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1. A complex network analysis of Spanish river basins

Author:
Rodríguez-Alarcón, R.; Lozano, S.
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2019 v.578 pp. 124065
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; climate change; climatic factors; community structure; infrastructure; irrigation water; rain; topology; water storage; watersheds;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper carries out a study of Spanish river basins for the period 2008–2014 using complex network analysis (CNA) tools. The purpose is to gain insight into the structure and characteristics of the national hydrological system with an emphasis on the interconnectivity between the different river basins and the extent to which the current IBT can mitigate the rainfall imbalances of the country, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124065

2. An Assessment of Airport Sustainability: Part 3—Water Management at Copenhagen Airport

Author:
Baxter, Glenn; Srisaeng, Panarat; Wild, Graham
Source:
Resources 2019 v.8 no.3
ISSN:
2079-9276
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; aircraft; airports; aquifers; drilling; drinking; drinking water; material flow analysis; qualitative analysis; sewer systems; soil; surface water; thermal energy; wastewater; water conservation; water utilities;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Sustainable water management is critical for airports as they consume substantial volumes of water to maintain their infrastructure and operations. Airports also generate large volumes of surface and waste waters. The aim of this study was to examine Copenhagen Airport’s sustainable water management strategies and systems from 2006 to 2016. The study used a longitudinal qualitative research ...
DOI:
10.3390/resources8030135

3. An Intermittent Karst River: The Case of the Čikola River (Dinaric Karst, Croatia)

Author:
Bonacci, Ognjen; Terzić, Josip; Roje-Bonacci, Tanja; Frangen, Tihomir
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.11
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; ephemeral streams; estuaries; groundwater; hydrologic data; karsts; landscapes; rivers; springs (water); surface water; time series analysis; water table; watersheds; wells; Croatia;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Intermittent and ephemeral streams (IRES) are responsible for transporting about half of the water on Earth’s surface. Their hydrological behavior is different in various landscapes. IRES are found more often in karst terrains than in any other regions, as a consequence of strong and direct interaction between groundwater and surface water. This paper presents a hydrogeological and hydrologi ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11112415

4. Application of numerical models to assess multi-source saltwater intrusion under natural and pumping conditions in the Great Maputo aquifer, Mozambique

Author:
Casillas-Trasvina, Alberto; Zhou, Yangxiao; Stigter, Tibor Y.; Mussáa, F. E. F.; Juízo, D.
Source:
Hydrogeology journal 2019 v.27 no.8 pp. 2973-2992
ISSN:
1431-2174
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; aquifers; coasts; ecosystems; fossils; groundwater flow; groundwater recharge; mathematical models; risk; rivers; saline groundwater; salinity; saltwater intrusion; sea level; seawater; wells; Mozambique;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Regional three-dimensional groundwater-flow and saltwater transport models were built to analyse saltwater intrusion in the Great Maputo area, southern Mozambique. Increased water demand has led to many private groundwater abstractions, as the local public water supply network has already reached maximum capacity. Pushing for new strategies to tackle the water-supply shortages exposes the aquifer ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10040-019-02053-5

5. Application of Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes (UV-LED) to Full-Scale Drinking-Water Disinfection

Author:
Jarvis, Peter; Autin, Olivier; Goslan, Emma H.; Hassard, Francis
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.9
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Cryptosporidium; United States Environmental Protection Agency; bacteriophages; disinfection; drinking water; drinking water treatment; lamps; light emitting diodes; mercury; prediction; water quality;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) have recently emerged as a viable technology for water disinfection. However, the performance of the technology in full-scale drinking-water treatment systems remains poorly characterised. Furthermore, current UV disinfection standards and protocols have been developed specifically for conventional mercury UV systems and so do not necessarily provide an ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11091894

6. Assessing heat management practices in high tunnels to improve organic production of bell peppers

Author:
Zheng, M.Z.; Leib, B.; Butler, D.M.; Wright, W.; Ayers, P.; Hayes, D.; Haghverdi, A.; Feng, L.S.; Grant, T.; Vanchiasong, P.; Muchoki, D.
Source:
Scientia horticulturae 2019 v.246 pp. 928-941
ISSN:
0304-4238
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; air temperature; biodegradability; cold; cover crops; crop yield; energy conservation; freezing; fruits; growing season; heat transfer; irrigation; mulching; operating costs; organic production; plastic film; plastic film mulches; polyethylene; rain; row covers; soil heating; soil temperature; spring; sweet peppers; thermal energy; water conservation; Tennessee;     Show all 27 Subjects
Abstract:
... Thermal energy conservation and heat management of the crop growth environment inside high tunnels (HTs) can provide high production efficiency and better yield with low operation cost, hence extending the growing seasons and increasing the sustainability of organic farming. This study assessed the beneficial effects of independent and combined practices on temperature changes inside the HT system ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scienta.2018.10.046

7. Assessment of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Poor Rural Communities: A Case Study from Yatta Area, Palestine

Author:
Al-Batsh, Nibal; Al-Khatib, Issam A.; Ghannam, Subha; Anayah, Fathi; Jodeh, Shehdeh; Hanbali, Ghadir; Khalaf, Bayan; van der Valk, Michael
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.3
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; World Health Organization; alkalinity; ammonium; case studies; chlorides; coliform bacteria; drinking; females; guidelines; households; nitrates; pH; questionnaires; rain; rural communities; salinity; socioeconomics; surface area; temperature; total dissolved solids; turbidity; water hardness; water harvesting; watersheds; Palestine; West Bank;     Show all 27 Subjects
Abstract:
... Yatta is a town located nine kilometers south of Hebron city in the West Bank of Palestine. The town houses over 100,000 people of which 49% are females and has a population that doubles every 15 years. Yatta has been connected to a water network since 1974 serving nearly 85% of its households. The water network is old and inadequate to meet the needs of the population. Water supply made available ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11030585

8. Attitudes, Perceptions, and Geospatial Analysis of Water Quality and Individual Health Status in a High-Fracking Region

