All Stories

  1. Human viral pathogens in the wastewater-source water-drinking water continuum: Evidence, health risks, and lessons for future outbreaks in low-income settings
  2. Mitigating flash flooding in the city: Drain or harvest?
  3. Unveiling the dark side of beauty? Beauty parlours as potential pollution and human exposure hotspots
  4. An overview of agro-industrial wastewater treatment using microbial fuel cells: Recent advancements
  5. Respiratory syncytial virus immunoprophylaxis: Novel opportunities and a call for equity
  6. The soil-microbe-plant resistome: A focus on the source-pathway-receptor continuum
  7. Recycling and Disposal of Spent Metal(loid)‐Laden Adsorbents
  8. Remediation of Heavy Metals
  9. Metallic iron for environmental remediation: the still overlooked iron chemistry
  10. Combating antibiotic resistance using wastewater surveillance: Significance, applications, challenges, and future directions
  11. Mechanical and contaminant leaching behaviour of cement-based and fired bricks incorporating ferrochrome slag
  12. Pharmaceuticals in wastewater and their photocatalytic degradation using nano-enabled photocatalysts
  13. Influence of Water Salinity on the Efficiency of Fe0-Based Systems for Water Treatment
  14. The bacterial biofilm resistome in drinking water distribution systems: A systematic review
  15. Quantification of bio-wastes availability for bioenergy production in Zimbabwe
  16. Chicanery in the food supply chain! Food fraud, mitigation, and research needs in low-income countries
  17. Understanding the process of phosphate removal in Fe0/H2O systems using the methylene blue method
  18. The pit latrine paradox in low-income settings: A sanitation technology of choice or a pollution hotspot?
  19. A clay-coal fly ash based dual hydraulic-reactive liner for controlling acid mine drainage
  20. Developing the Ascorbic Acid Test: A Candidate Standard Tool for Characterizing the Intrinsic Reactivity of Metallic Iron for Water Remediation
  21. Carbon stock, aggregate stability and hydraulic properties of soils under tillage, crop rotation and mineral fertiliser application in sub-humid Zimbabwe
  22. Integrated Water Management in Mountain Communities: The Case of Feutap in the Municipality of Bangangté, Cameroon
  23. mRNA vaccines: The future of prevention of viral infections?
  24. Closing Blank Spots and Illuminating Blind Spots in Research on Emerging Contaminants: The Source–Pathway–Receptor–Impact–Mitigation (SPRIM) Continuum as an Organizing Framework
  25. Household Disposal of Pharmaceuticals in Low-Income Settings: Practices, Health Hazards, and Research Needs
  26. Grappling with (re)-emerging infectious zoonoses: Risk assessment, mitigation framework, and future directions
  27. Conceptualizing the Fe0/H2O System: A Call for Collaboration to Mark the 30th Anniversary of the Fe0-Based Permeable Reactive Barrier Technology
  28. Circular bioeconomy potential and challenges within an African context: From theory to practice
  29. Realizing the potential of metallic iron for the mitigation of toxics: flee or adapt?
  30. Metallic iron (Fe0)-based materials for aqueous phosphate removal: A critical review
  31. Strategies and options for the sustainable recovery of rare earth elements from electrical and electronic waste
  32. Kanchan Arsenic Filters for Household Water Treatment: Unsuitable or Unsustainable?
  33. Correction: Qiu et al. Detection and Quantification of Dam Leakages Based on Tracer Tests: A Field Case Study. Water 2022, 14, 1448
  34. Metallic Iron for Water Remediation: Plenty of Room for Collaboration and Convergence to Advance the Science
  35. Detection and Quantification of Dam Leakages Based on Tracer Tests: A Field Case Study
  36. Investigating the Fe0/H2O systems using the methylene blue method: Validity, applications, and future directions
  37. Wastewater, waste, and water-based epidemiology (WWW-BE): A novel hypothesis and decision-support tool to unravel COVID-19 in low-income settings?
