Health hazards of hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) and its microbial reduction

P Sharma, SP Singh, SK Parakh, YW Tong - Bioengineered, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Industrial effluents/wastewater are the main sources of hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI))
pollutants in the environment. Cr (VI) pollution has become one of the world's most serious …

Advanced oxidation processes in the removal of organic substances from produced water: Potential, configurations, and research needs

M Coha, G Farinelli, A Tiraferri, M Minella… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Produced water is the main by-product generated by fossil fuel extraction activities. This
wastewater is often heavily contaminated and associated with significant health, safety, and …

Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Membrane distillation at the water-energy nexus: limits, opportunities, and challenges

A Deshmukh, C Boo, V Karanikola, S Lin… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Energy-efficient desalination and water treatment technologies play a critical role in
augmenting freshwater resources without placing an excessive strain on limited energy …

Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

AJ Reid, AK Carlson, IF Creed, EJ Eliason… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the 12 years since Dudgeon et al.(2006) reviewed major pressures on freshwater
ecosystems, the biodiversity crisis in the world's lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and …

The role of supercritical carbon dioxide for recovery of shale gas and sequestration in gas shale reservoirs

Q Lyu, J Tan, L Li, Y Ju, A Busch, DA Wood… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques has promoted the
exploitation of shale gas resources. However, using water has several potential drawbacks …

A global perspective on wetland salinization: ecological consequences of a growing threat to freshwater wetlands

ER Herbert, P Boon, AJ Burgin, SC Neubauer… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Salinization, a widespread threat to the structure and ecological functioning of inland and
coastal wetlands, is currently occurring at an unprecedented rate and geographic scale. The …

Climate change and groundwater overdraft impacts on agricultural drought in India: Vulnerability assessment, food security measures and policy recommendation

P Roy, SC Pal, R Chakrabortty, I Chowdhuri… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The problem of drought in India is a major issue in terms of various adverse impacts on
livelihood of society. Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), a real-time drought-monitoring …

Potential and implemented membrane-based technologies for the treatment and reuse of flowback and produced water from shale gas and oil plays: A review

H Chang, T Li, B Liu, RD Vidic, M Elimelech… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Recovery of natural gas and oil from unconventional (shale) reservoirs relies on horizontal
drilling and hydraulic fracturing to make it economical. Hydraulic fracturing generates vast …

Modeling of multi-scale transport phenomena in shale gas production—a critical review

H Wang, L Chen, Z Qu, Y Yin, Q Kang, B Yu, WQ Tao - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Shale gas, although unconventional, is a prospective clean energy source. Shale gas
production is a complex multi-scale process with its spatial size ranging from the nanoscale …