Microplastics (MPs) have globally been detected in aquatic and marine environments, which
has raised scientific interests and public health concerns during the past decade. MPs are …

Wastewater quality is usually assessed using physical, chemical and microbiological tests,
which are not suitable for online monitoring, provide unreliable results, or use hazardous …

There is a need for an inexpensive, reliable and fast monitoring tool to detect contaminants
in a short time, for quick mitigation of pollution sources and site remediation, and for …

Climate change in the UK is expected to cause increases in temperatures, altered
precipitation patterns and more frequent and extreme weather events. In this review we …

Improved monitoring of potable water is essential if we are to achieve the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG6: to make clean water and sanitation …

The potential of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) in the aquaculture industry is
increasingly being acknowledged. Along with intensified application, the need to better …

Aquatic dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays an essential role in biogeochemical cycling
and transport of organic matter throughout the hydrological continuum. To characterise …

The intrinsic fluorescence of aquatic organic matter emitted at 350 nm when excited at 280
nm correlates widely with water quality parameters such as biochemical oxygen demand …

Enteric pathogens are typically inferred from the presence of surrogate indicator organisms
such as thermotolerant (faecal) coliforms (TTCs). The analysis of TTCs requires time …

In recent years, the application of fluorescence spectroscopy has been widely recognized in
water environment studies. The sensitiveness, simplicity, and efficiency of fluorescence …