  38. Visible light photodegradation of methyl orange and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in wastewater
  39. The Suitability of Hybrid Fe0/Aggregate Filtration Systems for Water Treatment
  40. COVID-19 drugs in aquatic systems: a review
  41. The air-borne antibiotic resistome: Occurrence, health risks, and future directions
  42. Occurrence, human exposure pathways, and health risks of (micro)plastics
  43. Occurrence and behaviour of emerging organic contaminants in aquatic systems
  44. Anthropogenic rare earth elements in aquatic environments: Occurrence, behaviour, and fate
  45. Ecological health risks of emerging organic contaminants
  46. Ten (10) key research questions on emerging contaminants and novel entities, and their health risks
  47. Health risk assessment and mitigation of emerging contaminants: A call for an integrated approach
  48. Emerging contaminants in the terrestrial-aquatic-atmosphere continuum: A global perspective
  49. Occurrence and ecological health risks of microplastics
  50. Ecological health risks of high-technology rare earth elements
  51. The environmental resistome: Human exposure, health risks, and research needs
  52. Emerging Contaminants in the Terrestrial-Aquatic-Atmosphere Continuum:
  53. (Micro)plastics in the soil system: Occurrence, behaviour, fate, and future directions
  54. High-technology rare earth elements in the soil-plant system: Occurrence, behaviour, and fate
  55. Rare earth elements: Human exposure, risk factors, and health risks
  56. Copyright
  57. Index
  58. Dedication
  59. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in aquatic systems: Occurrence, behaviour, and fate
  60. Front Matter
  61. (Micro)plastics in aquatic systems: Current research focal areas, under-studied matrices, and future directions
  62. Air-borne emerging contaminants: An under-studied reservoir and a potential health risk?
  63. Ecological health risks of antibiotic resistance: A perspective on the evidence, challenges, and research needs
  64. Emerging contaminants: A handful of conceptual and organizing frameworks
  65. Epilogue: Summary, the next-frontier emerging contaminants/novel entities, and a look ahead
  66. Preface
  67. Acknowledgements
  68. Editor biography
  69. COVID-19 pandemic in Uttarakhand, India: Environmental recovery or degradation?
  70. A Hybrid Model for Achieving Universal Safe Drinking Water in the Medium-Sized City of Bangangté (Cameroon)
  71. COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  72. Antibiotic resistance and class 1 integron genes distribution in irrigation water-soil-crop continuum as a function of irrigation water sources
  73. Organic pollutants in deep sea: Occurrence, fate, and ecological implications
  74. The mechanism of contaminant removal in Fe(0)/H2O systems: The burden of a poor literature review
  75. Recent advances in the polyurethane-based adsorbents for the decontamination of hazardous wastewater pollutants
  76. Universal Access to Safe Drinking Water: Escaping the Traps of Non-Frugal Technologies
  77. Changes in physicochemical properties on a chronosequence of gold mine tailings
  78. Application of the Kilimanjaro Concept in Reversing Seawater Intrusion and Securing Water Supply in Zanzibar, Tanzania
  79. Integrated Water Resource Management: Rethinking the Contribution of Rainwater Harvesting
  80. Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment—The Occurrence, Sources, Ecological Impacts, Fate, and Remediation Challenges
  81. The key role of contact time in elucidating the mechanisms of enhanced decontamination by Fe0/MnO2/sand systems
  82. Occurrence, Human Health Risks, and Removal of Pharmaceuticals in Aqueous Systems: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives
  83. Characterizing the impact of MnO2 addition on the efficiency of Fe0/H2O systems
  84. Occurrence, behavior, and human exposure and health risks of potentially toxic elements in edible mushrooms with focus on Africa
  85. Defluoridation of drinking water using a ceramic filter decorated with iron oxide‐biochar composites
  86. Toxic Geogenic Contaminants in Serpentinitic Geological Systems: Occurrence, Behavior, Exposure Pathways, and Human Health Risks
  87. Rethinking restoration indicators and end-points for post-mining landscapes in light of novel ecosystems
  88. The Suitability of Methylene Blue Discoloration (MB Method) to Investigate the Fe0/MnO2 System
  89. When silence goes viral, Africa sneezes! A perspective on Africa's subdued research response to COVID-19 and a call for local scientific evidence
  90. Acid Mine Drainage Formation, Dissemination and Control: Mining and Hydrological Perspectives
  91. Characterizing the impact of pyrite addition on the efficiency of Fe0/H2O systems
  92. Insects, Rodents, and Pets as Reservoirs, Vectors, and Sentinels of Antimicrobial Resistance
  93. Dangerous liaisons? As the COVID-19 wave hits Africa with potential for novel transmission dynamics: a perspective
