Water quality

This study focuses on the water quality assessment (feed, product and brine) of the pilot adsorption desalination (AD) plant. Seawater from the Red Sea is used as feed to the AD plant. Water quality tests are evaluated by complying the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards with major prima

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Urban slum communities throughout the Indian subcontinent face critical challenges including inadequate access to safe water and environmental degradation, resulting in significant public health impacts. A research collaboration between Queen’s University and the Indian Institute of Technology (Madr

The largest environmental challenge that Jordan faces today is the scarcity of water. Current water use already exceeds renewable supply. Many methods have been suggested to increase the sources of water supply; one alternative source is rainwater harvesting. Rainfall harvesting from rural/urban cat

The application of chitosan as the coagulant/flocculant in a microfiltration process of natural water has been evaluated. In order to study fouling effects, variations in permeation velocity of demineralized water were measured at the beginning and at the end of each microfiltration experiment. Expe

The aim of this research is to define a new Macrophyte Index relevant in the context of the Po Valley. The application of biotic indexes, as the macrophyte ones, is required by both the Italian and the European law to provide an adequate classification of freshwaters, in association with physical–ch

In this study, the performance of a combined subsurface vertical and horizontal flow constructed wetlands system, designed for rural domestic wastewaters treatment and with theoretical hydraulic retention time of 2 d and 3.6 d, respectively, was investigated. Several water quality parameters includi

Wetlands have gained greater attention in the last two decades, since they have an important impact on water supply and water quality control. Treatment wetlands have recently been used as a best management practice to decrease the storm water runoff peaks and to improve storm water runoff water qua

The Alqueva dam, constructed in the Portuguese section of the Guadiana River, is the centre of a multipurpose project under development in Alentejo, Portugal, which includes strategic water storage, hydropower production, irrigation and urban water supply. Aiming to adequately evaluate nutrient cont

The problem of water pollution from small livestock producers (non-concentrated animal feeding operations) could be addressed through water quality regulations that apply to additional livestock producers. However, in adopting modified federal water quality regulations, the costs of mandatory contro