The impacts of nucleic acid-based methods-such as PCR and sequencing-to detect and
analyze indicators, genetic markers or molecular signatures of microbial faecal pollution in …

Urban streams can provide amenities to people living in cities, but those benefits are
reduced when streams become degraded, potentially even causing harm (disease, toxic …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) act as a point source of microplastics (MPs) to
freshwater ecosystems. Although MP abundance has been linked to high-density population …

Water quality monitoring is essential to safeguard human and environmental health. The
advent of next-generation sequencing techniques in recent years, which allow a more in …

Accurately predicting influent wastewater quality is vital for the efficient operation and
maintenance of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). This study evaluated three machine …

Fecal pollution of water bodies poses a serious threat for public health and ecosystems.
Microbial source tracking (MST) is used to track the source of this pollution facilitating better …

Despite advances in wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) efficiencies, multiple contaminants
of concern, such as microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances …

Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents alter water chemistry and in-stream nutrient
uptake rates of receiving freshwaters, thus changing the magnitude and fate of the nutrients …

In this work we aim to assess the impact of a WWTP effluent overland flow on properties and
nutrient concentrations of a riparian soil, in order to explore the potential of this practice as a …

In the context of global climate change, drought occurrence in streams of alpine origin is a
recent phenomenon, whose impact is still poorly investigated. In this study, we adopted a …