Author:
Stigler Granados, Paula; Hildenbrand, Zacariah L.; Mata, Claudia; Habib, Sabrina; Martin, Misty; Carlton, Doug; Santos, Inês C.; Schug, Kevin A.; Fulton, Lawrence
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.8
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; attitudes and opinions; cooking; descriptive studies; drinking; drinking water; health status; neoplasms; odds ratio; oils; volunteers; water analysis; water quality; wells;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... The expansion of unconventional oil and gas development (UD) across the US continues to be at the center of debates regarding safety to health and the environment. This descriptive study evaluated the water quality of private water wells in the Eagle Ford Shale as well as community members’ perceptions of their water. Community members (n = 75) were surveyed about their health status and per ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11081633

9. A two-time-scale point process model of water main breaks for infrastructure asset management

Author:
Lin, Peiyuan; Yuan, Xian-Xun
Source:
Water research 2019 v.150 pp. 296-309
ISSN:
0043-1354
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Markov chain; assets; case studies; data collection; infrastructure; models; prediction; risk; water distribution; Canada;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Deterioration modelling has been a bottlenecking step towards risk-informed asset management of municipal water distribution networks. To close the gap, we proposed a two-time-scale (TTS) point process model on a pipe level for modelling and prediction of water main breaks. This paper presents the characterization, statistical parameter estimation, probabilistic features, and application of the mo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.066

10. Availability and public acceptability of residential rainwater use in Sri Lanka

Author:
Takagi, Kaori; Otaki, Masahiro; Otaki, Yurina; Chaminda, Tushara
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.234 pp. 467-476
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; cities; laundry; questionnaires; rain; surveys; washing; water harvesting; water storage; Sri Lanka;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Rainwater is one of the alternative water sources that can potentially replace municipal water supply, particularly in areas with insufficient water supply, such as developing Asian cities. In this study, we consider both the acceptability and availability (i.e. amount) of rainwater use in Galle, situated in the southern part of Sri Lanka. We examined the specific acceptability of each end use thr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.263

11. Bayesian Hierarchical Models as Tools to Evaluate the Association Between Groundwater Quality and the Occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Saskatchewan, Canada

Author:
McLeod, Lianne; Bharadwaj, Lalita; Epp, Tasha Y.; Waldner, Cheryl L.
Source:
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2019 v.76 no.3 pp. 375-393
ISSN:
0090-4341
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Bayesian theory; aesthetics; arsenic; dose response; environmental exposure; experimental design; groundwater; iron; lead; manganese; models; monitoring; nitrates; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; relative risk; risk factors; selenium; socioeconomic factors; water pollution; water quality; wells; Saskatchewan;     Show all 23 Subjects
Abstract:
... There is growing interest in the role of environmental exposures in the development of diabetes. Previous studies in rural Saskatchewan have raised concerns over drinking water contaminants, including arsenic, which has been identified as a possible risk factor for diabetes. Using administrative health and water-quality surveillance data from rural Saskatchewan, an ecological study design was used ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00244-018-00588-4

12. CO2 and N2O from water resource recovery facilities: Evaluation of emissions from biological treatment, settling, disinfection, and receiving water body

Author:
Caniani, D.; Caivano, M.; Pascale, R.; Bianco, G.; Mancini, I.M.; Masi, S.; Mazzone, G.; Firouzian, M.; Rosso, D.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.648 pp. 1130-1140
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; activated sludge; aeration; air pollution; biological treatment; carbon dioxide; carbon footprint; climate change; disinfectants; disinfection; emissions factor; energy; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; hydroxylamine; monitoring; nitrous oxide; surface water; tanks;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) contribute to climate change and air pollution, as they are anthropogenic potential sources of direct and indirect emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Studies concerning the monitoring and accounting for GHG emissions from WRRFs are of increasing interest. In this study, the floating hood technique for gas collection was coupled with the off-gas method t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.150

13. Detection and Localization of Water Leaks in Water Nets Supported by an ICT System with Artificial Intelligence Methods as a Way Forward for Smart Cities

Author:
Rojek, Izabela; Studzinski, Jan
Source:
Sustainability 2019 v.11 no.2
ISSN:
2071-1050
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; algorithms; artificial intelligence; cities; data collection; energy; geographic information systems; heating systems; models; sewage; sewage treatment; telecommunications;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The last decade has seen the development of complex IT systems to support city management, i.e., the creation of so-called intelligent cities. These systems include modules dedicated to particular branches of municipal economy, such as urban transport, heating systems, energy systems, telecommunications, and finally water and sewage management. In turn, with regard to the latter branch, IT systems ...
DOI:
10.3390/su11020518

14. Effect of irrigation water source and post-harvest washing treatment on the microflora of alfalfa and mung bean sprouts

Author:
Baker, Kimberly A.; Beecher, Lance; Northcutt, Julie K.
Source:
Food control 2019 v.100 pp. 151-157
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Enterobacteriaceae; alfalfa; aquaponics; bean sprouts; chlorine; citric acid; coliform bacteria; irrigation water; molds (fungi); mung beans; nutrients; pH; phosphoric acid; regrowth; sulfuric acid; washing; yeasts;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... Alfalfa and mung bean sprouts were grown using municipal water or water generated from an aquaponics system. After seven days of growth, sprouts were harvested, separated into 25-g portions and assigned to one of four different treatment groups. With the exception of the control treatment, all treatments involved washing for 1 min in 500 mL of solution, followed by draining and sampling sprouts fo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.01.015

15. Efficient PFAS Removal by Amine-Functionalized Sorbents: Critical Review of the Current Literature

Author:
Ateia, Mohamed; Alsbaiee, Alaaeddin; Karanfil, Tanju; Dichtel, William
Source:
Environmental science & technology letters 2019 v.6 no.12 pp. 688-695
ISSN:
2328-8930
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; compliance; drinking water; electrostatic interactions; hydrophobic bonding; moieties; perfluorocarbons; sorbents; wastewater;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of persistent and mobile fluoro-organic chemicals that have been detected in many water supplies, and their recommended safe concentrations in drinking water are as low as 6 ng/L. Current technological advances suggest that amine-containing sorbents can provide alternative solutions to PFAS control in the treatment of municipal water ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.estlett.9b00659

