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Impact of supporting electrolyte on electrochemical performance of borophene-functionalized graphene sponge anode and degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Graphene sponge anode functionalized with two-dimensional (2D) boron, i.e., borophene, was applied for electrochemical oxidation of C4-C8 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Borophene-doped graphene sponge ...
Modeling dissolved and particulate organic carbon dynamics at basin and sub-basin scales
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) play a fundamental role in biogeochemical cycles of freshwater ecosystems. However, the lack of readily available distributed models for carbon export has ...
Improved Recovery of Overloaded Anaerobic Batch Reactors by Graphene Oxide
Anaerobic digestion reactors may suffer from acidification when overloading occurs. Carbon-based materials are amended to mitigate the souring effects of excessive loading. This study aims to test if graphene oxide (GO) ...
Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scale
Ecosystem services provide multiple benefits to human wellbeing and are increasingly considered by policy-makers in environmental management. However, the uncertainty related with the monetary valuation of these benefits ...
Reusing wastewater to cope with water scarcity: Economic, social and environmental considerations for decision-making
Wastewater reuse has been recognized as an encouraging solution to cope with the problem of water scarcity around the globe. Adopting Integrated Water Resources Management principles will ensure that the implementation of ...
Local and regional drivers of headwater streams metabolism: Insights from the first AIL collaborative project
Local and regional drivers of headwater streams metabolism: Insights from the first AIL collaborative project 68 Pastor et al. Streams play a key role in the global biogeochemical cycles, processing material from adjacent ...
The Complex Interplay Between Antibiotic Resistance and Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Environment
Antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes are important environmental contaminants. Nonetheless, what drives the evolution, spread and transmission of antibiotic resistance dissemination is still poorly ...
Global Heat Uptake by Inland Waters
Heat uptake is a key variable for understanding the Earth system response to greenhouse gas forcing. Despite the importance of this heat budget, heat uptake by inland waters has so far not been quantified. Here we use a ...
Characterizing changes of dissolved organic matter composition with the use of distinct feeds in recirculating aquaculture systems via high-resolution mass spectrometry
Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are a new alternative to traditional aquaculture approaches, allowing full control over the fish production conditions, while reducing the water demand. The reduction of water exchange ...
Zooming in to the neighborhood level: A year-long wastewater-based epidemiology monitoring campaign for COVID-19 in small intraurban catchments
In recent years, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as a valuable and cost-effective tool for monitoring the prevalence of COVID-19. Large-scale monitoring efforts have been implemented in numerous countries, ...
Internal exposure dynamics drive the Adverse Outcome Pathways of synthetic glucocorticoids in fish
The Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) framework represents a valuable conceptual tool to systematically integrate existing toxicological knowledge from a mechanistic perspective to facilitate predictions of chemical-induced ...
Non-target and suspect screening strategies for electrodialytic soil remediation evaluation: Assessing changes in the molecular fingerprints and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)
Contamination of soils with organic pollutants is an increasing global problem, so novel soil remediation techniques are urgently needed. One such technique is electrokinetic remediation, in which an electric field is ...
Combining an effect-based methodology with chemical analysis for antibiotics determination in wastewater and receiving freshwater and marine environment
Two different methodologies were combined to evaluate the risks that antibiotics can pose in the environment; i) an effect-based methodology based on microbial growth inhibition and ii) an analytical method based on ...
Characterization of organic matter by HRMS in surface waters: Effects of chlorination on molecular fingerprints and correlation with DBP formation potential
In order to understand and minimize the formation of halogenated disinfection by-products (DBPs), it is important to investigate how dissolved organic matter (DOM) contributes to their generation. In the present study, we ...
Synthetic organic compounds and their transformation products in groundwater: Occurrence, fate and mitigation
Groundwater constitutes the main source of public drinking water supply in many regions. Thus, the contamination of groundwater resources by organic chemicals is a matter of growing concern because of its potential effects ...
A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants
The World Health Organization Global Action Plan recommends integrated surveillance programs as crucial strategies for monitoring antibiotic resistance. Although several national surveillance programs are in place for ...
Antimicrobial Resistance and Bacteriophages: An Overlooked Intersection in Water Disinfection
This article focuses on how bacteriophages (phages), antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs), and disinfection practices intersect. Phages are considered to be the most abundant biological entities on Earth and they have the ...
Assessment of online monitoring strategies for measuring N2O emissions from full-scale wastewater treatment systems
Clark-Type nitrous oxide (N 2 O) sensors are routinely used to measure dissolved N 2 O concentrations in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), but have never before been applied to assess gas-phase N 2 O emissions in ...
Graphene oxide addition to anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: Impact on methane production and removal of emerging contaminants
The effect of graphene oxide on the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge was investigated at two graphene oxide concentrations (0.025 and 0.075 g graphene oxide per g volatile solids) using biochemical methane ...
Drivers of variability in disinfection by-product formation potential in a chain of thermally stratified drinking water reservoirs
Eutrophication, run-off and wastewater inputs to lakes have been identified as significant sources of disinfection by-product (DBPs) precursors, which are suspected carcinogens, in chlor(am)inated water. However, studies ...
