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View article: Overlooked considerations in prescribing green and blue infrastructure solutions for urban environments
Overlooked considerations in prescribing green and blue infrastructure solutions for urban environments Open
Green and blue infrastructure (GBI) is emerging as a key strategy for climate adaptation and urban resilience, yet its implementation often faces critical contextual barriers. This review initially screened over 29,000 publications, ultima…
View article: Life cycle assessment of nutrient recovery strategies from domestic wastewaters to quantify environmental performance and identification of trade-offs
Life cycle assessment of nutrient recovery strategies from domestic wastewaters to quantify environmental performance and identification of trade-offs Open
Increase in anthropogenic activities proliferated the consumption of resources such as phosphorus; and increase the adverse environmental impacts especially eutrophication on water resources such as lakes. Nutrient recovery from domestic w…
View article: Life cycle assessment of nutrient recovery from domestic wastewaters for sustainability of water resources and environmental benefits
Life cycle assessment of nutrient recovery from domestic wastewaters for sustainability of water resources and environmental benefits Open
Increase in anthropogenic activities proliferated the consumption of resources such as phosphorus; and increase the adverse environmental impacts especially eutrophication on water resources such as lakes. Nutrient recovery from domestic w…
View article: Resource-Oriented Sanitation: On-Farm Septage Treatment and Nutrient Recycling for Sustainable Agriculture in the Philippines
Resource-Oriented Sanitation: On-Farm Septage Treatment and Nutrient Recycling for Sustainable Agriculture in the Philippines Open
Nutrient recovery technologies have been constantly developed and optimised to address challenges in water and wastewater management, sanitation, and agri-food systems, while promoting sustainable management of resources and circular phosp…
View article: Resource-Oriented Sanitation: On-Farm Septage Treatment and Nutrient Recycling for Sustainable Agriculture in the Philippine
Resource-Oriented Sanitation: On-Farm Septage Treatment and Nutrient Recycling for Sustainable Agriculture in the Philippine Open
Nutrient recovery technologies have been constantly developed and optimised to address challenges in water and wastewater management, sanitation, and agri-food systems, while promoting sustainable management of resources, and circular phos…
View article: ICRED: A multi-stakeholder approach for assessing the resilience to disaster of small island communities
ICRED: A multi-stakeholder approach for assessing the resilience to disaster of small island communities Open
Despite the ongoing challenge of the operationalization of the concept of resilience, it has become a significant global political agenda. However, the lack of integration among the sectors involved – academia, politicians, civil soc…
View article: A review of the impact of conductive materials on antibiotic resistance genes during the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge and animal manure
A review of the impact of conductive materials on antibiotic resistance genes during the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge and animal manure Open
The urgent need to reduce the environmental burden of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) has become even more apparent as concerted efforts are made globally to tackle the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance. Concerning levels of ARG…
View article: A Case Study of Delayed Action PIR Urinal-Controls in a University Setting and Their Impact before, during and after COVID-19
A Case Study of Delayed Action PIR Urinal-Controls in a University Setting and Their Impact before, during and after COVID-19 Open
This study looks at the application of delayed action Passive Infrared (PIR) sensors in the control of water use for urinal flushing. In this we briefly review the literature on urinal controls before reviewing four different approaches to…
View article: A Case Study of Delayed Action PIR Urinal-Controls in a University Setting and Their Impact Before, During, and After Covid-19
A Case Study of Delayed Action PIR Urinal-Controls in a University Setting and Their Impact Before, During, and After Covid-19 Open
This study looks at the application of delayed action Passive InfraRed (PIR) sensors in the control of water use for urinal flushing. In this we briefly review the literature on urinal controls before reviewing four different approaches to…
View article: Nutrient Recycling from Septage Toward a Green Circular Bioeconomy: A Case Study in Salikneta Farm, Philippines
Nutrient Recycling from Septage Toward a Green Circular Bioeconomy: A Case Study in Salikneta Farm, Philippines Open
Understanding the resources nexus such as food, energy, water, and land will play a crucial role in our progress towards sustainability and resilience. For example, food production is the main driver behind the excessive global use of mine…
View article: Whose resilience matters? A socio-ecological systems approach to defining and assessing disaster resilience for small islands
Whose resilience matters? A socio-ecological systems approach to defining and assessing disaster resilience for small islands Open
Resilience is a multi-faceted concept that traces its evolution based on the field of discipline wherein it was used. Various researchers have defined the term throughout the years according to their own expertise. This has impacted the de…
View article: Practitioners’ Participatory Development of Indicators for Island Community Resilience to Disasters
Practitioners’ Participatory Development of Indicators for Island Community Resilience to Disasters Open
Despite the existence of a wide range of literature on indicators of disaster resilience in various geographical contexts that have been developed by different agencies and academia, not much has been done to include the insights of practi…