16. Estimating groundwater recharge uncertainty for a carbonate aquifer in a semi-arid region using the Kessler's method

Author:
Barreiras, Nuno; Ribeiro, Luís
Source:
Journal of arid environments 2019 v.165 pp. 64-72
ISSN:
0140-1963
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; aquifers; carbonates; confidence interval; data collection; decision making; drought; dry environmental conditions; groundwater; groundwater recharge; irrigated farming; semiarid zones; uncertainty; uncertainty analysis; water management; Portugal;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Groundwater recharge is an important hydrological parameter for the quantification of water budgets in order to better achieve a sustainable groundwater management. Such management is paramount in the southern region of Portugal because groundwater represents more than 75% of the public water supply, the water demand for irrigated agriculture and tourism industries is rapidly growing, and the regi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.04.005

17. Estimating reservoir evaporation losses for the United States: Fusing remote sensing and modeling approaches

Author:
Zhao, Gang; Gao, Huilin
Source:
Remote sensing of environment 2019 v.226 pp. 109-124
ISSN:
0034-4257
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Landsat; data collection; equations; evaporation rate; heat; hydrologic cycle; lakes; models; remote sensing; spatial variation; surface area; surface water; water management; United States;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Evaporation from open surface water is a critical and continuous process in the water cycle. Globally, evaporation losses from reservoirs are estimated to be greater than the combined consumption from industrial and domestic water uses. However, this large volume of water loss is only coarsely considered in modern water resources management practices due to the complexities involved with quantifyi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rse.2019.03.015

18. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Residential Water Efficiency Initiatives in England: Influencing Factors and Policy Implications

Author:
Manouseli, Despina; Kayaga, S. M.; Kalawsky, R.
Source:
Water resources management 2019 v.33 no.7 pp. 2219-2238
ISSN:
0920-4741
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; business enterprises; climate change; freshwater; households; issues and policy; lifestyle; statistical analysis; water conservation; water utilities; weather; England;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Providers of municipal water supply services worldwide are facing pressure from climate change and increasing water demand due to growing populations and lifestyle changes. With finite global freshwater supplies, there is need for water service providers to consider water demand management as an option for closing the supply-demand gap. Several water utilities in the UK are implementing residentia ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11269-018-2176-1

19. Fabric phase sorptive extraction/GC‐MS method for rapid determination of broad polarity spectrum multi‐class emerging pollutants in various aqueous samples

Author:
Kaur, Ramandeep; Kaur, Ripneel; Grover, Aman; Rani, Susheela; Malik, Ashok Kumar; Kabir, Abuzar; Furton, Kenneth G.
Source:
Journal of separation science 2019 v.42 no.14 pp. 2407-2417
ISSN:
1615-9306
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; bisphenol A; desorption; detection limit; dibutyl phthalate; diethyl phthalate; fabrics; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; groundwater; lidocaine; municipal wastewater; pollutants; sludge; solvents; standard deviation; tap water; triclosan;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... A rapid extraction and cleanup method using selective fabric phase sorptive extraction combined with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry has been developed and validated for the determination of broad polarity spectrum emerging pollutants, ethyl paraben, butyl paraben, diethyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, lidocaine, prilocaine, triclosan, and bisphenol A in various aqueous samples. Some impo ...
DOI:
10.1002/jssc.201900089

20. Fate and inhibitory effect of silver nanoparticles in high rate moving bed biofilm reactors

Author:
Alizadeh, Sanaz; Ghoshal, Subhasis; Comeau, Yves
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.647 pp. 1199-1210
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; atomic absorption spectrometry; bioavailability; biofilm; chemical oxygen demand; exposure duration; moving bed biofilm reactors; nanosilver; organic matter; polyvinylpyrrolidone; risk; silver; silver chloride; toxicity; viability; wastes; wastewater treatment;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Municipal water resource recovery facilities are the primary recipients of a significant fraction of discharged silver nanoparticle (AgNP)-containing wastes, yet the fate and potential risks of AgNPs in attached-growth biological wastewater treatment processes are poorly understood. The fate and inhibitory effects of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-coated AgNPs at environmentally-relevant nominal conce ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.073

21. Geostatistical Methods in Water Distribution Network Design - A Case Study

Author:
Potyralla, Maciej
Source:
Ecological Chemistry and Engineering 2019 v.26 no.1 pp. 101-118
ISSN:
2084-4549
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; case studies; computer analysis; geographic information systems; geostatistics; information processing; models; pipelines; planning; water distribution;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Modeling of the loads of water supply networks and their subsequent forecasting is an element necessary for making optimum decisions in the process of planning the development and operation of the water supply networks. The results of this modeling are decisive for the selection of the diameters of the pipelines and their arrangement on the water demand area. This study presents the results of est ...
DOI:
10.1515/eces-2019-0008

22. Health Risk Associated with Some Trace and Some Heavy Metals Content of Harvested Rainwater in Yatta Area, Palestine

Author:
Al-Khatib, Issam A.; Arafeh, Ghadeer A.; Al-Qutob, Mutaz; Jodeh, Shehdeh; Hasan, A. Rasem; Jodeh, Diana; van der Valk, Michael
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.2
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; World Health Organization; adults; aluminum; analysis of variance; anthropogenic activities; atomic absorption spectrometry; barium; bismuth; calcium; carcinogenicity; children; cluster analysis; cobalt; drinking water; health effects assessments; heavy metals; iron; magnesium; molybdenum; neoplasms; potassium; principal component analysis; rain; rubidium; rural areas; silver; sodium; strontium; water pollution; Palestine;     Show all 31 Subjects
Abstract:
... Rainwater is considered a dependable source for domestic purposes within rural areas in Palestine. Harvested rainwater stored in cisterns is used to leverage deficits from municipal water supplies. Harvested rainwater in areas surrounded with industrial and agricultural activities is usually contaminated with heavy and trace metals. To study the effects of human exposure to heavy and trace metals, ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11020238

