Review of drivers and threats to coastal groundwater quality in China

D Han, MJ Currell - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
With rapid socio-economic development, China's coastal areas are among the fastest
growing and most economically dynamic regions in the world. Under the influence of climate …

Managed aquifer recharge implementation criteria to achieve water sustainability

S Alam, A Borthakur, S Ravi, M Gebremichael… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Depletion of groundwater is accelerated due to an increase in water demand for
applications in urbanized areas, agriculture sectors, and energy extraction, and dwindling …

Methodological advances to study contaminant biotransformation: new prospects for understanding and reducing environmental persistence?

K Fenner, M Elsner, T Lueders, MS McLachlan… - ACS Es&t …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Complex microbial communities in environmental systems play a key role in the
detoxification of chemical contaminants by transforming them into less active metabolites or …

Fate of trace organic compounds in the hyporheic zone: Influence of retardation, the benthic biolayer, and organic carbon

JL Schaper, M Posselt, C Bouchez… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
The fate of 28 trace organic compounds (TrOCs) was investigated in the hyporheic zone
(HZ) of an urban lowland river in Berlin, Germany. Water samples were collected hourly over …

The minus approach can redefine the standard of practice of drinking water treatment

E Reid, T Igou, Y Zhao, J Crittenden… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chlorine-based disinfection for drinking water treatment (DWT) was one of the 20th century's
great public health achievements, as it substantially reduced the risk of acute microbial …

Controls on distributions of sulphate, fluoride, and salinity in aquitard porewater from the North China Plain: Long-term implications for groundwater quality

D Han, MJ Currell, H Guo - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Groundwater interacts with porewater within clay-rich sequences. However, the effects of
aquitard porewater on groundwater quality are generally poorly understood. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Managed aquifer recharge as a potential pathway of contaminants of emerging concern into groundwater systems–A systematic review

T Mumberg, L Ahrens, P Wanner - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater is an often-overlooked resource, while its declining quantity and quality is of
global concern. To protect and ensure stable quantity and quality of groundwater systems …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring organic micropollutant biodegradation under dynamic substrate loading in rapid sand filters

J Wang, BAJ Poursat, J Feng, D de Ridder, C Zhang… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial removal of trace organic micropollutants (OMPs) from drinking water sources
remains challenging. Nitrifying and heterotrophic bacteria in rapid sand filters (RSFs) are …

Hyporheic exchange controls fate of trace organic compounds in an urban stream

JL Schaper, M Posselt, JL McCallum… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
First-order half-lives for 26 trace organic compounds (TrOCs) were determined in the
hyporheic zone (HZ) and along a 3 km reach of a first-order stream in South Australia during …

Variable persistence of artificial sweeteners during wastewater treatment: Implications for future use as tracers

DR Van Stempvoort, SJ Brown, J Spoelstra, D Garda… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
For more than a decade the artificial sweeteners acesulfame (ACE) and sucralose (SUC)
have been applied as tracers of the input of wastewater to environmental waters. Recently …