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Cyanobacterial blooms Open
Cyanobacteria can form dense and sometimes toxic blooms in freshwater and marine environments, which threaten ecosystem functioning and degrade water quality for recreation, drinking water, fisheries and human health. Here, we review evide…
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Guide to best practices for ocean CO2 measurement. Open
CHAP 1 - Introduction to the Guide
CHAP 2 - Solution chemistry of carbon dioxide in sea water
CHAP 3 - Quality assurance
CHAP 4 - Recommended standard operating procedures (SOPs)
SOP 1 - Water sampling for the parameters of the oce…
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Water Quality Assessment in Terms of Water Quality Index Open
Water quality index (WQI) is valuable and unique rating to depict the overall water quality status in a single term that is helpful for the selection of appropriate treatment technique to meet the concerned issues. However, WQI depicts the…
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Various Natural and Anthropogenic Factors Responsible for Water Quality Degradation: A Review Open
Recognition of sustainability issues around water resource consumption is gaining traction under global warming and land utilization complexities. These concerns increase the challenge of gaining an appropriate comprehension of the anthrop…
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A review of water quality index models and their use for assessing surface water quality Open
The water quality index (WQI) model is a popular tool for evaluating surface water quality. It uses aggregation techniques that allow conversion of extensive water quality data into a single value or index. Globally, the WQI model has been…
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A Comprehensive Review on Water Quality Parameters Estimation Using Remote Sensing Techniques Open
Remotely sensed data can reinforce the abilities of water resources researchers and decision makers to monitor waterbodies more effectively. Remote sensing techniques have been widely used to measure the qualitative parameters of waterbodi…
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Surveillance for Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water — United States, 2013–2014 Open
Provision of safe water in the United States is vital to protecting public health (1). Public health agencies in the U.S. states and territories* report information on waterborne disease outbreaks to CDC through the National Outbreak Repor…
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Impacts of urbanisation on hydrological and water quality dynamics, and urban water management: a review Open
As urban space continues to expand to accommodate a growing global population, there remains a real need to quantify and qualify the impacts of urban space on natural processes. The expansion of global urban areas has resulted in marked al…
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Global water shortage and potable water safety; Today’s concern and tomorrow’s crisis Open
Climate change, severe droughts, population growth, demand increase, and poor management during the recent decades have further stressed the scarce freshwater resources worldwide and resulted in severe water shortages in many regions. The …
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Total concentrations and sources of heavy metal pollution in global river and lake water bodies from 1972 to 2017 Open
This study collected past sampling data on total concentrations of 12 heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cr, Hg, Zn, Cu, Ni, Al, Fe, Mn, As, and Co) in surface water bodies, i.e., 168 rivers and 71 lakes, from 1972 to 2017. The intent was to investigat…
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Removal of pesticides from water and wastewater: Chemical, physical and biological treatment approaches Open
The levels of pesticides in water have increased due to their excessive use in the modern agricultural domain. Choosing a suitable water treatment method for pesticide removal depends on the type of pesticide and the efficacy of the treatm…
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Nitrogen, phosphorus, and eutrophication in streams Open
Flowing waters receive substantial nutrient inputs, including both nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), in many parts of the world. Eutrophication science for rivers and streams has unfortunately lagged behind that for lakes, and results from …
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Pesticides in Drinking Water—A Review Open
The ubiquitous problem of pesticide in aquatic environment are receiving worldwide concern as pesticide tends to accumulate in the body of the aquatic organism and sediment soil, posing health risks to the human. Many pesticide formulation…
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Are harmful algal blooms becoming the greatest inland water quality threat to public health and aquatic ecosystems? Open
In this Focus article, the authors ask a seemingly simple question: Are harmful algal blooms (HABs) becoming the greatest inland water quality threat to public health and aquatic ecosystems? When HAB events require restrictions on fisherie…
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Preliminary assessment of heavy metals in water and sediment of Karnaphuli River, Bangladesh Open
Contamination of heavy metals in sediment is regarded as a global crisis with a large share in developing countries like Bangladesh. Four heavy metals such as arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in sediments and water w…
