The 2018 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report stated that nearly
6 billion peoples will suffer from clean water scarcity by 2050. This is the result of increasing …

Dissolved uranium in groundwater at high concentrations is an emerging global threat to
human and ecological health due to its radioactivity and chemical toxicity. Uranium can …

Geogenic groundwater contaminants (GGCs) affect drinking-water availability and safety,
with up to 60% of groundwater sources in some regions contaminated by more than …

Many major river deltas in the world are subsiding and consequently become increasingly
vulnerable to flooding and storm surges, salinization and permanent inundation. For the …

Groundwater exploitation is a major cause of land subsidence, which in coastal areas poses
a flood inundation hazard that is compounded by the threat of sea-level rise (SLR). In the …

With rivers in critical regions already exploited to capacity throughout the world and
groundwater overdraft as well as large‐scale contamination occurring in many areas, we …

Chronic exposure to geogenic contaminated groundwaters (GCGs) has caused serious
health problems among billions of people worldwide. The hydrogeological features, main …

The study aimed to appraise groundwater quality in the Mekong Delta using a groundwater
quality index (GWQI) and estimate human health risks associated with groundwater …

The ongoing and proposed construction of large-scale hydropower dams in the Mekong
river basin is a subject of intense debate and growing international concern due to the …

Abstract The Vietnamese Mekong delta is subsiding due to a combination of natural and
human-induced causes. Over the past several decades, large-scale anthropogenic land-use …