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Muhammad Umer Masood, Muhammad Rashid, Saif Haider, Iram Naz, Chaitanya B. Pande, Salim Heddam, Fahad Alshehri, Ismail Elkhrachy, Amimul Ahsan and Saad Sh. Sammen
Groundwater is an important source of freshwater. At the same time, anthropogenic activities, in particular, industrialization, urbanization, population growth, and excessive application of fertilizers, are some of the major reasons for groundwater quali...
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Laura Ducci, Pietro Rizzo, Riccardo Pinardi, Augusto Solfrini, Alessandro Maggiali, Mattia Pizzati, Fabrizio Balsamo and Fulvio Celico
Urban areas exercise numerous and strong pressures on water bodies, implying that different external anthropogenic factors also stress groundwater. Sewerage networks play an important role, being the place of wastewater flow. When sewerage deterioration ...
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Betsy S. Ramos-Pacheco, David Choque-Quispe, Carlos A. Ligarda-Samanez, Aydeé M. Solano-Reynoso, Yudith Choque-Quispe, John Peter Aguirre Landa, Henrry W. Agreda Cerna, Henry Palomino-Rincón, Fredy Taipe-Pardo, Miluska M. Zamalloa-Puma, Lourdes Magaly Zamalloa-Puma, Edwin Mescco Cáceres, Liliana A. Sumarriva-Bustinza and Katia Choque-Quispe
Pollution indexes are instruments that allow a quick interpretation of water quality, combining physical, chemical, and microbiological parameters to generate a numerical value. Our aim was to evaluate spatial and temporal-spatial water quality and propo...
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Xiaojie Wang, Qian Zhang, Nan Shan and Hongyan Guo
Heavy metal pollution in agricultural fields is a serious health concern because of the high bioavailability and persistent toxicity of heavy metals. Much progress has recently been made with respect to elucidating the impacts of climate change (e.g., el...
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José Teodoro Silva-García, Gustavo Cruz-Cárdenas, Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada, Salvador Ochoa-Estrada, Fabián Villalpando-Barragán, Luis Fernando Ceja-Torres, Rebeca Flores-Magallón, Miriam Arroyo-Damián, Francisco Estrada-Godoy and Dioselina Álvarez-Bernal
A methodology is proposed aimed at defining an integral index of water quality in surface waters that incorporates the information for five variables currently used to independently measure the condition of water in the Cupatítzio River, Michoacán. The v...
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Elena Manini, Elisa Baldrighi, Fabio Ricci, Federica Grilli, Donato Giovannelli, Michele Intoccia, Silvia Casabianca, Samuela Capellacci, Nadia Marinchel, Pierluigi Penna, Fabrizio Moro, Alessandra Campanelli, Angelina Cordone, Monica Correggia, Deborah Bastoni, Luigi Bolognini, Mauro Marini and Antonella Penna
More than 80% of wastewaters are discharged into rivers or seas, with a negative impact on water quality along the coast due to the presence of potential pathogens of faecal origin. Escherichia coli and enterococci are important indicators to assess, mon...
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Solid waste management in developing cities is a threat to water and food security. The final disposal option for solid wastes is usually landfill sites. Possible contaminants and their impact on surface and groundwater, and soil quality, at the northern...
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Coulibaly Naga, Coulibaly Talnan Jean Honoré, Ochou Abé Delfin, Yapo Ossey Bernard, Zabi Soko Guillaume, Aclohou Henoc Sosthène, Ziyanda Mpakama and Savané Issiaka
For decades, the Ébrié Lagoon in Côte d?Ivoire has been the receptacle of wastewater effluent and household waste transported by runoff water. This work assesses the spatio-temporal variability of the Ébrié lagoon water quality at the city of Abidjan. Th...
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Kiran Kumar Vadde, Jianjun Wang, Long Cao, Tianma Yuan, Alan J. McCarthy and Raju Sekar
Taihu Lake is the third largest freshwater lake in China and serves as a drinking water source for ~30 million residents. Tiaoxi River is one of the main rivers connected to this lake and contributes >60% of the source water. Taihu Lake has been facing v...
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Jagadish Timsina
Meeting global demand of safe and healthy food for the ever-increasing population now and into the future is currently a crucial challenge. Increasing crop production by preserving environment and mitigating climate change should thus be the main goal of...
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