Afrasiabi
Modern agricultural activities and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are two of the major sources of groundwater contamination that affect the quality of drinking water. Conventional water quality improvement methods include direct filtratio...
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Bogumila Winid, Robert Muszanski and Jan Wilkosz
This paper summarizes studies undertaken at a water treatment plant in Skawina (WTP Skawina) where the disinfection process was modified by introducing a mobile ozonation system. The application of a small-size, fully-automated ozonation installation onl...
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Domenica Mirauda and Marco Ostoich
The present study develops an integrated methodology combining the results of the water-quality classification, according to the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC?WFD, with those of a mathematical integrity model. It is able to analyse the potential a...
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