  94. Leaving no stone unturned in light of the COVID-19 faecal-oral hypothesis? A water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) perspective targeting low-income countries
  95. Biochars as media for air pollution control systems: Contaminant removal, applications and future research directions
  96. Autopsy, thanatopraxy, cemeteries and crematoria as hotspots of toxic organic contaminants in the funeral industry continuum
  97. Kanchan Arsenic Filters and the Future of Fe0-Based Filtration Systems for Single Household Drinking Water Supply
  98. The ‘thanato-resistome’ - The funeral industry as a potential reservoir of antibiotic resistance: Early insights and perspectives
  99. Sources and Health Risks of Rare Earth Elements in Waters
  100. Maize nitrogen uptake and productivity under reduced and conventional tillage
  101. Comparative removal efficiencies of natural organic matter by conventional drinking water treatment plants in Zimbabwe and South Africa
  102. Validating the Efficiency of the FeS2 Method for Elucidating the Mechanisms of Contaminant Removal Using Fe0/H2O Systems
  103. Biochar‐Based Adsorbents for the Removal of Organic Pollutants from Aqueous Systems
  104. Tracing the Scientific History of Fe0-Based Environmental Remediation Prior to the Advent of Permeable Reactive Barriers
  105. Leguminous tree species create islands of fertility and influence the understory vegetation on nickel-mine tailings of different ages
  106. Development and evaluation of a low-cost ceramic filter for the removal of methyl orange, hexavalent chromium, and Escherichia coli from water
  107. Designing the Next Generation of Fe0-Based Filters for Decentralized Safe Drinking Water Treatment: A Conceptual Framework
  108. Characterizing the Reactivity of Metallic Iron for Water Treatment: H2 Evolution in H2SO4 and Uranium Removal Efficiency
  109. Development, properties and potential applications of high-energy fuel briquettes incorporating coal dust, biowastes and post-consumer plastics
  110. Understanding the Operating Mode of Fe0/Fe-Sulfide/H2O Systems for Water Treatment
  111. Metallic Iron for Environmental Remediation: Starting an Overdue Progress in Knowledge
  112. A new generation low-cost biochar-clay composite ‘biscuit’ ceramic filter for point-of-use water treatment
  113. Sources, behaviour and health risks of antimicrobial resistance genes in wastewaters: A hotspot reservoir
  114. Occurrence, behaviour, and human exposure pathways and health risks of toxic geogenic contaminants in serpentinitic ultramafic geological environments (SUGEs): A medical geology perspective
  115. A BIOCHAR-BASED POINT-OF-USE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR THE REMOVAL OF FLUORIDE, CHROMIUM AND BRILLIANT BLUE DYE IN TERNARY SYSTEMS
  116. Occurrence of biological crusts and their relationship with vegetation on a chronosequence of abandoned gold mine tailings
  117. Making Rainwater Harvesting a Key Solution for Water Management: The Universality of the Kilimanjaro Concept
  118. Characterizing the Suitability of Granular Fe0 for the Water Treatment Industry
  119. Water Treatment Using Metallic Iron: A Tutorial Review
  120. Biological crusts enhance fertility and texture of gold mine tailings
  121. Cross-Layer Leaching of Coal Fly Ash and Mine Tailings to Control Acid Generation from Mine Wastes
  122. Evaluation of the phytotoxicity of coal ash on lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) germination, growth and metal uptake
  123. Effect of Nitrogen Fertiliser Application on Maize Yield Across Agro-Ecological Regions and Soil Types in Zimbabwe: A Meta-analysis Approach
  124. Antibiotic resistance in drinking water systems: Occurrence, removal, and human health risks
  125. Fe0/H2O Filtration Systems for Decentralized Safe Drinking Water: Where to from Here?
  126. White Teeth and Healthy Skeletons for All: The Path to Universal Fluoride-Free Drinking Water in Tanzania
  127. Recurrent Cholera Outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa: Moving beyond Epidemiology to Understand the Environmental Reservoirs and Drivers
  128. Carbon Sequestration via Biomineralization: Processes, Applications and Future Directions
  129. Fe0/H2O Systems for Environmental Remediation: The Scientific History and Future Research Directions
  130. Sources, behaviour, and environmental and human health risks of high-technology rare earth elements as emerging contaminants
  131. Development, engineering properties and potential applications of unfired earth bricks reinforced by coal fly ash, lime and wood aggregates
  132. Potential Leaching of Heavy Metals from Pristine and Accelerated Weathered Slag from Recycling of Automobile Lead-Acid Batteries
  133. Detection of saturation of fluoride filters
  134. Organic contaminants in African aquatic systems: Current knowledge, health risks, and future research directions
  135. Comparative fertilization effects on maize productivity under conservation and conventional tillage on sandy soils in a smallholder cropping system in Zimbabwe
