Removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewaters: a review

A Azimi, A Azari, M Rezakazemi… - ChemBioEng …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metals like arsenic, copper, cadmium, chromium, nickel, zinc, lead, and mercury are
major pollutants of fresh water reservoirs because of their toxic, non‐biodegradable, and …

Advances in solar evaporator materials for freshwater generation

S Cao, Q Jiang, X Wu, D Ghim, HG Derami… - Journal of Materials …, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
To alleviate the scarcity of clean water, solar steam generation, which utilizes the green and
abundant resources of Earth, has attracted considerable attention and been recognized as a …

A review of reverse osmosis membrane materials for desalination—Development to date and future potential

KP Lee, TC Arnot, D Mattia - Journal of membrane science, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) is currently the most important desalination technology and it is
experiencing significant growth. The objective of this paper is to review the historical and …

A new planning and design paradigm to achieve sustainable resource recovery from wastewater

JS Guest, SJ Skerlos, JL Barnard, MB Beck… - 2009‏ - ACS Publications
Wastewater has an image problem. Fraught with hazards requiring diligent attention, new
wastewater treatment techniques not only protect public health and improve ecosystem …

Global potential of phosphorus recovery from human urine and feces

JR Mihelcic, LM Fry, R Shaw - Chemosphere, 2011‏ - Elsevier
This study geospatially quantifies the mass of an essential fertilizer element, phosphorus,
available from human urine and feces, globally, regionally, and by specific country. The …

[HTML][HTML] Towards electrochemical water desalination techniques: a review on capacitive deionization, membrane capacitive deionization and flow capacitive …

G Folaranmi, M Bechelany, P Sistat, M Cretin… - Membranes, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Electrochemical water desalination has been a major research area since the 1960s with
the development of capacitive deionization technique. For the latter, its modus operandi lies …

Superhydrophilic floral foam-based solar evaporator with excellent salt-resistance and cost advantages for high efficient desalination

J Yan, M Qu, Y Zhao, X Liu, J Li, CL Sun, X Zhu, J He - Desalination, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Effective management of heat, outstanding water transport paths, and hydrophilicity are
essential for porous solar-driven interfacial evaporators, but their development still faces …

Urban sanitation: new terminology for globally relevant solutions?

L Strande, B Evans, M von Sperling… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Progress toward Sustainable Development Goals for global access to safe sanitation is
lagging significantly. In this Feature, we propose that misleading terminology leads to errors …

[PDF][PDF] Global stressors on water quality and quantity

JB Zimmerman, JR Mihelcic, J Smith - 2008‏ - ACS Publications
This inequality is especially critical for Asia, which has 60% of the world's population but
only 36% of the world's water. Water quality in terms of pollutant loading also is not …

Climate change impacts on urban sanitation: a systematic review and failure mode analysis

L Hyde-Smith, Z Zhan, K Roelich… - … science & technology, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Climate change will stress urban sanitation systems. Although urban sanitation uses various
infrastructure types and service systems, current research appears skewed toward a small …