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Health and environmental effects of heavy metals Open
Seafood safety is a critical requirement for sustained global quantitative and qualitative development. In recent years, unintended poisons have damaged human health and food quality. Heavy metals (HMs) distribution, speciation, bioaccumul…
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Waterborne Pathogens: Detection Methods and Challenges Open
Waterborne pathogens and related diseases are a major public health concern worldwide, not only by the morbidity and mortality that they cause, but by the high cost that represents their prevention and treatment. These diseases are directl…
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First Experiences in Mapping Lake Water Quality Parameters with Sentinel-2 MSI Imagery Open
The importance of lakes and reservoirs leads to the high need for monitoring lake water quality both at local and global scales. The aim of the study was to test suitability of Sentinel-2 Multispectral Imager’s (MSI) data for mapping diffe…
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Assessment of the sources and inflow processes of microplastics in the river environments of Japan Open
The numerical and mass concentrations of microplastics collected at 36 sites on the surfaces of 29 Japanese rivers were mapped and compared with four basin characteristics (basin area, population density, and urban and agricultural ratios)…
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Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity Open
Livestock production systems currently occupy around 28% of the land surface of the European Union (equivalent to 65% of the agricultural land). In conjunction with other human activities, livestock production systems affect water, air and…
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Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea Open
Interventions that address the microbial contamination of water at the point-of-use may be important interim measures to improve drinking water quality until homes can be reached with safe, reliable, piped-in water connections. The average…
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Drinking Water Quality Status and Contamination in Pakistan Open
Due to alarming increase in population and rapid industrialization, drinking water quality is being deteriorated day by day in Pakistan. This review sums up the outcomes of various research studies conducted for drinking water quality stat…
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Global water scarcity including surface water quality and expansions of clean water technologies Open
Water scarcity threatens people in various regions, and has predominantly been studied from a water quantity perspective only. Here we show that global water scarcity is driven by both water quantity and water quality issues, and quantify …
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Plastic debris in rivers Open
Plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems is an emerging environmental risk, as it may negatively impacts ecology, endangers aquatic species, and causes economic damage. Rivers are known to play a crucial role in transporting land‐based plas…
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Legacy nitrogen may prevent achievement of water quality goals in the Gulf of Mexico Open
Haunted by the past Reducing the extent of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico will not be as easy as reducing agricultural nitrogen use. Van Meter et al. report that so much nitrogen from runoff has accumulated in the Mississippi River basin th…
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Impact of soil erosion and degradation on water quality: a review Open
Severe soil erosion challenges exist in China as a result of long-term human related activities and its erosion-prone land forms and climate. Anthropogenic forces that alter the physical landscape cause substantial soil erosion which have …
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Contrasting nitrogen and phosphorus budgets in urban watersheds and implications for managing urban water pollution Open
Significance Urban waters remain widely impaired by excess nutrients, despite substantial management efforts. We present a comparison of urban watershed nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) budgets. Household actions of lawn fertilization and p…
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Water Supply and Water Scarcity Open
This paper provides an overview of the Special Issue on water supply and water scarcity. The papers selected for publication include review papers on water history, on water management issues under water scarcity regimes, on rainwater harv…
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Efficient Water Quality Prediction Using Supervised Machine Learning Open
Water makes up about 70% of the earth’s surface and is one of the most important sources vital to sustaining life. Rapid urbanization and industrialization have led to a deterioration of water quality at an alarming rate, resulting in harr…
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Fresh Water availability and Its Global challenge Open
Water is prime natural resources fulfilling our needs in a precisious assets.we must acts to preserve and utilize every drop of water.water resources can be assessed on the basis of surface and subsurface water bodies.Climate change impact…