International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
21(11), P. 1444 - 1444
Published: Oct. 30, 2024
There
is
a
lack
of
groundwater
quality
monitoring,
especially
in
developing
countries
like
South
Africa.
This
study
aimed
to
evaluate
borehole
water
quality.
Groundwater
was
analysed
for
pH,
dissolved
oxygen
(DO),
temperature,
electrical
conductivity
(EC),
total
solids
(TDSs),
turbidity,
chemical
demand
(COD),
nitrogen
(N),
sulphate
(SO
Water Science & Technology Water Supply,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
24(3), P. 812 - 834
Published: Feb. 10, 2024
Abstract
Rainwater
harvesting
(RWH)
is
principally
based
on
collecting,
storing,
and
using
rainfall
which
would
otherwise
be
lost
as
surface
runoff.
Runoff
threatens
in
several
ways:
accelerating
erosion,
intensifying
flooding,
reducing
groundwater
recharge.
Therefore,
purposely
retaining
the
urban
water
cycle
rather
than
draining
has
positive
impacts
designing
sustainable
cities.
This
work
presents
a
proposal
how
to
avoid
flooding
cities
by
systematically
harvesting,
storing
rainwater,
it
for
multiple
purposes.
The
concept
of
RWH
presented
here
potential
radical
innovation
solve
social,
economic,
environmental
challenges
associated
with
flash
flooding.
Each
residence
regarded
production
unit.
Depending
climatic
conditions,
people
can
meet
their
needs
local
household
basis,
or
alternatively
use
piped
complement.
By
infiltrating
locally
recharged
downstream
wells
are
more
productive.
implementation
this
idea
involves
entrepreneurial
agency
that
existing
structures,
adapting
them.
Clearly,
social
entrepreneurship
expected
catalyse
realization
innovation,
also
rural
areas.
It
about
mobilizing
ideas,
capacities,
resources
create
transformation.
Environmental Pollution,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
351, P. 124045 - 124045
Published: April 25, 2024
In
the
face
of
emerging
and
re-emerging
diseases,
novel
innovative
approaches
to
population
scale
surveillance
are
necessary
for
early
detection
quantification
pathogens.
The
last
decade
has
seen
rapid
development
wastewater
environmental
(WES)
address
public
health
challenges,
which
led
establishment
wastewater-based
epidemiology
(WBE)
being
deployed
monitor
a
range
hazards.
WBE
exploits
fact
that
excretions
secretions
from
urine,
gut
discharged
in
wastewater,
particularly
sewage,
such
sampling
sewage
systems
provides
an
warning
system
disease
outbreaks
by
providing
indication
pathogen
circulation.
While
been
mainly
used
locations
with
networked
systems,
here
we
consider
its
value
less
connected
populations
typical
lower-income
settings,
assess
opportunity
afforded
pit
latrines
sample
communities
localities.
We
propose
where
struggle
access
diagnostic
facilities,
despite
several
additional
unconnected
remains
important
means
large
relatively
cost-effective
manner.
Environmental Pollution,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
350, P. 123894 - 123894
Published: April 8, 2024
Antibiotic
resistance
(AR)
is
one
of
the
major
health
threats
our
time.
The
presence
antibiotics
in
environment
and
their
continuous
release
from
sewage
treatment
plants,
chemical
manufacturing
plants
animal
husbandry,
agriculture
aquaculture,
result
constant
selection
pressure
on
microbial
organisms.
This
leads
to
emergence,
mobilization,
horizontal
gene
transfer
a
antibiotic
genes,
resistant
bacteria
mobile
genetic
elements.
Under
these
circumstances,
aquatic
wildlife
impacted
all
compartments,
including
freshwater
organisms
with
partially
impermeable
microbiota.
In
this
narrative
review,
recent
advancements
terms
occurrence
genes
plant
effluents
source
compared
have
been
examined,
wildlife,
as
well
experiments
exposure.
Based
current
state
knowledge,
we
propose
hypothesis
that
may
play
crucial
role
dissemination
within
environment.
Specifically,
suggest
high
bacterial
density
tissues,
which
are
isolated
external
environment,
such
fishes
amphibians,
could
potentially
be
reservoirs
amplifiers
favoring
increase
abundance
bacteria.
Potential
avenues
for
further
research
(trophic
transfer,
innovative
exposure
experiment)
action
(biodiversity
eco-engineering)
finally
proposed.
Journal of Water and Climate Change,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(4), P. 1797 - 1819
Published: Feb. 16, 2024
ABSTRACT
There
is
growing
awareness
of
the
contribution
sanitation
systems
to
greenhouse
gas
(GHG)
emissions
globally,
and
hence
climate
change.
However,
there
a
lack
comprehensive
insight
into
emission
sources
disaggregated
across
entire
chain.
This
study
presents
detailed
review
analysis
from
both
sewer-based
non-sewered
systems,
with
focus
on
fugitive
those
related
system
operation.
Our
highlights
evidence
gaps
in
several
areas
literature:
quantifying
particular
technologies
like
biogas
toilets
composting
toilets;
oversight
contextual
factors
such
as
environmental
conditions
infrastructure
operational
status
GHG
accounting;
dearth
holistic
studies
chain
comparable
solid
waste
management
sector;
inconsistencies
measurement
methods.
By
pinpointing
these
gaps,
this
provides
robust
reference
for
planning
mitigation
strategies
wastewater
emphasizes
urgent
need
incorporation
climate-smart
solutions
sector,
e.g.
design
new
retrofitted
infrastructure,
aims
bridge
sustainable
development
goals
action.
Applied Water Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(12)
Published: Nov. 25, 2024
Abstract
Published
results
on
rainwater
management
systems
revealed
a
lack
of
holistic
science-based
design
principles.
A
new
approach
to
is
proposed.
Its
necessity
and
feasibility
are
discussed.
It
demonstrated
that
quantitatively
harvesting
rainfall
infiltrating
fraction
should
be
mandatory.
Thus,
the
primary
site-specific
parameter
intensity
rainfall.
Clearly,
harvested
used
everywhere
as
valuable
resource.
Under
arid
semi-arid
conditions
large
tanks
maximize
water
storage
for
long
dry
season
while
under
humid
same
helps
minimize
frequency
emptying
avoid
flooding.
The
separates
(and
stormwater)
from
sewage
has
potential
maintain
natural
hydrological
cycle
in
urban
areas
despite
urbanization.
In
already
crowded
slums,
(RWH)
can
also
restore
cycle.
advocates
decentralized
RWH
infrastructures
harvest,
infiltrate,
store
individual
residences,
piping
overflows
semi-centralized
cluster-scale
tanks.
Rooting
integrated
resource
appears
missing
puzzle
in:
(i)
restoring
where
it
been
disturbed
(landscape
restoration),
(ii)
avoiding
flooding,
mitigating
soil
erosion.
This
essential
sustainable
development.
