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...
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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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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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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...
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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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Eliminations of sulphur and fluoride from contaminated water by the applications of various types of biosorbents materials
December 2025
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Validation of CORDEX regional climate models to simulate climate trends and variability across various agro-ecological zones of North Shewa, Ethiopia
December 2024
•Accurate information on climate variability is a front line of agriculture.•There is both temporal and spatial variability of temperature and rainfall in the three AEZs of North Shewa.•The use of well-validated...
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In-line valve condition assessment by transient analysis
December 2024
•The feasibility of pressure feedback based on transient flow to detect the position and opening of valves in a pipeline network was tested through experiments.•The equations for calculating the valve...
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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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Markov-decision-process-based value-chain calculation of water-distribution-network scheduling
December 2024
•Quantify the cumulative value of scheduling decisions in water distribution network.•Calculate expected value and state transition probability of scheduling decisions.•Conduct method validation with...
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Urban sprawl and its effects on water competition between building industry and residents: Evidence from 31 provinces in China
December 2024
•Reveal the spatio-temporal evolution trends of urban sprawl and water competition between building industry and residents.•Explore the complex relationship between urban sprawl and water competition...
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Economic feasibility of integrating solar energy into water utility operations in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
December 2024
•Solar energy for water distribution.•Transboundary region with growing water and energy demands.•Economic modeling with HOMER and RETScreen to assess feasibility of solar power....
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Spatial distribution mapping of erosion and sediment yield estimation using RUSLE and Arc GIS of Ayigebire watershed, North Shewa zone of Amhara region, Ethiopia
December 2024
•Estimation of soil erosion.•Sediment delivery ratio.•Reservoir.•RUSLE and Arc GIS.•Erosion spatial distribution mapping....
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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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Efficient removal and recovery of phosphate from wastewater by nano-CaO2/BFS sorbent and its potential as a slow-release phosphate fertilizer
December 2024
•nCaO2-BFS nanocomposite is facilely synthesized and optimized through a coprecipitation method.•nCaO2-BFS exhibits a high phosphate adsorption capacity of 67.48 mg·g-1.•P-laden nCaO2-BFS sorbents can...
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