Climate change impacts on wastewater infrastructure: A systematic review and typological adaptation strategy

J Li, X Li, H Liu, L Gao, W Wang, Z Wang, T Zhou… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater infrastructures play an indispensable role in society's functioning, human
production activities, and sanitation safety. However, climate change has posed a serious …

An evidence synthesis of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment: imbalances among compounds, sewage treatment techniques …

MF Meyer, SM Powers, SE Hampton - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) garner increasing attention globally
for both their usefulness as indicators of human waste and their potency as emerging …

Map** global inputs and impacts from of human sewage in coastal ecosystems

C Tuholske, BS Halpern, G Blasco, JC Villasenor… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Coastal marine ecosystems face a host of pressures from both offshore and land-based
human activity. Research on terrestrial threats to coastal ecosystems has primarily focused …

Do septic tank systems pose a hidden threat to water quality?

PJA Withers, P Jordan, L May… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecosystems are being degraded by anthropogenic pollution on a global scale.
Septic tank systems (STS), which are widely distributed in rural and peri‐urban areas, are …

Greenhouse gas emissions from on-site sanitation systems: A systematic review and meta-analysis of emission rates, formation pathways and influencing factors

M Manga, CC Muoghalu - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Onsite sanitation systems (OSS) are significant sources of greenhouse gases (GHG)
including carbon dioxide (CO 2), methane (CH 4) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). While a handful …

The environmental and biosecurity characteristics of livestock carcass disposal methods: A review

CL Gwyther, AP Williams, PN Golyshin… - Waste Management, 2011 - Elsevier
Livestock mortalities represent a major waste stream within agriculture. Many different
methods are used throughout the world to dispose of these mortalities; however within the …

[KNJIGA][B] Soils and human health

EC Brevik, LC Burgess - 2012 - books.google.com
Despite the connections between soils and human health, there has not been a great
amount of attention focused on this area when compared to many other fields of scientific …

A review of the fate and transport of nitrogen, phosphorus, pathogens, and trace organic chemicals in septic systems

MG Lusk, GS Toor, YY Yang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A large population living in suburban and rural areas in the world uses septic
systems, also called onsite wastewater treatment systems, to dispose of household …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the impact of septic tank systems on eutrophication risk in rural headwaters

PJA Withers, HP Jarvie, C Stoate - Environment International, 2011 - Elsevier
Septic tank systems (STS) are a potential source of nutrient emissions to surface waters but
few data exist in the UK to quantify their significance for eutrophication. We monitored the …

Characterization of microplastics in the septic tank via laser direct infrared spectroscopy

N Liu, S Cheng, X Wang, Z Li, L Zheng, Y Lyu, X Ao… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are emerging pollutants that have been widely detected in the
atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. Such wide spread of MPs indicates …