23. Ingested nitrate, disinfection by-products, and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the Iowa Women's Health Study cohort

Author:
Jones, Rena R.; DellaValle, Curt T.; Weyer, Peter J.; Robien, Kim; Cantor, Kenneth P.; Krasner, Stuart; Beane Freeman, Laura E.; Ward, Mary H.
Source:
Environment international 2019 v.126 pp. 242-251
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; byproducts; carcinogens; colon; colorectal neoplasms; confidence interval; dietary nutrient sources; disinfection; drinking water; food frequency questionnaires; ingestion; maximum contaminant level; meat consumption; nitrate nitrogen; nitrates; nitrites; postmenopause; processed meat; red meat; regression analysis; risk; trichloroacetic acid; women; women's health; Iowa;     Show all 25 Subjects
Abstract:
... N-nitroso compounds (NOC) formed endogenously after nitrate/nitrite ingestion and disinfection by-products (DBPs) are suspected colorectal carcinogens, but epidemiologic evidence of these associations is limited.We investigated the relationship between drinking water exposures and incident colorectal cancers in a cohort of postmenopausal women.Using historical nitrate-nitrogen (NO₃-N) measurements ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2019.02.010

24. Integrated water resources management and modeling: A case study of Bow river basin, Canada

Author:
Wang, Kai; Davies, Evan G.R.; Liu, Junguo
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; basins; case studies; climate; cooling towers; crop yield; economic development; environmental assessment; issues and policy; models; population growth; power generation; power plants; rivers; socioeconomics; water security; watersheds; Canada;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper introduces a comprehensive modeling framework for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The model incorporates water demands, allocation, and uses under various climate, population, and economic scenarios as well as management strategies. Model outputs include crop yields, municipal water use, power generation, recreational reservoir uses, and environmental flows. Further, a nov ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118242

25. Isolation and characterization of Lake Erie bacteria that degrade the cyanobacterial microcystin toxin MC-LR

Author:
Thees, Alison; Atari, Ealla; Birbeck, Johnna; Westrick, Judy A.; Huntley, Jason F.
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2019 v.45 no.1 pp. 138-149
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Microcystis; Planktothrix; algal blooms; animal pathogens; bacteria; biofilm; drinking water; genotyping; glass; human health; lakes; microcystin-LR; summer; Lake Erie; Ohio;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Microcystin-LR (MC-LR) is a cyclic hepatotoxin produced by cyanobacteria, including Microcystis sp. and Planktothrix sp. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Erie have become a major human health concern in recent years, highlighted by the August 2014 City of Toledo, Ohio, municipal water “do not drink” order that affected nearly 500,000 residents for 3 days. Given that microcystin degrading bacter ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2018.10.013

26. Life cycle assessment of water supply in Singapore — A water-scarce urban city with multiple water sources

Author:
Low, Jonathan Sze Choong; Hsien, Cadence; Choong Low, Jonathan Sze; Chan Fuchen, Shannon; Han, Tan Wee
Source:
Resources, conservation, and recycling 2019 v.151 pp. 104476
ISSN:
0921-3449
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; climate change; environmental impact; greenhouse gas emissions; issues and policy; life cycle assessment; methane; nitrous oxide; recycled water; recycling; tap water; wastewater; water shortages; Singapore;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Water scarcity in Singapore has resulted in a complex urban water system with multiple water sources, advanced treatment processes, and recycling for potable and non-potable reuse. While industries are encouraged to reuse and recycle water, the environmental impact of doing so as compared to using public water supply should be considered. However, there is a lack of studies quantifying the environ ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104476

27. Long-term climate, vegetation and fire regime change in a managed municipal water supply area, British Columbia, Canada

Author:
Brown, KJ; Hebda, NJR; Schoups, G; Conder, N; Smith, KAP; Trofymow, JA
Source:
TheHolocene 2019 v.29 no.9 pp. 1411-1424
ISSN:
1477-0911
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Holocene epoch; Pinus; Quercus; biomass burning; canopy; charcoal; climate; cold; coniferous forests; ecosystems; fire history; fire regime; lakes; models; paleoclimatology; sediments; stream flow; watersheds; wildfires; woodlands; British Columbia;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... Post-glacial climate, vegetation and fire history were reconstructed from a sediment record from Begbie Lake, British Columbia, Canada, located in a municipal water supply area servicing > 350,000 people. Watershed managers have identified wildfire as a threat to water supply and seek to understand how vegetation and fire have varied through time with climate. In the cold late-glacial, open Pinus ...
DOI:
10.1177/0959683619854523

28. Monitoring and exposure assessment of organophosphorus flame retardants in source and drinking water, Nanjing, China

Author:
Liu, Xiangping; Xiong, Lilin; Li, Dengkun; Chen, Chunjing; Cao, Qian
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2019 v.191 no.2 pp. 119
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; average daily intake; drinking water; dry season; flame retardants; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; humans; ingestion; monitoring; standard deviation; tandem mass spectrometry; wet season; China; Yangtze River;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study developed a new method to determine the residues of 13 organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) in drinking water by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) technique and investigated the chemical distribution in water samples from municipal plants along the Yangtze River in Nanjing. The linear calibration correlation coefficients R² for all 13 OPFRs were at least 0.998 ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-019-7239-0

29. National-scale analysis of future river flow and soil moisture droughts: potential changes in drought characteristics

Author:
Rudd, Alison C.; Kay, A. L.; Bell, V. A.
Source:
Climatic change 2019 v.156 no.3 pp. 323-340
ISSN:
0165-0009
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; aquatic environment; climate change; climate models; drought; economic impact; emissions; hydrologic models; industry; river flow; soil water; Great Britain;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The potential impact of climate change on drought is of increasing concern, especially due to recent occurrences of major events across the globe. Here a national-scale grid–based hydrological model is used to investigate potential future changes in river flow and soil moisture droughts across Great Britain. The analysis uses ensembles of climate model data for four time periods (1930s, 1980s, 203 ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10584-019-02528-0

