Influence of land use and population characteristics on solid-liquid partitioning of heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems is little understood. This study hypothesised that the partitioning of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, ...

The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the environment, and improve the lives and prospects of everyone on this planet. However, progress on SDGs ...

The design of an industrial water treatment system using sorption is based on laboratory column tests. To verify the applicability of a column sorption system at industrial scale, it is necessary to determine the system's ...

Presence of bacteria/pathogens in urban stormwater constrains its safe reuse and highlights disinfection as essential for its reclamation. The novelty of this study is the preparation of a series of TiO2-biochar composites, ...

The beginning of the post-fossil fuel era is evident in trends such as fossil fuel divestment, cheaper alternative energy sources, and disruptive technologies that are enabling responsive and reliable alternative energy ...

Current stormwater quality modelling tools lack robust mathematical replication of nutrient entrainment in runoff. This makes it challenging to design effective stormwater treatment systems such as nature based solutions ...

For several decades oil-rich ‘hydrocarbon-dependent’ rentier states (countries) have been attempting to reduce their substantial economic reliance on oil, prompted by cyclical global commodity price volatility. Despite the ...

Despite well documented studies on metal pollutants in aquatic ecosystems, knowledge on the combined effects of catchment characteristics, sediment properties, and emerging pollutants, such as microplastics (MPs) on the ...

This book presents comprehensive knowledge regarding the spatial and temporal distributions, influential factors, interactions with coexisting contaminants, migration behavior, and environmental risk posed by microplastics ...

The presence and distribution of various MP particles exhibit inconsistent patterns in urban waterways. Factors including land use type and anthropogenic activities are regarded as the dominant contributor of MPs in urban ...