[HTML][HTML] Is water quality in British rivers “better than at any time since the end of the Industrial Revolution”?

MJ Whelan, C Linstead, F Worrall, SJ Ormerod… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
We explore the oft-repeated claim that river water quality in Great Britain is “better now than
at any time since the Industrial Revolution”. We review available data and ancillary evidence …

Bathing water quality monitoring practices in Europe and the United States

A Tiwari, DM Oliver, A Bivins, SP Sherchan… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many countries including EU Member States (EUMS) and the United States (US) regularly
monitor the microbial quality of bathing water to protect public health. This study …

A framework based on multivariate distribution-based virtual sample generation and DNN for predicting water quality with small data

A El Bilali, H Lamane, A Taleb, A Nafii - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Deep Neural Network (DNN) is a powerful tool for predicting and monitoring water
quality. However, its application is only limited to well-monitored zones where the availability …

Fate and transport modelling for evaluating antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments: Current knowledge and research priorities

M Jampani, J Mateo-Sagasta, A Chandrasekar… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotics have revolutionised medicine in the last century and enabled the prevention of
bacterial infections that were previously deemed untreatable. However, in parallel, bacteria …

Modeling fate and transport of fecally-derived microorganisms at the watershed scale: State of the science and future opportunities

KH Cho, YA Pachepsky, DM Oliver, RW Muirhead… - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Natural waters serve as habitat for a wide range of microorganisms, a proportion of which
may be derived from fecal material. A number of watershed models have been developed to …

Self-reported benefits and risks of open water swimming to health, wellbeing and the environment: Cross-sectional evidence from a survey of Scottish swimmers

DM Oliver, CW McDougall, T Robertson, B Grant… - Plos One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Engaging with natural environments benefits human health by providing opportunities for
social interactions, enhancing mental wellbeing and enabling outdoor spaces for physical …

[HTML][HTML] Rainfall-driven E. coli transfer to the stream-conduit network observed through increasing spatial scales in mixed land-use paddy farming karst terrain

SJ Buckerfield, RS Quilliam, S Waldron, LA Naylor… - Water Research X, 2019 - Elsevier
Karst aquifers have distinctive hydrology and supply 25% of the world's population with
drinking water, making them a critical geological setting for understanding and managing …

[HTML][HTML] Stakeholder perspectives on the importance of water quality and other constraints for sustainable mariculture

AR Brown, J Webber, S Zonneveld, D Carless… - … Science & Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Aquaculture, including marine aquaculture (mariculture), is the fastest growing food
production sector globally and is expected to play a key role in delivering future food …

Potential development of Irish agricultural sustainability indicators for current and future policy evaluation needs

J Lynch, T Donnellan, JA Finn, E Dillon… - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
There is a significant and detailed range of sustainability indicators for Irish agri-food
production, but there remain areas where further indicator development or new indicators …

Quantifying contaminant losses to water from pastoral landuses in New Zealand II. The effects of some farm mitigation actions over the past two decades

R Monaghan, A Manderson, L Basher… - New Zealand Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In New Zealand the primary sector together with central and local government
agencies have been promoting measures to mitigate the adverse effect of farming practices …