View article: Simulated Modelling, Design, and Performance Evaluation of a Pilot-Scale Trickling Filter System for Removal of Carbonaceous Pollutants from Domestic Wastewater
Simulated Modelling, Design, and Performance Evaluation of a Pilot-Scale Trickling Filter System for Removal of Carbonaceous Pollutants from Domestic Wastewater Open
The aim of the present study is to assess the wastewater treatment efficiency of a low-cost pilot-scale trickling filter (TF) system under a prevailing temperature range of 12 °C–38 °C. Operational data (both influent and effluent) for 330…
View article: Designing a Sustainability Assessment Framework for Selecting Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies in Corporate Asset Decisions
Designing a Sustainability Assessment Framework for Selecting Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies in Corporate Asset Decisions Open
There is a growing demand for an integrated assessment to identify and select asset management options based on sustainability in the wastewater industry. However, water companies are often not equipped with a rigorous methodology and suff…
View article: Tertiary treatment of real abattoir wastewater using combined acoustic cavitation and ozonation
Tertiary treatment of real abattoir wastewater using combined acoustic cavitation and ozonation Open
This work reports the influence of ultrasound alone and combined with ozone for the treatment of real abattoir wastewater. Three different frequencies were studied(44, 300 and 1000 kHz) at an applied power of 40 W. The injected ozone dose …
View article: Potential of suspended growth biological processes for mixed wastewater reclamation and reuse in agriculture: challenges and opportunities
Potential of suspended growth biological processes for mixed wastewater reclamation and reuse in agriculture: challenges and opportunities Open
Pollution and increasing water demand, especially for agriculture, put severe stress on freshwater sources, and as a result, there is progressive deficit in the global water supply and severe water scarcity is projected in the coming decad…
View article: A review on advanced physico-chemical and biological textile dye wastewater treatment techniques
A review on advanced physico-chemical and biological textile dye wastewater treatment techniques Open
The utilization of dyes in textile industries has enormously increased in recent years and has created several environmental problems. Currently, several methods are in practice to treat wastewaters. Effective and efficient treatment techn…
View article: Chemical composition and source characterization of PM<sub>10</sub> in urban areas of Lahore, Pakistan
Chemical composition and source characterization of PM<sub>10</sub> in urban areas of Lahore, Pakistan Open
This study aims to assess the physicochemical characteristics of the particulate matter ≤10 µm (PM 10 ) at both congested and non-congested areas of Lahore, the second-largest city of Pakistan. PM 10 samples from 10 urban sites in Lahore w…
View article: Modelling and optimization studies on decolorization of brilliant green dye using integrated nanofiltration and photocatalysis
Modelling and optimization studies on decolorization of brilliant green dye using integrated nanofiltration and photocatalysis Open
The current work explores the treatment of dye wastewater using the combination of photocatalysis and ceramic nanofiltration process. Commercial ceramic membrane and titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) photocatalyst were used in this study to invest…
View article: Integrated life cycle assessment-analytic hierarchy process (LCA-AHP) with sensitivity analysis of phosphorus recovery from wastewater in Metro Manila
Integrated life cycle assessment-analytic hierarchy process (LCA-AHP) with sensitivity analysis of phosphorus recovery from wastewater in Metro Manila Open
The adverse environmental impact caused by eutrophication has recently prompted the Philippine government to issue stringent regulatory standards for wastewater effluent quality. The involved stakeholders and industries are assessing the i…
View article: Phosphorus recovery from septage treatment plant sludge by struvite formation with alkaline hydrolysis as pre-treatment
Phosphorus recovery from septage treatment plant sludge by struvite formation with alkaline hydrolysis as pre-treatment Open
Insufficiency of phosphorus due to the limited availability of phosphate rocks is predicted within the next decades. Phosphorus recovery from wastewater sludge was found to be one of the possible alternative sources of phosphorus. Moreover…
View article: Development and application of novel bio-magnetic membrane capsules for the removal of the cationic dye malachite green in wastewater treatment
Development and application of novel bio-magnetic membrane capsules for the removal of the cationic dye malachite green in wastewater treatment Open
Novel bio-magnetic membrane capsules were prepared by a simple two-step titration-gel cross-linking method using a polyvinyl alcohol and sodium alginate matrix to control the disintegration of phytogenic magnetic nanoparticles in aqueous m…
View article: Phosphorus recovery from wastewater and sludge
Phosphorus recovery from wastewater and sludge Open
Wastewater and sludge are potential resource of phosphorus (P) for fertilizer production. One method of recovering phosphorus is via chemical precipitation. In the study, phosphorus was recovered from wastewater and sludge. First, hydrolys…
View article: Appraisal of Cu(<scp>ii</scp>) adsorption by graphene oxide and its modelling <i>via</i> artificial neural network
Appraisal of Cu(<span>ii</span>) adsorption by graphene oxide and its modelling <i>via</i> artificial neural network Open
Graphene oxide (GO), as an emerging material, exhibits extraordinary performance in terms of water treatment.
View article: Life Cycle Assessment of a Retrofit Wastewater Nutrient Recovery System in Metro Manila
Life Cycle Assessment of a Retrofit Wastewater Nutrient Recovery System in Metro Manila Open
The increase in water pollution from nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen has prompted the Philippine government to issue stringent regulatory standards for wastewater effluent quality. Hence, two alternatives are being proposed to be in…