Abstract Pardo River (Brazil) is suffering from an important anthropogenic impact due to the
pressure of highly populated areas and the influence of sugarcane cultivation. The objective …

RESUMO O uso ea ocupação do solo alteram sensivelmente os processos físico-químicos e
biológicos dos sistemas naturais. Dessa forma, os mananciais de superfície são …

Human activities threaten the integrity of watersheds. We aimed to investigate the impact of
land use on water quality, adopting a multiscale approach. We collected water samples from …

Understanding the spatio-temporal variation and the potential source of water pollution
could greatly improve our knowledge of human impacts on the environment. In this work …

The aquatic systems responsible for water supply in the Brazilian Federal District (FD) have
been threatened by anthropogenic pressures, especially considering the expressive …

Abstract The concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, and Zn were determined in
breast milk of women living in Conceição das Alagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The potential …

Water demand, pollution, and climate change threaten water security in industrialized and
urbanized regions worldwide, especially in developing countries. Investments in massive …

Due to a lack of the related data, there were no simple water indexes available for indicating
water quality. Motivated by the fact that many lakes and reservoirs in Indonesia have been …

Located in the southeast of Brazil, the Pardo River Basin has a large population and an
economy focused on agriculture, with a strong predominance of the sugarcane agro …

Urbanization adjacent to rivers has increased in recent years and is considered a source of
environmental contamination. The resulting increase in number of urban rivers in highly …