30. Perceptions of drinking water quality from private wells in Alberta: A qualitative study

Author:
Munene, Abraham; Lockyer, Jocelyn; Checkley, Sylvia; Hall, David C.
Source:
Canadian water resources journal 2019 v.44 no.3 pp. 291-306
ISSN:
1918-1817
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; acreage; drinking water; farms; gastrointestinal system; interviews; issues and policy; oils; sensory properties; water pollution; water quality; well water; wells; Alberta;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Water wells are important in providing water for rural populations that are far removed from municipal water supplies. Over 400,000 rural Albertans use water wells for domestic purposes. The responsibility of well water management lies with well owners. Perceptions of well water quality become important in influencing the adoption of well water management practices such as testing, treatment, and ...
DOI:
10.1080/07011784.2019.1601599

31. Performance of the fixed-bed of granular activated carbon for the removal of pesticides from water supply

Author:
Alves, Alcione Aparecida de Almeida; Ruiz, Giselle Louise de Oliveira; Nonato, Thyara Campos Martins; Müller, Laura Cecilia; Sens, Maurício Luiz
Source:
Environmental technology 2019 v.40 no.15 pp. 1977-1987
ISSN:
1479-487X
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; activated carbon; adsorption; application rate; carbaryl; carbofuran; derivatization; diffusivity; high performance liquid chromatography; methomyl; organic matter; pH; particle size; preferential flow;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... The application of a fixed bed adsorption column of granular activated carbon (FBAC-GAC), in the removal of carbaryl, methomyl and carbofuran at a concentration of 25 μg L⁻¹ for each carbamate, from the public water supply was investigated. For the determination of the presence of pesticides in the water supply, the analytical technique of high-performance liquid chromatography with post-column de ...
DOI:
10.1080/09593330.2018.1435731

32. Pharmaceuticals, herbicides, and disinfectants in agricultural water sources

Author:
Panthi, Suraj; Sapkota, Amy R.; Raspanti, Greg; Allard, Sarah M.; Bui, Anthony; Craddock, Hillary A.; Murray, Rianna; Zhu, Libin; East, Cheryl; Handy, Eric; Callahan, Mary Theresa; Haymaker, Joseph; Kulkarni, Prachi; Anderson, Brienna; Craighead, Shani; Gartley, Samantha; Vanore, Adam; Betancourt, Walter Q.; Duncan, Rico; Foust, Derek; Sharma, Manan; Micallef, Shirley A.; Gerba, Charles; Parveen, Salina; Hashem, Fawzy; May, Eric; Kniel, Kalmia; Pop, Mihai; Ravishankar, Sadhana; Sapkota, Amir
Source:
Environmental research 2019 v.174 pp. 1-8
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; atrazine; azithromycin; brackish water; caffeine; ciprofloxacin; disinfectants; drought; drugs; economic feasibility; freshwater; irrigation water; liquid chromatography; public health; seasonal variation; soil; sulfamethoxazole; summer; tandem mass spectrometry; wastewater; wastewater treatment; winter;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... Agricultural water withdrawals account for the largest proportion of global freshwater use. Increasing municipal water demands and droughts are straining agricultural water supplies. Therefore, alternative solutions to agricultural water crises are urgently needed, including the use of nontraditional water sources such as advanced treated wastewater or reclaimed water, brackish water, return flows ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2019.04.011

33. Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in a drinking water treatment plant in the Yangtze River Delta of China: Temporal trend, removal and human health risk

Author:
Qu, Yingxi; Jiang, Xinshu; Cagnetta, Giovanni; Liu, Liquan; Bao, Yixiang; Li, Wenchao; Wang, Qi; Liang, Chengrui; Huang, Jun; Yang, Hongwei; Yu, Gang
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.696 pp. 133949
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; activated carbon; carboxylation; drinking water; drinking water treatment; human health; mass flow; perfluorocarbons; perfluorooctanoic acid; pipelines; public opinion; risk; river deltas; rivers; sulfonates; summer; wet season; China; Yangtze River;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Poly- and perfluorinated substances (PFASs) have been found ubiquitously all over the world in drinking water, thus attracting concern of public opinion and regulators. The present study was carried out in a drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) located in the city of Changzhou (China), near the Yangtze River Delta. 31 PFASs concentrations were analyzed in the DWTP process water flows, as well as ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133949

34. Prioritising fuels reduction for water supply protection

Author:
Gannon, Benjamin M.; Wei, Yu; MacDonald, Lee H.; Kampf, Stephanie K.; Jones, Kelly W.; Cannon, Jeffery B.; Wolk, Brett H.; Cheng, Antony S.; Addington, Robert N.; Thompson, Matthew P.
Source:
The International journal of wildland fire 2019 v.28 no.10 pp. 785-803
ISSN:
1049-8001
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; cost effectiveness; forests; fuels; fuels (fire ecology); infrastructure; models; prescribed burning; risk; risk reduction; sediment transport; sediments; watersheds; wildfires; Colorado;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Concerns over wildfire impacts to water supplies have motivated efforts to mitigate risk by reducing forest fuels. Methods to assess fuel treatment effects and prioritise their placement are needed to guide risk mitigation efforts. We present a fuel treatment optimisation model to minimise risk to multiple water supplies based on constraints for treatment feasibility and cost. Risk is quantified a ...
DOI:
10.1071/WF18182

35. Pulsed and continuous light UV LED: microbial inactivation, electrical, and time efficiency

Author:
Sholtes, Kari; Linden, Karl G.
Source:
Water research 2019 v.165 pp. 114965
ISSN:
0043-1354
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Escherichia coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; disinfection; energy efficiency; light emitting diodes; microorganisms; plankton; ultraviolet radiation; wavelengths;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV LEDs) have increasing applications in the inactivation of microorganisms in water, air, food, and on surfaces. System designers currently have metrics for comparison of the microbial and energy efficiency of UV LEDs, but these have not included a time component. Without including the time efficiency of a UV LED, neither the fluence-basis nor the electrical-bas ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2019.114965

