A review of water pollution arising from agriculture and mining activities in Central Asia: Facts, causes and effects

Y Liu, P Wang, B Gojenko, J Yu, L Wei, D Luo… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Central Asia is one of many regions worldwide that face severe water shortages;
nevertheless, water pollution in this region exacerbates the existing water stress and …

Global evaluation of heavy metal content in surface water bodies: A meta-analysis using heavy metal pollution indices and multivariate statistical analyses

V Kumar, RD Parihar, A Sharma, P Bakshi, GPS Sidhu… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Water is polluted by increasing activities of population and the necessity to provide them
with goods and services that use water as a vital resource. The contamination of water due …

A global meta-analysis of toxic metals in continental surface water bodies

A Kumar, V Kumar, S Pandita, S Singh… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The anthropogenic toxic metal dissemination in surface water resources is a major
ecological and public health concern at diverse scales, from the regional to the global scale …

Impact assessment of metal contamination in surface water of Sutlej River (India) on human health risks

R Setia, SS Dhaliwal, V Kumar, R Singh, SS Kukal… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sutlej river in Indian Punjab is getting contaminated by industrial waste,
sewage, and agricultural runoff. Most of the previous studies on metal contamination of …

COVID-19 and urban rivers: effects of lockdown period on surface water pollution and quality-a case study of the Zarjoub River, north of Iran

H Haghnazar, JA Cunningham, V Kumar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Due to the spreading of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran, restrictions and lockdown were
announced to control the infection. In order to determine the effects of the lockdown period …

Ecological risk assessment and source apportionment of heavy metals contamination: An appraisal based on the Tellus soil survey

A Keshavarzi, V Kumar, G Ertunç, EC Brevik - … Geochemistry and Health, 2021 - Springer
It is imperative to comprehend the level and spatial distribution of soil pollution with heavy
metals to find sustainable management approaches for affected soils. Selected heavy …

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on microbial and metals contaminations in a part of Thirumanimuthar River, South India: A comparative health hazard …

D Karunanidhi, P Aravinthasamy, T Subramani… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Twenty-two water samples from the Thirumanimuthar River course in southern India were
collected before COVID-19 lockdown and during COVID-19 lockdown periods and were …

Contributions of green spaces and isolated trees to landscape connectivity in an urban landscape

J Von Thaden, R Badillo-Montaño… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vegetation plays a fundamental role in conserving the biological diversity of urban areas.
From isolated trees to multi-hectare patches, green spaces are critical to species …

[HTML][HTML] Improving efficiency and sustainability of water-agriculture-energy nexus in a transboundary river basin under climate change: A double-sided stochastic …

YF Zhang, YP Li, GH Huang, XB Zhai, Y Ma - Agricultural Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a double-sided stochastic fractional programming (DSFP) method is developed
for identifying optimal water-allocation schemes of water-agriculture-energy nexus (WAEN) …

Assessment of seasonal variations and human health risks due to heavy metals in water, soils and food crops using multi-indices approach

SS Dhaliwal, R Setia, V Kumar, T Ghosh… - Environmental Earth …, 2021 - Springer
We collected water samples from contaminated Buddha Nullah drain in Ludhiana district of
Punjab (India) during pre-and post-monsoon seasons of the year 2017 and 2018. The soil …