Groundwater serves as the primary source of drinking water for nearly half of the world's
population. However, it is often contaminated with heavy metals, nitrates, fluorides …

This study presents a comparison among different-bottled drinking water commercially
available in Lahore Pakistan. For that, five locally produced drinking water brands and four …

Microorganisms in heavy metal bioremediation: strategies for applying microbial-community
engineering to remediate soils Page 1 AIMS Bioengineering, 3(2): 211-229. DOI: 10.3934/bioeng.2016.2.211 …

Abandoned historical gold mining wastes often exist as geographically extensive,
unremediated, and poorly contained deposits that contain elevated levels of As and other …

Often, metal and metalloid ions are present in water at concentrations that seriously affect
human health; understanding their occurrence is critical, especially in regions such as Peru …

Therapeutic use of spring waters has a recorded history dating back to at least 1550 BC and
includes both bathing in and drinking such waters for their healing properties. In Australia …

Spring water serves as a vital freshwater source for Himalayan mountain communities. In
order to determine the spring water quality, hydrogeochemical processes, and seasonal …

Determination of how geogenic arsenic (As) and vanadium (V) is mobilised from naturally-
enriched soils and iron (Fe) stones is integral for understanding the potential risk to the …

The Hasangazi chromite pit is an abandoned mine located to the east of the town of Pülümür
(Tunceli, Turkey). The surface water that circulates in the pit flows into the Pülümür stream …

Industrialization (industrial waste, paints, sewage discharge, and mining activities),
agricultural practices (agricultural runoff, insecticides, and pesticides), and natural sources …