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1. Introduction Dredging is a fundamental practice to keep ports, canals, and industrial basins navigable. We also rely on it for environmental recovery and coastal defense interventions. However, these activities can have a significant environmental impact if we do not plan and manage them correctly. Today, the most modern technologies allow us to combine operational efficiency with ecosystem ...
Introduction Treatment of water is the backbone of safe supply. Utilities select methods of treatment based on source risks, then verify performance with monitoring against standards. When teams design water system treatment around actual hazards, plants run efficiently, taste and odor issues drop, and compliance stays steady during blooms and storms. Below we compare these different treatment ...
Summary Drinking water systems face challenges like harmful algal blooms (HABs), harmful byproducts (DBPs), and stricter regulations. Chlorine, a common treatment, often creates DBPs, which pose health and environmental risks. It is also less effective against recurring algae issues and can damage infrastructure. Sustainable alternatives, such as LG Sonic's ultrasound technology, offer a ...
Water pollution levels are rapidly rising, bringing with them a severe risk of serious health complications for billions of people. Globally, more than 3 billion individuals—nearly 40% of the world’s population—face the risk of disease due to water pollution and a lack of data on the quality of their rivers, reservoirs, and other surface water sources. It’s a problem that, ...
PFAS are found in products such as non-stick frying pans, cosmetics, creams, textiles and food packaging. They have entered our waterbodies, drinking water and rainwater, and as such they are unavoidable. Our experts explain what they are, why they are so pervasive, and why there is increasing concern over their proliferation. ...
Policy briefs provide decision-makers with recommendations for action Toxic substances from agriculture, industry and households endanger water quality in Europe -- and by extension, ecosystems and human health. As part of the SOLUTIONS project, over 100 international scientists have developed methods and practical solutions for identifying pollutants and assessing the risks posed by chemical ...
Scientists from the University of Portsmouth have been investigating nutrient concentrations in the Upper River Itchen, in Hampshire, UK, on behalf of Salmon & Trout Conservation (S&TC) to better understand where phosphorus is coming from and how it is impacting river ecology. The work has been ongoing for over three years and Lauren Mattingley, Science Officer for S&TC says: ...
The science behind nutrient pollution in rivers is still poorly understood despite the fact that nitrate and phosphate concentrations in the UK’s rivers are mostly unacceptable, although an element of uncertainty exists about what an acceptable level actually is. Key to improving our understanding of the sources and impacts of nutrient pollution is high-resolution monitoring across a broad ...
As defined in the EU Water Framework Directive, every water tariff policy should be fair toward customers, generate legitimate revenue, and motivate consumers toward water saving. In the city of Chania, Greece, the inhabitants have asked for a fairer tariff policy and exhibited the intention to save water under the implementation of stricter measures. Therefore, a two-person zero-sum game was ...
In this article we examine the legal and political moves to regulate endocrine disruptors over the past 20 years and the most recent developments in this regard… There is growing concern in the EU and worldwide about the negative human health and environmental impacts possibly caused by endocrine disruptors. ...
After rain events in densely populated areas, combined sewer overflows (CSOs) can have severe health-related effects upon surface water quality, as well as diffuse overland runoff and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). All of these sources emit pathogens and fecal indicator bacteria into the surface water, which the EU Bathing Water Directive addresses by giving threshold values for the ...
To fulfill the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) requirements, a groundwater monitoring program was established by the Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland. This program focuses on providing information to assess the environmental status of surface and groundwater bodies. Read about the program and the example installation in the Bog of the Ring. Technology Used: OTT Orpheus Mini, OTT ...
Society depends on the satisfactory and sustainable management of water. Historically, the primary purpose of water treatment was to protect human health, through reducing disease being transmitted through water. Subsequent measures to address environmental concerns have broadened our expectations of what water and waste water treatment should deliver. This report considers three pieces of EU ...
As policy is made at different levels in the EU, in theory so can policy dismantling happen both at the EU and national (even regional) levels. ...
Public participation in local water councils is one method to involve different actors in the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. In this study we investigate which beliefs explain why the public participate and also how motives to participate are related to willingness to comply with decisions related to the water management framework. In total 910 respondents answered a web ...
A series of Fe–Mn binary oxides with different Fe:Mn ratios (1:1, 3:1, 6:1, 9:1) were synthesized to investigate the optimal Fe:Mn ratio for the removal of As(III) and As(V). Batch experiments were performed to determine the rate of adsorption and equilibrium isotherms. Adsorption kinetics were well described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model for both As(III) and As(V). The adsorption ...
The neighbouring countries of Latvia and Lithuania should use common water assessment methodologies and measures for water management in the transboundary rivers according to EU Water Framework Directive, establishing a framework for community action in the field of water policy. However, there are no national and local legislative acts describing how to harmonise water policy and activities ...
Like many other large cities, Stockholm is facing increased urbanization with densification of infrastructure as a result. At the same time, implementation of the Baltic Sea Action Plan and the EU Water Framework Directive is expected to result in more stringent effluent quality demands. The current situation gives rise to new challenges for the municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). ...
Long-term column studies with ozonated secondary effluent were conducted to evaluate the removal of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and to assess formation and stability of the oxidation by-product bromate in combined ozonation and managed aquifer recharge (MAR) systems. DOC removal during simulated MAR was continuously increased from approximately 20 to 40% by pretreatment with ozone ...
It would be my first time in Croatia, so naturally I was excited to be part of the team that organized a Danube Water Program workshop on EU Cross Support in the Water Sector in Zagreb September 28-29. Initially, the reasons behind the World Bank’s support of this workshop aimed at facilitating the alignment of national water legislations with the European Union (EU) acquis were not ...