A comprehensive review on water pollution, South Asia Region: Pakistan

R Noor, A Maqsood, A Baig, CB Pande, SM Zahra… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Pakistan is one of the most water-polluted country in the South Asia Region. Drinking water
is contaminated with microbial and toxic metals throughout Pakistan. The values of different …

Organic residues and their impact on soil health, crop production and sustainable agriculture: A review including bibliographic analysis

L Brichi, JVM Fernandes, BM Silva… - Soil Use and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite their potential as a sustainable source of soil nutrients and organic matter, waste
organic residues are often discarded rather than utilized in agriculture. This review …

Reuse of sludge as organic soil amendment: Insights into the current situation and potential challenges

O Mabrouk, H Hamdi, S Sayadi, MA Al-Ghouti… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sludge generation as an organic by-product of wastewater treatment has seen a consistent
increase worldwide due to population growth and industrial activities. This poses a chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Urban wastewater reuse in agriculture for irrigation in arid and semi-arid regions-A review

SH Tabatabaei, N Nourmahnad… - International journal of …, 2020 - journals.iau.ir
Purpose In recent years, attempts have been made to compensate irrigation water shortage
through widespread wastewater application as a low-quality water resource for agriculture …

Bio-based waste'substrates for degraded soil improvement—Advantages and challenges in European context

M Kacprzak, I Kupich, A Jasinska, K Fijalkowski - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The area of degraded sites in the world is constantly expanding and has been a serious
environmental problem for years. Such terrains are not only polluted, but also due to …

Antibiotics in wastewaters: a review with focus on Oman

IM Al-Riyami, M Ahmed, A Al-Busaidi… - Applied Water Science, 2018 - Springer
The occurrence of antibiotics in treated wastewater effluent has been a concern worldwide
for various reasons: most importantly development of antibiotics resistance by bacteria and …

techno-economic and environmental sustainability assessment of a sewage sludge composting plant: A case study

AF Albtoosh, MA Alnsour, HA Hajar… - Waste and Biomass …, 2024 - Springer
In this work, a techno-economic feasibility and environmental sustainability assessment of
the aerobic composting process was conducted assuming that 20,000 tons of sewage …

Interconnected environmental challenges: heavy metal–drug interactions and their impacts on ecosystems

S Madesh, G Sudhakaran, R Meenatchi… - Drug and Chemical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Industrial expansion and inadequate environmental safety measures are major contributors
to environmental contamination, with heavy metals (HMs) and pharmaceutical waste playing …

Effect of growing media on growth and flowering of potted marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) irrigated with treated sewage water

GS Mann, RK Dubey, S Singh, R Deepika… - Journal of Plant …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The present study was undertaken with an objective to evaluate the effect of different soil-
based and soilless growing media compositions supplemented with treated municipal …

[PDF][PDF] Characterisation of municipal sewage sludge as a soil improver and a fertilizer product

R Pöykiö, G Watkins, O Dahl - Ecological Chemistry and Engineering, 2019 - sciendo.com
In this study, we have determined the main important physical and chemical properties of
municipal sewage sludge and compared them to the requirements of the Finnish Fertilizer …