Search
Search Results
-
Patterns of nitrate retention in agriculturally influenced streams and rivers
This review examines research focusing on nitrate retention in streams and rivers impacted by agriculture in temperate and continental climate...
-
Unearthing a stream-wetland floodplain system: increased denitrification and nitrate retention at a legacy sediment removal restoration site, Big Spring Run, PA, USA
Nitrogen (N) retention is a common goal of stream-wetland restoration projects in systems with excess nitrate (NO 3 − ), however N retention depends on...
-
Labile organic matter promotes nitrogen retention in natural and constructed gulf coast marshes
Coastal marshes mitigate allochthonous nitrogen (N) inputs to adjacent marine habitat; however, their extent is declining rapidly. As a result, marsh...
-
The Importance of Nitrate Dynamics in Mine Pit Lakes of Drier Regions
This study reviewed nitrate (NO 3 − ) dynamics in non-acidic dry-zone pit lakes to indicate likely gains, losses, transformations, and trends over time....
-
Granular biomass technology for providing drinking water: microbial versatility and nitrate performance in response to carbon source
The aerobic granular biomass technology was optimized for treating nitrate-polluted groundwater based on the biological denitrification processes in...
-
Role of polyacrylamide polymer in retention of Pb contaminants in smectite
Soils contaminated with heavy metals (HMs) are among the common problems of geo-environmental issues all around the world. Modification of clay soils...
-
A comprehensive review on nitrate pollution and its remediation: conventional and recent approaches
Recently, getting pure water easily is becoming a difficult task for the world. Different sources such as industrial, municipal, urban, and...
-
Groundwater nitrate problem and countermeasures in strongly affected EU countries—a comparison between Germany, Denmark and Ireland
Water resources protection co-occurring with intensive agriculture brings major challenges in Europe including groundwater contamination with nitrate...
-
Assessment of groundwater nitrate vulnerability using DRASTIC and modified DRASTIC in upper catchment of Sabarmati basin
Contamination from agriculture diffuse particularly nitrate is an important concern due to its impact on groundwater quality and human health. To...
-
Cover Crop Effects on Soil N Retention and Supply in Fertilizer-Intensive Crop** Systems (A Review)
AbstractExcessive use of nitrogen fertilizers is a common problem for intensively cultivated crop** systems. Introducing cover crops during fallow...
-
Nitrate contamination in groundwater of Kabul Province, Afghanistan: Reasons behind and conceptual management framework discourse
Groundwater contamination has been on the rise in Afghanistan. It has become a major concern among the policy makers. This paper aims to propose...
-
MicroAlgal Biofilm Reactor (MABR) – Evaluation of Biomass Support Materials and Nitrate Removal Performance
AbstractMicroalgal biofilms have attracted a good deal of attention as highly beneficial systems capable of reducing the cost of dewatering...
-
Spatial and temporal variations in nitrogen retention effects in a subtropical mountainous basin in Southeast China
Nitrogen retention within a watershed reduces the amount of N exported to the ocean; however, it worsens environmental problems, including surface...
-
Characterization of iron-modified natural clay for textile dye retention by sono-adsorption technology
In the present study, iron-pillared clay was prepared using ferrous nitrate Fe(NO 3 ) 3 . The removal of Reactive Blue (RB4) dye by ultrasound-assisted...
-
Evaluation of nitrate source and its distribution in the groundwater of Essaouira basin
Groundwater resources in Morocco are expected to decline over the next decades due to increasing drainage for rural and urban development and...
-
A ten year record of nitrate retention and solute trends in a Wisconsin sand plains stream: temporal variation at multiple scales
Nitrate retention is an important ecosystem service provided by streams which reduces nitrogen loads to downstream ecosystems. However, most...
-
Effect of high nitrate contamination of groundwater on human health and water quality index in semi-arid region, South India
The specific objective of the present is to evaluate the human health issue due to the continuous consumption of nitrate-contaminated groundwater...
-
Rapid nitrate reduction produces pulsed NO and N2O emissions following wetting of dryland soils
Soil drying and wetting cycles can produce pulses of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions with substantial effects on both regional...
-
Extreme drought conditions increase variability of nitrate through a stream network, with limited influence on the spatial patterns of stream phosphate
Nutrient availability is an important control on ecosystem processes in streams. In this study, we explored how an extreme summer drought affected...
-
Evaluation and improvement of the WWTP performance of an agricultural cooperative by adsorption on inert biomaterial: case of orthophosphate, nitrate and sulfate ions
The study is carried out at the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) of an agricultural cooperative that operates according to the activated sludge...
