Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Increased use of quaternary ammonium compounds during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and beyond: consideration of environmental implications

PI Hora, SG Pati, PJ McNamara… - Environmental Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are active ingredients in over 200 disinfectants
currently recommended by the US EPA for use to inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) …

Microbiologically influenced corrosion and current mitigation strategies: a state of the art review

R Jia, T Unsal, D Xu, Y Lekbach, T Gu - International biodeterioration & …, 2019 - Elsevier
In nature, microbes tend to form synergistic biofilms on a wide range of materials using
extracellular polymeric substances to embed sessile cells. Problematic biofilms provide …

Review of antimicrobial resistance in the environment and its relevance to environmental regulators

AC Singer, H Shaw, V Rhodes, A Hart - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The environment is increasingly being recognized for the role it might play in the global
spread of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance. Environmental regulators monitor and …

Potential and implemented membrane-based technologies for the treatment and reuse of flowback and produced water from shale gas and oil plays: A review

H Chang, T Li, B Liu, RD Vidic, M Elimelech… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Recovery of natural gas and oil from unconventional (shale) reservoirs relies on horizontal
drilling and hydraulic fracturing to make it economical. Hydraulic fracturing generates vast …

The role of supercritical carbon dioxide for recovery of shale gas and sequestration in gas shale reservoirs

Q Lyu, J Tan, L Li, Y Ju, A Busch, DA Wood… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques has promoted the
exploitation of shale gas resources. However, using water has several potential drawbacks …

The intensification of the water footprint of hydraulic fracturing

AJ Kondash, NE Lauer, A Vengosh - Science advances, 2018 - science.org
Unconventional oil and gas exploration in the United States has experienced a period of
rapid growth, followed by several years of limited production due to falling and low natural …

Water analysis: emerging contaminants and current issues

SD Richardson, SY Kimura - Analytical chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
■ BACKGROUND This biennial review covers developments in water analysis for emerging
environmental contaminants over the period of October 2013-October 2015. Analytical …

Multifaceted roles of methylisothiazolinone intervention in sludge disintegration and acidogenic and methanogenic pathways for efficient carboxylate production …

S Fang, W Cao, Q Wu, S Cheng, Y Yang, J Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic fermentation is a promising approach for sludge treatment, although it is
frequently hindered by the tight structure of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and …

Quantity of flowback and produced waters from unconventional oil and gas exploration

AJ Kondash, E Albright, A Vengosh - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The management and disposal of flowback and produced waters (FP water) is one of the
greatest challenges associated with unconventional oil and gas development. The …