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In this paper, a conceptual model was developed to predict the seepage of oil sands process-affected water with capabilities of evaluating the transport and attenuation of naphthenic acids through the dykes and the foundations of oil sands tailings pond. The model incorporates naphthenic acid diffusion, adsorption, dispersion, advection, and biodeg...
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Erroneous information considering Chironomidae and Chaoboridae accumulation was given in Figure 4 published in Luoto et al. (2017).
Published in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Highly contaminated exposed legacy gold mine tailings from the late 1800s are present in many locations throughout North America and other parts of the world that experienced gold rushes at that time. Those tailing fields can pose risks to human health and the environment. Revegetation of tailing fields can reduce dust generation and other risks as...
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Water treatment residuals (WTRs) are by-products of the coagulation and flocculation phase of the drinking water treatment process that is employed in the vast majority of water treatment plants globally. Production of WTRs are liable to increase as clean drinking water becomes a standard resource. One of the largest disposal routes of these WTRs w...
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Soil pollution with radioactive cesium (134Cs and 137Cs) has been considered one of the major environmental issues of agricultural farmlands after the nuclear power station incident which occurred in Fukushima Prefecture on 11th March 2011. A small-scale portable rainfall-runoff simulator was developed to conduct the rainfall-runoff experiments in ...
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Black liquor is generated from the pretreatment process of biomass-based bioethanol production and due its environmental impact, should be treated effectively before discharged to the water body. Chemical treatment using coagulation-flocculation method was commonly used for wastewater treatment. In the case of black liquor, chemical treatment is of...
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Environmental reservoirs of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) are attracting increasing attention because of the ambiguity they present when assessing the microbial quality of water. FIB can survive and even grow in various environmental reservoirs which means FIB measured in the water column may not have originated directly from a fecal source. Sedim...
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Many organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are considerably high toxic, and have bioaccumulation potential and chronic adverse impact on both wildlife and human. This study focuses on the fate and metabolic degradation, which is the potential to be more efficient, economic, and safe compared to the aforementioned conventional methods. By these positive ...
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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyl acetic acid (2,4-D), glyphosate, and metribuzine are used extensively as an herbicide in the vicinity of Antalya, Turkey. The objective of this study was to investigate the mobility of such herbicides in terra rossa-amended soil by multiple approaches with batch, miscible-displacement, and mathematical modeling studies. The res...
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A mixed community of bacteria was enriched from groundwater contaminated with naphthalene as the sole carbon source. Based on the results of 16S rRNA sequences, Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas were the predominant species in the naphthalene-enriched culture. Different initial forms of nitrogen, including nitrate, nitrite, and ammonium, were beneficia...