36. Quantifying urban water supply security under global change

Author:
Krueger, Elisabeth; Rao, P. Suresh C.; Borchardt, Dietrich
Source:
Global environmental change 2019 v.56 pp. 66-74
ISSN:
0959-3780
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; capital; case studies; cities; data collection; decision making; global change; household surveys; infrastructure; interviews; issues and policy; public services and goods; risk; socioeconomics; stakeholders; water security;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Urban water supply security is commonly measured in terms of per capita water availability at the city level. However, the actual services that citizens receive are influenced by several components, including (1) a city's access to water, (2) infrastructure for its treatment, storage and distribution, (3) financial capital for building and maintaining infrastructure, and (4) management efficacy fo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.03.009

37. Returns on investment in watershed conservation: Application of a best practices analytical framework to the Rio Camboriú Water Producer program, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Author:
Kroeger, Timm; Klemz, Claudio; Boucher, Timothy; Fisher, Jonathan R.B.; Acosta, Eileen; Cavassani, Andre Targa; Dennedy-Frank, P. James; Garbossa, Luis; Blainski, Everton; Santos, Rafaela Comparim; Giberti, Silvana; Petry, Paulo; Shemie, Daniel; Dacol, Kelli
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.657 pp. 1368-1381
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; biodiversity; business enterprises; drinking water; land use and land cover maps; remote sensing; risk reduction; sediments; total suspended solids; water treatment; water utilities; watershed management; watersheds; Brazil;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Watershed management may have widespread potential to cost-effectively deliver hydrologic services. Mobilizing the needed investments requires credible assessments of how watershed conservation compares to conventional solutions on cost and effectiveness, utilizing an integrated analytical framework that links the bio-, litho-, hydro- and economic spheres and uses counterfactuals.We apply such a f ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.116

38. Selection of sustainable municipal water reuse applications by multi-stakeholders using game theory

Author:
Chhipi-Shrestha, Gyan; Rodriguez, Manuel; Sadiq, Rehan
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.650 pp. 2512-2526
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; carbon; emissions; energy; farm operators; freshwater; game theory; golf courses; human health; irrigation; issues and policy; lawns and turf; laws and regulations; life cycle costing; multi-criteria decision making; public opinion; public parks; risk; stakeholders; wastewater treatment; water conservation; water reuse; willingness to pay; British Columbia;     Show all 24 Subjects
Abstract:
... Globally the trend of water reuse has been increasing. The public perception and government regulations are supportive for reclaimed water use in Canada. Reclaimed water can be used in variety of applications that may have different performance in economic, environmental and social dimensions for various stakeholders, indicating decision on water reuse selection is complex. This research proposes ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.359

39. Selective determination of sartan drugs in environmental water samples by mixed-mode solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Author:
Castro, G.; Rodríguez, I.; Ramil, M.; Cela, R.
Source:
Chemosphere 2019 v.224 pp. 562-571
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; ammonia; biodegradation; calibration; cis-trans isomerism; hydroxylation; ionization; methanol; nitrogen; pH; rivers; sewage treatment; solid phase extraction; solvents; sorbents; standard deviation; tandem mass spectrometry; tap water; telmisartan; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; wastewater; water treatment;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... Herein, a method for the simultaneous determination of the currently prescribed sartan drugs (eprosartan, EPR; olmesartan, OLM; losartan, LOS; candesartan, CAN; telmisartan, TEL; irbesartan, IRB; and valsartan, VAL), and the biodegradation product valsartan acid (VALA), in water samples (raw and treated wastewater, river and tap water) was developed. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) and ultra-performa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.137

40. Source area management practices as remediation tool to address groundwater nitrate pollution in drinking supply wells

Author:
Bastani, Mehrdad; Harter, Thomas
Source:
Journal of contaminant hydrology 2019 v.226 pp. 103521
ISSN:
0169-7722
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; agricultural land; aquifers; basins; crops; drinking water; farming systems; groundwater; groundwater recharge; irrigation; mathematical models; nitrates; nutrient management; pollution load; remediation; water quality; wells; California;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... Nitrate in drinking water may cause serious health problems for consumers. Agricultural activities are known to be the main source of groundwater nitrate contaminating rural domestic and urban public water supply wells in farming regions. Management practices have been proposed to reduce the amount of nitrate in groundwater, including improved nutrient management practices and “pump and fertilize” ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jconhyd.2019.103521

41. Spatiotemporal resolved sampling for the interpretation of micropollutant removal during riverbank filtration

Author:
van Driezum, Inge H.; Derx, Julia; Oudega, Thomas J.; Zessner, Matthias; Naus, Floris L.; Saracevic, Ernis; Kirschner, Alexander K.T.; Sommer, Regina; Farnleitner, Andreas H.; Blaschke, Alfred Paul
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.649 pp. 212-223
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; aerobic conditions; alluvial aquifer; diclofenac; drinking water; filtration; groundwater; lakes; pollutants; riparian areas; rivers; sulfamethoxazole; triazoles; water quality; water utilities; wells;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Riverbank filtration (RBF) systems along rivers are widely used as public water supplies. In these systems, many organic micropollutants (OMPs) are attenuated, but some compounds have shown to be rather persistent. Their fate and transport has been studied in RBF sites along lakes and small rivers, but not extensively along large and dynamic rivers. Therefore, the influence of flood events on OMP ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.300

42. Sustainability assessment of the groundwater quality in the Western India to achieve urban water security

Author:
Saraswat, Chitresh; Kumar, Pankaj; Dasgupta, Rajarshi; Avtar, Ram; Bhalani, Prashant
Source:
Applied water science 2019 v.9 no.4 pp. 73
ISSN:
2190-5487
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; United Nations; aquifers; chlorides; cities; electrical conductivity; groundwater; hardness; hydrogeochemistry; irrigation; irrigation water; isoelectric point; land use; nitrates; pH; permeability; pumps; sulfates; sustainable development; water quality; water security; water treatment; wells; India;     Show all 24 Subjects
Abstract:
... Achieving water security and availability for all is among the principle agenda of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To achieve the goal of water security, particularly in rapidly expanding cities, identification of safe and sustainable water resources is an absolute necessity. The paper conducts an exploratory investigation in the hydrogeochemical characteristics of groundwater and thereby as ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13201-019-0956-2

