In this study, PAHs and their transformed PAH products (TPPs) in road dust were subjected to UV driven photolysis, and then extracted using simultaneous pressurized fluid extraction, and analysed using Shimadzu Triple ...
Land use management plays a key role in mitigating urban river pollution. Past research has addressed how primary land uses influence river water and sediment quality, but has given limited attention to the subdivision of ...
The Event Mean Concentration (EMC) is considered as a key analytical parameter for assessing the quality of stormwater. The conventional estimation methods to determine EMC do not necessarily address the variability ...
First flush is an important phenomenon commonlyused in stormwater treatment system design where only the highly concentrated initial part of the runoff hydrograph is subject to treatment. Despite the existing methods for ...
Bioavailability is a critical facet of metal toxicity. Although past studies have investigated the individual role of sediment physico-chemical properties in relation to the bioavailability of heavy metals, their collective ...
The ability of biochar beads embedded with freshwater algae ̶ Chlorella pyrenoidosa (Bc-Cp beads) were investigated for their efficiency in the removal of pollutants. Combining these is an innovative concept which can ...
The isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamics parameters, and mechanisms involved in the adsorption of Pb2+ and Cu2+ ions from an aqueous solution using engineered hydrochar were investigated. The hydrochar was produced through ...
In this study, the ability of the aerobic biogranulation process to remove organic matter, total nitrogen, and total phosphorous from wastewater was investigated. The effect of organic matter load on the quality of the ...
Urban road build-up solids contain toxic metals posing potential risks to human health. Management of human health risks arising from these metals is critical in urban areas. This study collected solids build-up data from ...
Stormwater runoff pollution has become a key environmental issue in urban areas. Reliable estimation of stormwater pollutant discharge is important for implementing robust water quality management strategies. Even though ...
By providing an integrated, systems-approach to problem-solving that incorporates ecological principles in engineering design, ecological engineering addresses, many of the limitations of Ecology and Engineering needed to ...
In recent years, the presence of the group of contaminants, termed as microplastics (MPs) has been recognized as significant water pollutants with considerable potential for exerting adverse impacts on human health and ...
Rivers are viewed as major pathways of microplastic transport from terrestrial areas to marine ecosystems. However, there is paucity of knowledge on the dispersal pattern and transport of microplastics in river sediments. ...
With global number of cases 106 million and death toll surpassing 2.3 million as of mid-February 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic is certainly one of the major threats that humankind have faced in modern history. As the scientific ...
The study was designed to determine the variations in the diversity and the total abundance of airborne bacteria in the atmosphere of nine locations in Kandy City, the cultural capital of Sri Lanka. Culturable microorganisms ...
The adsorption-desorption behaviour of heavy metals in aquatic environments is complex and the processes are regulated by the continuous interactions between water and sediments. This study provides a quantitative understanding ...
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly utilised in disaster management activities. The public is engaged with AI in various ways in these activities. For instance, crowdsourcing applications ...
Resilience as a concept is multi-faceted with complex dimensions. In a disaster context, there is lack of consistency in conceptualizing social resilience. This results in ambiguity of its definition, properties, and ...
Sanitary landfill is the most popular way to dispose solid wastes with one major drawback: the generation of landfill leachate resulting from percolation of rainfall through exposed landfill areas or infiltration of ...
Limited knowledge of the combined effects of water and sediment properties and metal ionic characteristics on the solid-liquid partitioning of heavy metals constrains the effective management of urban waterways. This study ...