[HTML][HTML] Water scarcity and wastewater reuse in crop irrigation

N Ungureanu, V Vlăduț, G Voicu - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to climate change, two-thirds of mankind will face water scarcity by 2025, while by 2050,
global food production must increase by at least 50% to feed 9 billion people. To overcome …

Best available technologies and treatment trains to address current challenges in urban wastewater reuse for irrigation of crops in EU countries

L Rizzo, W Gernjak, P Krzeminski, S Malato… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Conventional urban wastewater treatment plants (UWTPs) are poorly effective in the
removal of most contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), including antibiotics, antibiotic …

[HTML][HTML] A review of environmental contamination and health risk assessment of wastewater use for crop irrigation with a focus on low and high-income countries

S Khalid, M Shahid, Natasha, I Bibi, T Sarwar… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Population densities and freshwater resources are not evenly distributed worldwide. This
has forced farmers to use wastewater for the irrigation of food crops. This practice presents …

Urban informal settlements as hotspots of antimicrobial resistance and the need to curb environmental transmission

ML Nadimpalli, SJ Marks, MC Montealegre… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health challenge that is expected to
disproportionately burden lower-and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the coming …

Occurrence, environmental impact and fate of pharmaceuticals in groundwater and surface water: a critical review

IO Sanusi, GO Olutona, IG Wawata… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
In many nations and locations, groundwater serves as the population's primary drinking
water supply. However, pharmaceuticals found in groundwater and surface waters may …

Applications and impact of nanocellulose based adsorbents

K Köse, M Mavlan, JP Youngblood - Cellulose, 2020 - Springer
Efficient separation and removal is necessary in applications ranging from environmental
remediation to the food sector. A well-designed adsorption system should meet the …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative microbial risk assessment for workers exposed to bioaerosol in wastewater treatment plants aimed at the choice and setup of safety measures

A Carducci, G Donzelli, L Cioni, I Federigi… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Biological risk assessment in occupational settings currently is based on either qualitative or
semiquantitative analysis. In this study, a quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) has …

Quantitative microbial risk assessment and sensitivity analysis for workers exposed to pathogenic bacterial bioaerosols under various aeration modes in two …

Y Chen, C Yan, Y Yang, J Ma - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) could emit a large amount of bioaerosols containing
pathogenic bacteria. Assessing the health risks of exposure to these bioaerosols by using …

[HTML][HTML] Market Chickens as a Source of Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli in a Peri-Urban Community in Lima, Peru

M Murray, G Salvatierra, A Dávila-Barclay… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The widespread and poorly regulated use of antibiotics in animal production in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs) is increasingly associated with the emergence and …

Pharmaceutical pollution of water resources in Nakivubo wetlands and Lake Victoria, Kampala, Uganda

S Dalahmeh, E Björnberg, AK Elenström… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the occurrence and removal in wastewater and water bodies in
Nakivubo wetland area and Inner Murchison Bay, Lake Victoria, of common prescription and …