43. Teaching about groundwater in primary schools: experience from Paraguay

Author:
Houben, Georg J.
Source:
Hydrogeology journal 2019 v.27 no.2 pp. 513-518
ISSN:
1431-2174
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; educational materials; elementary schools; games; groundwater; hydrogeology; hydrologic cycle; hydrologic models; teachers; training (people); Paraguay;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Groundwater is the backbone of public water supply in Paraguay but it is threatened by contamination and over-exploitation. To increase the awareness of this crucial resource and the environment in general, a comic book for primary school pupils was developed, accompanied by posters, games and videos. The acceptance of the package was greatly improved by providing teachers with training workshops ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10040-018-1876-1

44. The collaborative effect of Chlorella vulgaris-Bacillus licheniformis consortia on the treatment of municipal water

Author:
Ji, Xiyan; Li, Huimin; Zhang, Jibiao; Saiyin, Hexige; Zheng, Zheng
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2019 v.365 pp. 483-493
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Chlorella; DNA methylation; ammonium; chemical oxygen demand; municipal wastewater; nuclear genome; organic matter; orthophosphates; phosphorus; pollution control; stress tolerance; total nitrogen;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... In this study, the effects of nutrient and dissolved organic matter removal, stress resistance (DNA methylation), and the algae-bacteria dynamic ratio of algal-bacterial consortia in actual municipal wastewater were investigated. Results indicate that the presence of a Chlorella vulgaris-Bacillus licheniformis consortium had profound effects. The removal rates of total nitrogen, ammonium, orthopho ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.11.039

45. The effect of local wind field on water circulation and dispersion of imaginary tracers in two small connected lakes

Author:
Juntunen, Janne; Ropponen, Janne; Shuku, Takayuki; Krogerus, Kirsti; Huttula, Timo
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2019 v.579 pp. 124137
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; hydrologic models; lakes; model validation; prediction; tracer techniques; water flow; wind; Finland;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study considers the effects of wind field forcing data on a 3-D hydrodynamic model of two connected urban lakes in Central Finland, one of which is used as municipal water source. We consider the wind data from a nearby official weather station, local winds measured at several sites at the target lakes, and winds obtained by spatio-temporal modelling. Dispersion of tracers was simulated in th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124137

46. The Flexible Governance of Water in Cairo’s Informal Areas

Author:
Khalil, Deena
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.8
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; governance; infrastructure; topology; water utilization; Egypt;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... This article explores the relationship between informality and water infrastructure in informal areas in Egypt. I apply three concepts drawn from the wider literatures on state power and governance: Topological power, flexible governing, and the “statization” of urban space. I find that infrastructure has functioned as one of the main instruments through which the state is produced or ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11081644

47. The integration of land use in public water reservoirs plans – A critical analysis of the regulatory approaches used for the protection of banks

Author:
Rodrigues, Carla; Fidélis, Teresa
Source:
Land use policy 2019 v.81 pp. 762-775
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; electricity generation; irrigation; land use; nutrients; planning; social benefit; water reservoirs; water shortages; Portugal;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The water reservoirs created by dams and used for public water supply, irrigation or electricity production, have several environmental, economic and social values, and constitute strategic reserves in periods of water scarcity. Reservoirs are vulnerable to the impacts of land uses on their banks and so require careful planning and development control. Systematic studies on how water reservoirs pl ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.10.047

48. The performance of gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration for roofing rainwater reuse: Implications of roofing rainwater energy and rainwater purification

Author:
Du, Xing; Xu, Jiongji; Mo, Zhuoyu; Luo, Yunlong; Su, Junhao; Nie, Jinxu; Wang, Zhihong; Liu, Lifan; Liang, Heng
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.697 pp. 134187
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; adenosine triphosphate; aluminum; ammonium nitrogen; bacteria; biofilm; calcium; chromium; confocal laser scanning microscopy; copper; energy; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis; filtration; image analysis; iron; manganese; microbial activity; microbial communities; organic carbon; polymers; rain; scanning electron microscopy; spectroscopy; stormwater management; water harvesting;     Show all 25 Subjects
Abstract:
... Rainwater harvesting (RWH) coupled with gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration was used to simultaneously treat rainwater and recover energy. A pilot GDM could obtain a relatively stable level of permeate flux (~4.0 L/(m2·h)) under a set water head (ΔH = 0.4 m) over 140 days of operation. An increase water head (ΔH = 0.6 m) did not achieve a sharp increase in stabilized flux (~2.4 L/(m2·h)) over ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134187

49. Toxicological effects of anthropogenic activities in Geophagus brasiliensis from a coastal river of southern Brazil: A biomarker approach

Author:
de Oliveira, Fernando Garrido; Lirola, Juliana Roratto; Salgado, Lilian Dalago; de Marchi, Gustavo Henrique; Mela, Maritana; Padial, André Andrian; Guimarães, Ana Tereza Bittencourt; Cestari, Marta Margarete; Silva de Assis, Helena Cristina
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.667 pp. 371-383
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; DNA; DNA damage; Geophagus brasiliensis; acetylcholinesterase; anthropogenic activities; antioxidants; autumn; bentazon; biomarkers; biotransformation; brain; dams (hydrology); enzyme activity; fish; gills; glutathione peroxidase; glutathione transferase; glyphosate; histopathology; indigenous species; irrigation; liver; muscles; mutagens; oxidative stress; plantations; public health; rain; rice; risk; rivers; seasonal variation; sediments; spring; superoxide dismutase; tissues; water quality; watersheds; xenobiotics; Brazil;     Show all 41 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study aimed to assess the water quality of the Perequê River, Porto Belo, Santa Catarina, Brazil, through a biomarker approach in the native fish species Geophagus brasiliensis, and the sediment chemical quantification of the herbicides glyphosate and bentazone used in irrigated rice plantations. This river is used for the public water supply of two municipalities. The first sampling (S1) was ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.168

