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Development of a Combined Index to Evaluate Sustainability of Water Resources Systems
It is necessary to assess water resources sustainability for development and management of a large-scale water resources system with various...
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Water management in rural communities: a step towards achieving sustainability By 2030
Water is an integral part of the human as well as animal life on the Earth. Safe clean and adequate drinking water is a basic need of all living...
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Groundwater quality assessment using PCA and water quality index (WQI) in a drought-prone area
Rapid agricultural and industrial growth in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district, specifically in the Panwari and Kabrai blocks, has triggered an alarming...
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Assessing the Vulnerability of California Water Utilities to Wildfires
Wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive in California, and it is essential to quantify their potential impacts on drinking water...
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Ground Water Quality Assessment Using Water Quality Index and Geographical Information System of Mogamureru River Basin, Y.S.R. Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Human activities have a significant negative impact on the quality of water, which is a global issue. The quality of drinking and irrigation water...
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Evaluation of physico-chemical and heavy metals status in irrigation, stagnant, and Indus River water at the trans-Himalayan region
The water quality of various resources is changing everywhere, including the high-altitude region, which may have adverse health effects on animals...
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Customer-Driven Water Supply Systems: Synergizing System Reliability and Customer Satisfaction with Bowtie Analysis
Conventional interview surveys for assessing customer satisfaction require supplementary resources and yield a low response rate. Covering fewer...
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Assessment of drinking and irrigation water quality using WQI and SAR method in Maâder sub-basin, Ksour Mountains, Algeria
Domestic and agricultural activities in arid regions of Ksour Mountains which stretching across the provinces of Naâma and El Bayadh in Algeria,...
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Adaptive Water Management: On the Need for Using the Post-WWII Science in Water Governance
Although the UN concluded, already in 1997, that water would be the most contentious issue of the 21st century, water governance is still confused,...
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Water quality of Bomadi Creek in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: assessment of some physicochemical properties, metal concentrations, and water quality index
In this study, some physicochemical properties, concentrations of metals (Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe, and Mn), and the overall water quality from Bomadi...
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Assessing hydrogeochemistry, water quality index (WQI), and seasonal pattern of plankton community in different small and medium reservoirs of Karnataka, India
Changes in aquatic ecosystem due to anthropogenic or natural process are growing concern which requires regular monitoring for water quality to...
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Quality assessment and health impact of bottled water in Uratta, Imo state: a retrospective study
The retrospective study objective was to investigate the distribution of selected physicochemical parameters and the attainment of health...
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Cultural meanings of water to source water protection in rural Ghana
This qualitative study explores how cultural meanings of water involving customs, myths, and taboos contribute to source water protection in rural...
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Water quality characterization of Lake Abaya, a water body under increasing anthropogenic pressure in Southern Ethiopia
This study on Lake Abaya aimed to update information on its water quality in the wet and dry seasons. Water samples were collected from five lake...
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Recent advances in solar still technology for solar water desalination
Water is signified as the gift of nature. However, modern societies are in tremendous need of fresh water due to the abundant industrial sector and...
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Evaluation of water harvesting potential in residential houses of arid regions (case study: Mashhad, northeast of Iran)
In this research, harvesting of water from a home-scale combined system consisting of rainwater from roof catchment and also relatively clean waste...
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Photocatalytic Detoxification of Water and Air
The use of semiconductor photocatalysis for treatment of water and air has been a topic of intense research activity over the past 20 years. This...
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Evaluation of groundwater quality of Prayagraj city using entropy water quality index (EWQI) and new integrated water quality index (IWQI)
Information about groundwater quality and their suitability for drinking purpose is important for the society. Two indices namely entropy water...
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Quantifying and trend analyzing dynamics of water quality variables of two Indus basin rivers of Indian Punjab
Water scarcity is becoming a global problem especially in the arid and semi-arid climates. Besides shrinking in quantity, surface and ground waters...
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Monitoring and Counting E. coli Bacterial Growth During Low-Pressure Events in Drinking Water Distribution Networks
Maintaining clean drinking water is a key factor in maintaining sustainable development and a healthy environment. In addition to monitoring water...