  136. Ecotoxicological effects of citrus processing waste on earthworms, Lumbricus terrestris L.
  137. Sorptive removal of methylene blue from simulated wastewater using biochars derived from pulp and paper sludge
  138. Synthesis and nutrient release patterns of a biochar-based N–P–K slow-release fertilizer
  139. Concentration-discharge patterns in a small urban headwater stream in a seasonally dry water-limited tropical environment
  140. Biochar-based water treatment systems as a potential low-cost and sustainable technology for clean water provision
  141. An assessment of smallholder soil and water conservation practices and perceptions in contrasting agro-ecological regions in Zimbabwe
  142. Removal of Trace Metals from Acid Mine Drainage Using a Sequential Combination of Coal Ash-Based Adsorbents and Phytoremediation by Bunchgrass (Vetiver [Vetiveria zizanioides L])
  143. PREDICTING ACID ROCK DRAINAGE FROM A NICKEL MINE WASTE PILE AND METAL LEVELS IN SURROUNDING SOILS
  144. Comparative Adsorption of Zn2+ from Aqueous Solution Using Hydroxylated and Sulphonated Biochars Derived from Pulp and Paper Sludge
  145. Biosorbents for the removal of synthetic organics and emerging pollutants: Opportunities and challenges for developing countries
  146. Comparative short-term effects of sewage sludge and its biochar on soil properties, maize growth and uptake of nutrients on a tropical clay soil in Zimbabwe
  147. Potential for leaching of heavy metals in open-burning bottom ash and soil from a non-engineered solid waste landfill
  148. Evaluation of heavy metal leaching from coal ash-versus conventional concrete monoliths and debris
  149. Synthesis, characterisation and methyl orange adsorption capacity of ferric oxide–biochar nano-composites derived from pulp and paper sludge
  150. Potential uses and value-added products derived from waste polystyrene in developing countries: A review
  151. Removal of Zn2+ and Pb2+ ions from aqueous solution using sulphonated waste polystyrene
  152. Water quality and public health risks associated with roof rainwater harvesting systems for potable supply: Review and perspectives
  153. Partitioning of turbulent flux reveals contrasting cooling potential for woody vegetation and grassland during heat waves
  154. Biochar production and applications in sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities, constraints, risks and uncertainties
  155. Maize Water Productivity and Its Relationship to Soil Properties under Integrated Cattle Manure and Mineral-Nitrogen Fertilizer in a Smallholder Cropping System
  156. Does hydrocarbon contamination induce water repellency and changes in hydraulic properties in inherently wettable tropical sandy soils?
  157. Hydrological Impacts of Urbanization and Urban Roof Water Harvesting in Water-limited Catchments: A Review
  158. Adsorption of Zn2+ and Ni2+ in a binary aqueous solution by biosorbents derived from sawdust and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
  159. Transpiration and water relations of evergreen shrub species on an artificial landform for mine waste storage versus an adjacent natural site in semi-arid Western Australia
  160. Understanding the causes, socio-economic and environmental impacts, and management of veld fires in tropical Zimbabwe
  161. Transpiration and plant water relations of evergreen woody vegetation on a recently constructed artificial ecosystem under seasonally dry conditions in Western Australia
  162. Understanding the role of ecohydrological feedbacks in ecosystem state change in drylands
  163. Field-scale spatial variability of saturated hydraulic conductivity on a recently constructed artificial ecosystem
  164. Spatial analysis of fine root distribution on a recently constructed ecosystem in a water-limited environment
  165. Spatial analysis of fine root distribution on a recently constructed ecosystem in a water-limited environment
  166. Soil-vegetation feedbacks as a driver for early ecosystems development in the context of mine site rehabilitation
  167. Spatial variability of hydraulic properties on a bauxite residue disposal area in Western Australia
  168. Spatial distribution of fine roots on a rehabilitated bauxite residue disposal area in Western Australia
  169. Long-term impacts of pasture irrigation with treated sewage effluent on shallow groundwater quality
  170. Effects of tillage systems on soil organic carbon dynamics, structural stability and crop yields in irrigated wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)–cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) rotation in semi-arid Zimbabwe
  171. Long-term impacts of pasture irrigation with treated sewage effluent on nutrient status of a sandy soil in Zimbabwe
  172. Irrigation with ponds effluent – impacts on soils and groundwater