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Global, regional, and country level need for data on wastewater generation, treatment, and use
Toshio Sato,Manzoor Qadir,Manzoor Qadir,Manzoor Qadir,Sadahiro Yamamoto,Tsuneyoshi Endo,Ahmad Zahoor,Ahmad Zahoor +7 more
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In this article, the authors find that only 55 countries have data available on all three aspects of wastewater -generation, treatment, and use, while there is no information available from 57 countries.About:
This article is published in Agricultural Water Management.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 490 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Wastewater.read more
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Personal Care Products in the Aquatic Environment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of the main aspects relating to the occurrence and impact of ingredients in personal care products to the aquatic environment: methodologies of analysis, prevalence data, elimination processes, threats to aquatic ecosystem, effects on biota and legislation with a special focus in European regulation.
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Innovative Saline Agriculture
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Predicting biochemical oxygen demand in European freshwater bodies
Olga Vigiak,Bruna Grizzetti,Angel Udias-Moinelo,Michela Zanni,Chiara Dorati,Fayçal Bouraoui,Alberto Pistocchi +6 more
TL;DR: A conceptual model (GREEN+BOD) to assess mean annual current organic pollution (BOD fluxes) across Europe confirms a decline of BOD pollution since the introduction of EU legislation regulating water pollution.
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Sorption and plant uptake of pharmaceuticals from an artificially contaminated soil amended with biochars
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of soil-amendment of three different biochars on the uptake of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from spiked soil has been investigated, and the results showed that biochar was effective in reducing the uptake rate of APIs into plant tissues from a contaminated soil.
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An assessment of microplastic inputs into the aquatic environment from wastewater streams
TL;DR: Calculations suggest that if all the globally produced wastewater was treated prior to release, a reduction of over 90% of the current amount of MP inputs into the aquatic environment could be achieved.
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