Pharmaceuticals enhance our quality of life; consequently, their consumption is growing as
a result of the need to treat ageing-related and chronic diseases and changes in the clinical …

Thermochemical processing of biomass results in a producing char, a typical by-product.
The char can be termed as biochar when specifically applied as a soil fertility enhancement …

Over the last two decades, various contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), such as
endocrine disrupting compounds, along with pharmaceuticals and personal care products …

In-sewer physio-biochemical processes cause significant variations of wastewater quality
during conveyance, which affects the influent to a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and …

Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are of major environmental concern for impacted surface
waterbodies. In the last decades, major storm events have become increasingly regular in …

We explore the oft-repeated claim that river water quality in Great Britain is “better now than
at any time since the Industrial Revolution”. We review available data and ancillary evidence …

Rivers are important ecosystems under continuous anthropogenic stresses. The hyporheic
zone is a ubiquitous, reactive interface between the main channel and its surrounding …

There has been considerable growing interest in the production and application of biochar
derived from various sources, especially from the lignocellulosic biomass (crop residues) …

Europe's ageing wastewater system often combines domestic sewage with surface runoff
and industrial wastewaters. To reduce the associated risk of overloading wastewater …

This study was designed to assess the occurrence and concentrations of a broad range of
contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) from three local estuaries within a large …