Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

The purpose of this review is to better understand the full life cycle and influence of ammonia
from an aquatic biology perspective. While ammonia has toxic properties in water and air, it …

Oily wastewater is generated from various sources such as oil/gas exploration (produced
water), oil refining, pharmaceutical, food industries, and household waste. Toxins in oily …

Advances in water treatment technologies paired with potential restrictions on oil and gas
(O&G) produced water disposal could incentivize the beneficial reuse of treated produced …

There is considerable debate about the sustainability of the hydraulic fracturing (HF) water
cycle in North America. Recently, this debate has expanded to China, where HF activities …

Abstract Treatment and reuse of produced water (PW), the largest wastewater stream
generated during oil and gas production, provides a promising option to address the …

In spite of being a worldwide phenomenon that can have important ecological, economic
and social consequences, freshwater salinization (ie the increase in ion concentrations in …

Abstract Treatment of petroleum-contaminated soil to a less toxic medium via physical and
chemical treatment is too costly and requires posttreatment. This review focuses on the …

This review discusses bioreactor-based methods for industrial hydrocarbon-containing
wastewater treatment using different (eg, stirred-tank, membrane, packed-bed and fluidized …

Lithium concentrations in untreated groundwater from 1464 public-supply wells and 1676
domestic-supply wells distributed across 33 principal aquifers in the United States were …