50. Understanding and Improving Enforcement and Compliance with Drinking Water Standards

Author:
Kirchhoff, Christine J.; Flagg, Julia A.; Zhuang, Yan; Utemuratov, Berdakh
Source:
Water resources management 2019 v.33 no.5 pp. 1647-1663
ISSN:
0920-4741
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; United States Environmental Protection Agency; compliance; databases; drinking water; groundwater; models; public health; public ownership; risk; rural areas; water quality; Connecticut;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... The quality of public drinking water poses a critical risk to public health, yet U.S. public water systems (PWSs) frequently produce water that violates drinking water standards. The causes of such violations and the effects of enforcement actions on reducing those violations remain poorly understood. We use a ten-year database of water quality violations across 2487 Connecticut (CT) water systems ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11269-019-2189-4

51. Understanding Municipal Water Use and Data Availability: a Case Study across North Dakota, USA

Author:
Ellingson, Nicole; Hargiss, Christina L. M.; Norland, Jack
Source:
Water resources management 2019 v.33 no.14 pp. 4895-4907
ISSN:
0920-4741
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; case studies; cities; landscapes; oils; questionnaires; shale; water conservation; North Dakota;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Tremendous variation exists in how cities, states, countries, and other jurisdictional areas classify water use and consumption. Additionally, water conservation measures have become more common in the past few decades, but little is known about how these conservation measures are implemented across the landscape. The goal of this study is to increase the breadth of knowledge regarding municipal w ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11269-019-02411-8

52. Unmapped Water Access: Locating the Role of Religion in Access to Municipal Water Supply in Ahmedabad

Author:
Mawani, Vrushti
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.6
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; Muslims; activists; crime; decision making; exercise; landscapes; minorities (people); planning; politics; water management;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Poor access to municipal water in Ahmedabad’s Muslim areas has been tied to the difficulties of implementing a planning mechanism called the town planning scheme, which, in turn, have been premised on widespread illegal constructions that have developed across these sites. Residents, local politicians, and activists associate this causal explanation offered by engineers and planners for poor ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11061282

53. Unseen and overlooked: methods for quantifying groundwater abstraction from different sectors in a data-scarce region, British Columbia, Canada

Author:
Forstner, Tara; Gleeson, Tom
Source:
Canadian water resources journal 2019 v.44 no.4 pp. 382-400
ISSN:
1918-1817
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; fish culture; groundwater; groundwater extraction; irrigated farming; manufacturing; mining; oil and gas industry; rural areas; water distribution; British Columbia;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Groundwater is considered a reliable resource, relatively insensitive to seasonal or even multi-year climatic variation; however, quantifying aquifer-scale estimates of stress in diverse hydrologic environments is particularly difficult due to data scarcity and the limited methods for deriving stress parameters, such as groundwater use and availability, which can be applied over a large spatial ar ...
DOI:
10.1080/07011784.2019.1652116

54. Using multiple tracers (F−, B, δ11B, and optical brighteners) to distinguish between municipal drinking water and wastewater inputs to urban streams

Author:
Lockmiller, Kayla A.; Wang, Kun; Fike, David A.; Shaughnessy, Andrew R.; Hasenmueller, Elizabeth A.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.671 pp. 1245-1256
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; drinking water; hydrochemistry; infrastructure; land use; mixing; statistical models; stream flow; streams; tracer techniques; urbanization; wastewater; watersheds;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Releases of municipal waters, including drinking water and wastewater, can considerably alter urban stream chemistry. However, the relative contributions of drinking water versus wastewater to streams have not been quantified previously and are therefore the focus of this study. We sampled streams along a land use gradient that included watersheds with impervious surface areas (ISA) ranging from 1 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.352

55. Variable responses of karst springs to recharge in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco

Author:
Howell, Brett A.; Fryar, Alan E.; Benaabidate, Lahcen; Bouchaou, Lhoussaine; Farhaoui, Mohamed
Source:
Hydrogeology journal 2019 v.27 no.5 pp. 1693-1710
ISSN:
1431-2174
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; air; air temperature; autocorrelation; basins; deuterium; dry season; hydrogeology; meteorological data; spring; springs (water); stable isotopes; storms; summer; turbidity; water temperature; wet season; Morocco;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... Springs in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco are important public water supplies, but their responses to storm-event and seasonal forcings have received only limited study. From March 2014 to May 2015, water temperature was measured hourly at three springs (Ribaa, Sidi Rached, and Zerouka); water level (stage) was measured hourly at Sidi Rached and Zerouka; and maximum daily turbidity was recorde ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10040-019-01945-w

56. Water uses, treatment, and sanitation practices in rural areas of Chandigarh and its relation with waterborne diseases

Author:
Ravindra, Khaiwal; Mor, Suman; Pinnaka, Venkatamaha Lakshmi
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.19 pp. 19512-19522
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; bottles; conservation practices; cross-sectional studies; drinking; drinking water; experimental design; family structure; finance; good hygiene practices; hands; households; people; rural areas; sanitation; soaps; socioeconomic development; surveys; villages; water conservation; water quality; water treatment; water utilization; waterborne diseases; India;     Show all 25 Subjects
Abstract:
... Availability of clean water and adequate sanitation facilities are the principal measures for limiting various waterborne diseases. These basic amenities are critical for health and sustainable socio-economic development. This study attempted to assess the status of water and sanitation facilities and practices of the people living in rural areas of Chandigarh including awareness about the waterbo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04964-y

57. Well water testing in African-American communities without municipal infrastructure: Beliefs driving decisions

Author:
Stillo, Frank; Bruine de Bruin, Wändi; Zimmer, Catherine; Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.686 pp. 1220-1228
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
public water supply,   etc   ; African Americans; factor analysis; infrastructure; monitoring; politics; risk; sensation; surveys; water pollution; water treatment; wells; North Carolina;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Some peri-urban African-American communities in North Carolina remain excluded from nearby municipal water service, forcing them to rely on unregulated private wells. Despite evidence of elevated drinking water contamination risks in these communities, water monitoring is rare. To identify factors influencing decisions to test private wells, we developed and administered a survey to residents of a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.317