Concerns of growing carbon footprint of urban groundwater extraction in India: a case study of Faridabad, Haryana
December 2025
•Increasing urban groundwater extraction, making cities a potential carbon emitter.•Half of the world’s population will soon become urban and need groundwater as a major source of water.•Intensive groundwater...
Data-Driven Threshold Identification for WWTP Carbon Emission: A 5-Year Monitoring from Shanghai’s Typical Wastewater Infrastructure
Available online 11 December 2025
•Operation strategies significantly affect the impact of carbon emission drivers.•Carbon emission intensity and functional units follow a power - function law.•Scale effect on energy efficiency weakens...
Stormwater control measures, design aspects, and impact of climate change – A review
Available online 10 December 2025
Groundwater Contamination Due to Hydrocarbon Extraction Activities in the Niger Delta: A Potential Challenge towards Sustainable Environment and Public Health
Available online 10 December 2025
•The origin and properties of hydrocarbon contaminants were discussed.•Hydrocarbon contaminants bioaccumulate in soil and water, and this was discussed.•The government policies in Niger Delta to mitigate...
State-of-the-Art Review on Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells: Evolution, Innovations, Challenges, Scalability, and Policy Implications for Sustainable Development
Available online 9 December 2025
•SMFCs have shown significant improvements in energy harvesting in recent years.•SMFCs have been explored for various applications, highlighting their potential for real-world impact.•Importance of...
Dynamic and Static Models for Biosorption of Cd2+ Ions onto Peel of Artocarpus nobilis Fruit
Available online 9 December 2025
•In this study, various static and dynamic models were applied to the biosorption system, consisting of Cd2+ adsorbate and peel of Artocarpus nobilis fruit as the biosorbent.•An excellent Cd2+ removal...
Thermal-Assisted Aerobic Composting: A Sustainable Approach to Sludge Dewatering and Process Optimization
Available online 10 October 2025
•Thermal assistance reduced aerobic composting initiation time by about 85.71%.•Thermal assistance reduced complete aerobic composting cycle by about 68.18%.•Time periods of moisture removal and organic...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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...
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...
Bibliometric analysis and scientific trends on perfluorinated and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) as an emerging pollutant
December 2024
Removal of chlorides and hardness from contaminated water by using various biosorbents: A comprehensive review
December 2024
Spatial distribution and long-term trend of wind energy in the Northwest Pacific Ocean
December 2024
•Use ERA5 reanalysis dataset to analyze offshore wind energy in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.•Key indicators are adopted to reveal the concentration degree of wind energy including wind power density,...
Selection of urban-flood-shelter locations based on risk assessment
December 2024
•Incorporate flood risk into multi-objective models and scientifically select shelters.•Using ABM model to verify the accuracy of shelter selection.•Vertical evacuation behavior can improve evacuation...
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...
A comprehensive review of effective parameters to improve the performance of the Savonius turbine using a computational model and comparison with practical results
December 2024
•Optimized Savonius turbines enhance efficiency for low-flow water conditions, addressing global energy needs.•Adjusting height-to-diameter ratio from 1.2 to 0.8 improves power coefficient from 0.33...