Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future

BR Scanlon, S Fakhreddine, A Rateb… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Water is a critical resource, but ensuring its availability faces challenges from climate
extremes and human intervention. In this Review, we evaluate the current and historical …

Constructed wetlands for pollution control

H Wu, R Wang, P Yan, S Wu, Z Chen, Y Zhao… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Artificial wetlands are used in over 50 countries to sustainably treat wastewater. These
constructed wetlands (CWs) make use of natural biogeochemical and physical processes to …

Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes

MTH Van Vliet, J Thorslund, M Strokal… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change and extreme weather events (such as droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and
floods) pose serious challenges for water management, in terms of both water resources …

Various approaches for the detoxification of toxic dyes in wastewater

AKD Alsukaibi - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Use of dyes as well as colorants in industrial processes has extensively increased. Effluents
from various industries such as textile, paint, food, etc. are reported to have a diverse range …

Microalgae systems-environmental agents for wastewater treatment and further potential biomass valorisation

HM Amaro, EM Salgado, OC Nunes, JCM Pires… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water is the most valuable resource on the planet. However, massive anthropogenic
activities generate threatening levels of biological, organic, and inorganic pollutants that are …

[HTML][HTML] Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in domestic settings: a global analysis for selected adverse health outcomes

J Wolf, RB Johnston, A Ambelu, BF Arnold, R Bain… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Assessments of disease burden are important to inform national, regional, and
global strategies and to guide investment. We aimed to estimate the drinking water …

Microalgae-based wastewater treatment–microalgae-bacteria consortia, multi-omics approaches and algal stress response

D Nagarajan, DJ Lee, S Varjani, SS Lam… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable environmental management is one of the important aspects of sustainable
development goals. Increasing amounts of wastewaters (WW) from exponential economic …

Progress on microalgae cultivation in wastewater for bioremediation and circular bioeconomy

ADM Satya, WY Cheah, SK Yazdi, YS Cheng… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water usage increased alongside its competitiveness due to its finite amount. Yet, many
industries still rely on this finite resource thus recalling the need to recirculate their water for …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution and characteristics of wastewater treatment plants within the global river network

H Ehalt Macedo, B Lehner, J Nicell… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
The main objective of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is to remove pathogens,
nutrients, organics, and other pollutants from wastewater. After these contaminants are …

Utilizing river and wastewater as a SARS-CoV-2 surveillance tool in settings with limited formal sewage systems

KG Barnes, JI Levy, J Gauld, J Rigby… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted health systems globally and robust
surveillance has been critical for pandemic control, however not all countries can currently …