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Hao Liu, Jifei Ye, Mingyu Li and Heyan Gao
For laser ablation micropropulsion technology with metal as the target to increase the total impulse, the effective utilization and supply of a working medium is a crucial aspect. In this research, the ablation characteristics and propulsion performance ...
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K. Imasiku, E. Ntagwirumugara
The mining industry in Zambia is energy-intensive, with hydro energy providing the required energy. But other sources of energy may need to be added, because hydro energy is subject to good rain patterns, threatened by the spectre of climate change, as a...
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Virinder Sidhu, Dibyendu Sarkar and Rupali Datta
Copper mining in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the mid-19th century generated millions of tons of mining waste, called stamp sand, which was deposited into various offshoots of Lake Superior. The toxic stamp sand converted the area into barren, fall...
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Wei Peng and Rene V. Mayorga
This paper proposes a novel statistical approach for blending source waters in a public water distribution system to improve water quality (WQ) by minimizing the release of heavy metals (HMR). Normally, introducing a new source changes the original balan...
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Liseane Padilha Thives, Enedir Ghisi, Douglas Gherardt Brecht and Dario Menegasso Pires
The objective of this study is to assess the filtering capability of porous asphalt pavement models and the quality of rainwater filtered by such models. Three slabs of porous asphalt mixtures and two models composed of porous layers that resulted in por...
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Zakir Bekturganov, Kamshat Tussupova, Ronny Berndtsson, Nagima Sharapatova, Kapar Aryngazin and Maral Zhanasova
The present paper provides an extensive literature review on water related health issues in Central Asia. Even though the per capita amount of available freshwater is substantial in all Central Asian states the uneven distribution in time and space creat...
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Ding-Quan Ng and Yi-Pin Lin
In this pilot study, a modified sampling protocol was evaluated for the detection of lead contamination and locating the source of lead release in a simulated premise plumbing system with one-, three- and seven-day stagnation for a total period of 475 da...
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Roberta Bugeja and Claire Shoemake
This study evaluates the levels of aluminum (Al), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni) and zinc (Zn) in tap water samples of forty localities from around the Maltese Islands together with their corresponding service...
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Danilo López Hernández,Diego Sequera,Oswaldo Vallejo,Carmen Infante
Acidic rains, as a consequence of the high industrial and agricultural activities and loaded with pollutants including nutrients are characteristic of Northern Central Venezuela, a region dominated by sugar cane plantations. Canopies of forest and agricu...
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Ugo Bardi
The concept of recovering minerals from seawater has been proposed as a way of counteracting the gradual depletion of conventional mineral ores. Seawater contains large amounts of dissolved ions and the four most concentrated metal ones (Na, Mg, Ca, K) a...
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