Insight into urban river water quality using ecological risk assessment based on risk quotient

BK Karki, L Philip, K Karki, A Ghimire - Water Conservation Science and …, 2024 - Springer
The ecological integrity of urban rivers, especially in developing countries, has deteriorated
more recently due to anthropogenic activities. The holy Bagmati River (Kathmandu, Nepal) …

Review on applicability of constructed wetlands in the South Asian region focusing on roles of media, macrophytes, microbes, pre-treatment and post-treatment

BK Karki - Urban Water Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the utilization and advancements of constructed wetlands (CWs) in
South Asia (SA), focusing on their roles, costs, and efficacy enhancements through pre-and …

Unwinding the correlation between atmospheric pressure plasma jet operating parameters and variation in antibiotic wastewater characteristics

SAA Balkhi, SM Allabakshi, P Srikar, S Gomosta… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
The influence of plasma operating parameters such as gas medium, electrode distance,
applied voltage, gas flow rate, and their interdependency on reactive species generation …

Variability in excitation–emission spectra among wastewater treatment units and applications of fluorescence-based water quality monitoring

H Faizel, SAA Balkhi… - Water Quality Research …, 2024 - iwaponline.com
The study assessed the feasibility of fluorescence spectroscopy for characterizing the
wastewater of functional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) as a real-time monitoring …

Treatment of textile dyes in a photo-surface dielectric barrier discharge hybrid reactor: Unraveling the degradation mechanisms

SM Allabakshi, P Srikar, S Gomosta, RK Gangwar… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The study demonstrates the unprecedented ability of UV-C integrated surface dielectric
barrier discharge (photo-SDBD) in the rapid removal of azo (brilliant red X3B), direct (direct …

Urban wastewater management in Nepal: generation, treatment, engineering and policy perspectives

BK Karki, S Baniya, HL Kharel, MJ Angove… - H2Open …, 2024 - iwaponline.com
Rapid urbanization has caused a worldwide increase in the discharge of wastewater
effluent. Although Nepal has a noteworthy history of wastewater management, progress in …

Electrical discharge: A chemical-free advanced oxidation process for removing aqueous contaminants of emerging concern

SM Allabakshi, P Srikar, N Nippatlapalli - Innovative and Hybrid Advanced …, 2025 - Elsevier
Water resources and societal well-being are facing significant threats due to the increasing
use of organic pollutants such as dyes, pharmaceutical compounds, per-polyfluorinated …

Benthic Diatoms as indicators of water quality in Sharda (Kali), a Transboundary Himalayan River

S Naz, J Verma, AS Khan, S Dhyani, G Srivastava… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Bioassessment studies in river systems of India are rather scarce and most of the monitoring
programmes still rely on the traditional physical and chemical analysis. We explored the …

Bridging local initiative and global goals: Role of water treatment plant for localizing sustainable development goal 6, target 6.1

P Lamichhane, B Poudyal, S Paudel, P Khadka… - World Water … - Wiley Online Library
Ensuring access to safe and affordable drinking water universally is a principal target
incorporated in Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6). This study investigates the role of …