Climate change impacts on wastewater infrastructure: A systematic review and typological adaptation strategy

J Li, X Li, H Liu, L Gao, W Wang, Z Wang, T Zhou… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater infrastructures play an indispensable role in society's functioning, human
production activities, and sanitation safety. However, climate change has posed a serious …

An evidence synthesis of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment: imbalances among compounds, sewage treatment techniques …

MF Meyer, SM Powers, SE Hampton - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) garner increasing attention globally
for both their usefulness as indicators of human waste and their potency as emerging …

[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 …

Organic pollution of rivers: Combined threats of urbanization, livestock farming and global climate change

Y Wen, G Schoups, N Van De Giesen - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Organic pollution of rivers by wastewater discharge from human activities negatively impacts
people and ecosystems. Without treatment, pollution control relies on a combination of …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting biochemical oxygen demand in European freshwater bodies

O Vigiak, B Grizzetti, A Udias-Moinelo, M Zanni… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) is an indicator of organic pollution in
freshwater bodies correlated to microbiological contamination. High BOD concentrations …

Do septic tank systems pose a hidden threat to water quality?

PJA Withers, P Jordan, L May… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecosystems are being degraded by anthropogenic pollution on a global scale.
Septic tank systems (STS), which are widely distributed in rural and peri‐urban areas, are …

Phosphorus loadings to the world's largest lakes: sources and trends

G Fink, J Alcamo, M Flörke… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Eutrophication is a major water quality issue in lakes worldwide and is principally caused by
the loadings of phosphorus from catchment areas. It follows that to develop strategies to …

[HTML][HTML] Nano silver and nano zinc-oxide in surface waters–Exposure estimation for Europe at high spatial and temporal resolution

E Dumont, AC Johnson, VDJ Keller, RJ Williams - Environmental pollution, 2015 - Elsevier
Nano silver and nano zinc-oxide monthly concentrations in surface waters across Europe
were modeled at∼ 6× 9 km spatial resolution. Nano-particle loadings from households to …

Map** multiple water pollutants across China using the grey water footprint

H Feng, F Sun, Y Liu, P Zeng, L Deng, Y Che - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The primary pollutants and pollution levels of surface water present spatial and temporal
changes. This study quantified the grey water footprint (GWF) and surface water pollution …

Responses of surface runoff to climate change and human activities in the arid region of Central Asia: a case study in the Tarim River Basin, China

C Xu, Y Chen, Y Chen, R Zhao, H Ding - Environmental Management, 2013 - Springer
Based on hydrological and climatic data and land use/cover change data covering the
period from 1957 to 2009, this paper investigates the hydrological responses to climate …