Mitigation of nitrogen losses during pig manure management: Impact of manure cleaning technique
December 2025
•Pig manure management poses challenges and implies opportunities.•Understanding nitrogen flow is crucial for sustainable pig manure management.•The pig manure cleaning techniques and the impacts on...
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...
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...
Assessment on water resource development and security in a traditional coal-producing region in northern China
December 2025
•Water demand–supply gap generally showed a decreasing trend in the past decade.•Overexploitation of surface water was greater than that of groundwater.•Sustainable water development alleviated water...
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...
Eliminations of sulphur and fluoride from contaminated water by the applications of various types of biosorbents materials
December 2025
Dye adsorption from tannery wastewater on Tamarindus indica seed adsorbent
December 2025
•Equipped Tarmarindus Indica seed adsorbent characterized and used for dye removal.•Reduction of dye (95.3%), COD (50%), BOD (23.9%), and turbidity (93.1%) in effluent.•FTIR and SEM results of adsorbent...
Assessment of forced evaporation as a solution for onsite produced water management
December 2025
•The tightening regulations of water management from fracking require operators to consider reuse and reduce water volumn.•On-site evaporation is a viable produced water management strategy under technoeconomic...
Evaluation of cooperative security and coupling coordination of water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus: a case study of Yulin City
December 2025
•Comprehensive framework for evaluating synergetic security and coordination of the WEFEco nexus in Yulin City.•Yulin City case study highlights water scarcity and resource imbalance, underscoring the...
Synergising agricultural systems: A critical review of the interdependencies within the water-energy-food nexus for sustainable futures
December 2025
•Integrated nexus approach unravels complex interactions for sustainable agri-systems.•Strategic synergy of water, energy, and food crucial for resilient agricultural futures.•Review unveils interlinked...
Household-level socio-economic drivers of the trade-offs and synergies in the food, water and energy nexus: Empirical evidence from Amathole district municipality, South Africa
December 2025
•TSI of 53.7% reveals households experience more trade-offs than synergies in the F-W-E nexus.•Transport, income, and labour use trade-offs dominated F-W-E resources.•Solar pumps and transport use emerged...
A water quality prediction model based on neural network at data-scarce sites
December 2025
•A water quality prediction framework over data-poor sites was proposed.•The model can effectively predict surface water quality at data-scarce sites.•Model hyperparameters can influence the performance...
Advancing wastewater reuse: AI-driven insights into ozone-based organic pollutant reduction
December 2025
•Ozone treatment reduced BOD, enhancing treated wastewater suitability for restricted irrigation.•Ozone treatment improved ORP, enhancing the oxidative state of the treated wastewater.•AI models (ANFIS,...
Socio-demographic determinants of flood risk perception disparities: A comparative study of subjective and objective risks in Nanjing, China
December 2025
•Socio-demographic factors are pivotal in explaining regional differences between subjective and objective flood risks.•Explain the difference between subjective and objective flood risk.•Integrated...
Accelerating the Formation of Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS): Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives
Available online 3 September 2025
•Lengthy startup time is a big limiting factor of Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS) Technology.•Bioaugmentation using flocculating bacteria and fungi increases granulation speed.•AGS startup is faster and...
A Comprehensive Analysis, Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Processes Controlling Surface Water Quality: Entropy-based WQI, Geospatial Assessment, PIS, NPI, and Multivariate Approaches in Mahanadi Basin, Odisha (India)
Available online 2 September 2025
Harnessing IoT and Advanced Analytics for Sustainable Water Quality Management
Available online 2 September 2025
•Real-time IoT-enabled system improves water quality monitoring in the University of Ilorin.•Advanced analytics identify decreasing trends in Electrical Conductivity (EC) and Total Dissolved Solids...
Decarbonizing Pakistan’s Transport Sector: Insights From Water-Energy Nexus Simulation by LEAP-WEAP Integrated Model
Available online 1 September 2025
•Pakistan struggles with urbanization-driven energy and water shortages.•New LEAP-WEAP Nexus model is developed to analyze urban transport systems’ interplay.•Electric vehicle transition may strain...
Applying Geospatial Technique for Land Suitability Assessment for Surface Irrigation in Shinfa River Basin, Ethiopia
Available online 1 September 2025
•We apply a combined methodologies GIS and Analytical Hierarchy Process for suitable land identification.•From the result we noticed that 1.64% (8,991.5 ha) of the land is identified as highly suitable,...
Inflow Prediction and Modelling for a Seasonal Flow Reservoir
Available online 28 August 2025
•Prediction of reservoir inflow for a partially gauged basin.•Neural network and mathematical model integration to obtain reliable results.•Capturing the variation in modelling by polynomial model.•The...
Performance And Feasibility Analyses of Evacuated U-Tube Solar Collector Driven Humidification-Condensation Based Wastewater Recovery System
Available online 12 August 2025
Optimizing Convective Drying for Efficient Reduction of Phosphate Sludge Moisture: Experimental Investigations and Mathematical Modeling
Available online 11 August 2025
•Optimization of drying process reduces moisture in phosphate sludge by up to 65%.•Enhanced drying rates achieved by increasing air temperature and velocity.•Novel model includes heat and mass transfer...
Biochar-Layered Double Hydroxide vs Biochar-Layered Double Oxide: A Critical Review on Their Applications in Water Pollution Control
Available online 5 August 2025
An overview of the application of renewable energy for Wastewater Treatment and energy recovery from Wastewater in Sub-Saharan Africa Wastewater Treatment plants
Available online 29 July 2025
•Renewable energy can lead to self-sufficient WWTP, reducing operating costs and grid use.•Study reviews biogas, solar, hydro, and heat pumps for sustainable wastewater treatment.•High costs, technical...