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In recent years, due to the enormous threats posed by emerging pollutants to aquatic
ecosystems, scholars have increasingly focused on the study of emerging pollutants to …

The practical and conceptual challenges faced by the analysis of trace elements present in
natural waters are not merely, as is often thought, an endless race towards lower detection …

The kinetics, degradation mechanism and degradation pathways of atrazine (ATZ) during
sole-UV and UV/H2O2 processes under various pH conditions were investigated; the effects …

A water-soluble manganese porphyrin complex was examined for the catalytic formation of
chlorine dioxide from chlorite under ambient temperature at pH 5.00 and 6.90. Quantitative …

Drinking water management in Canada is based on the intervention of provinces and
territories. This contrasts with the American and European approach of uniform, legally …

At present, NMR spectroscopy is used infrequently as an analytical tool during the
environmental assessments of contaminated sites. Nevertheless, NMR exhibits many …

Freshwater is an integral component of human lives, yet the availability of clean and potable
water is constantly threatened by a variety of factors. Traditionally, many human settlements …

The relationship between drinking water regulatory stringency, water quality and health
outcomes are not well understood. Systemic gaps in water quality data, underreporting of …

As noted in the preface," California has always had water conflicts, and as a semiarid state it
always will. It is easy in these troubled times to assert that California is doomed, for this and …