Water resources and their management in Pakistan: A critical analysis on challenges and implications
December 2023
•Comprehensive study was conducted for water resource management.•Conceptual framework was used to integrate water resource management.•Proposed OECD key principles will help to overcome water chal...
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Emerging pollutants of severe environmental concern in water and wastewater: A comprehensive review on current developments and future research
December 2023
•Treatment technologies for emerging contaminants (ECs) are comprehensively reviewed.•Types, impacts, and treatment methods of typical ECs are reviewed.•Adsorption method is found to be suitable for...
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Overcoming water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges in critical regions of the global community
December 2024
•Analysis of the global water and sanitation crisis.•WASH services between industrialized and non-industrialized regions.•Explores the SDG 6 Framework, which aims to provide and sustain water facilities.•Sustainability...
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Harnessing microorganisms for bioenergy with microbial fuel cells: Powering the future
December 2024
•Captivating world of microbial fuel cells, focusing on their potential as a sustainable approach to produce electricity.•Overview of the fundamental principles governing MFCs.•Elucidating the diverse...
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Cooling water use in thermoelectric power generation and its associated challenges for addressing water-energy nexus
June 2018
•Global average energy intensity associated with water facilities are summarized.•Average water requirements for cooling in thermoelectric power plants are reviewed.•Opportunities of improving water...
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Thermocatalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste into renewable fuel and value-added chemicals: A review of plastic types, operating parameters and upgradation of pyrolysis oil
December 2025
•A summary of studies on mixed plastic wastes and other plastics that have undergone pyrolysis.•Discussion of the various crucial factors that affect the end results of plastic pyrolysis.•The temperature...
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Assessment of water quality using GIS techniques and water quality index in reservoirs affected by water diversion
2021
•A numerical analysis for quantitative evaluation of reservoir responses.•A two-step statistical analysis to distinguish the effects on water diversion.•Magnitude and timing of water diversion as management...
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A comprehensive review of production and characterization of biochar for removal of organic pollutants from water and wastewater
December 2024
•The pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to produce biochar has been described.•Process parameters influencing biochar production and its properties are reviewed.•The conditions for pyrolysis and the...
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Removal of chlorides and hardness from contaminated water by using various biosorbents: A comprehensive review
December 2024
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Evaluation and optimization of enhanced coagulation process: Water and energy nexus
June 2019
•The principles of enhanced coagulation and its methods are elaborated.•The mechanism and method of enhanced coagulation are illustrated.•A special focus is earmarked on the distribution of energy consumption...
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Circular economy: A multilevel approach for natural resources and wastes under an agri-food perspective
December 2024
•Challenges regarding natural resources and wastes.•Conception, definitions, strategy and implementation, and expected goals from implementation of circular economy.•The principles and the necessity...
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Long term relationship between food, energy and water inflation in South Africa
2021
•Energy inflation has impact on water inflation in the short and long run.•Energy inflation impacts itself in the short run and is affected by food inflation in the long run.•Food inflation impacts...
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Greywater characterization of an Indian household and potential treatment for reuse
2022
•A filtration system with different filter layers was designed.•COD removal efficiency of 85.98%.•BOD removal efficiency of 86.28%.•94.44% total suspended solids removal efficiency....
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Effect of operating variables on CO2 adsorption capacity of activated carbon, kaolinite, and activated carbon – kaolinite composite adsorbent
2022
•A novel adsorbent was proposed for CO2 capture.•The performance of CO2 adsorption was studied for AC, KAO, and KAC composite adsorbents.•Effect of temperature, feed flow rates, and column bed height...
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Optimization of water use in a rapid filtration system: A case study
2020
•The evaluation of the fast filter allowed to identify malfunctions.•By increasing the filter washing speed, the expansion of the filter bed is improved.•There were improvements in terms of filtered...
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Water, energy and food nexus of Indus Water Treaty: Water governance
June 2019
•The Indus Water Treaty is a successful settlement of boundary water basin conflict.•Water, food and energy are intimately related in a nexus influencing each others.•This paper reports global water...
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Freshwater lakes in the Western Himalayan Region: An analysis of the present situation
December 2023
•The Western Himalayan range comprises the majority of the Indian Himalayas including J&K, H.P., and Uttarakhand•The Western Himalayan Range is vulnerable to both the whims of nature and human interference...
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Integration of green and gray infrastructures for sponge city: Water and energy nexus
2020
•Concept and principle of integration of green and gray infrastructures were addressed.•Barriers and strategies of integration of green and gray infrastructures were proposed.•Key performance indicators...
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Abundance changes and transfer mechanism of antibiotic resistance genes in water under sub-lethal disinfection
December 2025
•Traditional disinfection decreases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes.•Sub-lethal disinfection increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes.•Sub-lethal disinfection enhances the...
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Critical review on improving irrigation water use efficiency: Advances, challenges, and opportunities in the Ethiopia context
2020
•In Ethiopia, agriculture is the dominant activities to sustain the rural community’s life and basic needs.•Irrigation consumes much amount of water extracted from various sources, and hence efficient...
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Wastewater resources management for energy recovery from circular economy perspective
2020
•Energy recovery from wastewater is evaluated in a circular economy framework.•Several technologies presented for energy recovery from WWTP’s effluents.•Challenges and opportunities is discussed for...
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Revisiting the water-use efficiency performance for microelectronics manufacturing facilities: Using Taiwan’s Science Parks as a case study
December 2018
•Benchmarking water-use efficiency for the high-tech industries globally.•Elucidating the water-energy relationship in the high-tech industry.•Proposing alternative channels to enhance water resource...
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Economic feasibility assessment and parameter sensitivity analysis of rainwater harvesting systems in different climatic zones of China
December 2025
•RWH with insufficient or excessive storage capacity may not generate high BCR and NPV.•The optimal volume design method for reservoirs is proposed.•The optimal reservoir volume can be determined based...
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Inequalities in access to energy in informal settlements: Towards energy justice in Gqeberha and Komani in South Africa
December 2023
As South Africa continues to strive towards securing sources of sustainable energy, the needs and interests of marginalised communities in informal settlements with respect to energy should not be overlooked...
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