Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Contaminant Hydrology is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)
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High-performance polymeric aluminum ferric sulfate from Baihe pyrite slag: Enhanced coagulation in soil leaching alkaline wastewater and mechanistic insights95
Fabrication of sodium alginate-biochar-graphene oxide composite for sulfadiazine adsorption from aquatic environment: Performance and mechanisms93
Factors influencing residual air saturation during consecutive imbibition processes in an air-water two-phase fine sandy medium – A laboratory-scale experimental study81
Numerical simulation of multiphase oil behaviors in ice-covered nearshore water73
Assessing the impacts of afforestation on nitrogen load into the northern gulf of America70
An extension of gases-brine mutual solubility models to include geochemical reactions: Modeling and applications68
Monitoring of in-situ chemical oxidation for remediation of diesel-contaminated soil with electrical resistivity tomography67
Spatial variation in bacterial community structure and pollution response in river sediment60
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Quantifying climate change impacts on future water resources and salinity transport in a high semi-arid watershed54
A Fractional-order dual-continuum model to capture non-Fickian solute transport in a regional-scale fractured aquifer52
Pseudo-сolloidal species of actinides in contaminated aquifers. Insights from experimental and modeling approaches51
Permeability heterogeneity effects on surfactant remediation of NAPL-contaminated porous media: Insights from microfluidic experiments and phase-field simulations50
Eco-toxicity assessment of polypropylene microplastics in juvenile zebrafish (Danio rerio)47
Effective bioremoval of Cu (II) and Sulfate from acid mine drainage via biomineralization with an extreme acidophile bacterium V. pantothenticus WL44
Assessment of heavy metals and radionuclides in groundwater and associated human health risk appraisal in the vicinity of Rooppur nuclear power plant, Bangladesh43
A fractional derivative model for nuclides transport in heterogeneous fractured media42
Integrated monitoring of suspended sediment transport in a transboundary river basin: Insights into sediment fluxes and reservoir effects in the Thaya catchment42
Characteristics of tetracycline adsorption by different embedded biochar materials42
Microplastics in a small river: Occurrence and influencing factors along the river Oker, Northern Germany42
Effects of transient air-water interfacial area on PFOA transport in unsaturated soil41
Rainfall-induced microplastic fate and transport in unsaturated Dutch soils37
Microplastics in water: Occurrence, fate and removal37
Porous hydroxyapatite synthesized from discarded oyster shells via pseudomorphic replacement: A novel adsorbent for humic acid removal37
Effects of deep coal mining on groundwater hydrodynamic and hydrochemical processes in a multi-aquifer system: Insights from a long-term study of mining areas in ecologically fragile western China36
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Hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD) from polymetallic mining areas (South China)34
Integrating water quality assessment and circulation models for a sustainable management of a strategic carbonate system: Clues from the Mt. Nerone-Mt. Catria Ridge (Central Italy)34
Coupled salt and nitrogen dynamics in coastal reservoir-adjacent aquifer systems under extreme rainfall event33
Surrogate prediction of the breakthrough curve of solute transport in rivers using its reach length dependence33
Joint use of ground-penetrating radar and hydraulic-partitioning tracer tomography to improve characterization and long-term prediction of DNAPL source zones in multi-facies aquifers32
Simulation of fate and transformation of nitrogen compounds in groundwater using meshless weak strong (MWS) form method31
Experimental and numerical investigation of colloid-facilitated strontium transport in fractured granite under different hydrogeochemical conditions30
Application and innovation of artificial intelligence models in wastewater treatment29
Non-Fickian transport processes accelerate the movement of PFOS in unsaturated media: An experimental and modelling study28
The storm runoff management strategy based on agricultural ditch nutrient loss characteristics in Erhai Lake, China28
Study on the service performance of heterogeneous cutoff walls and three-dimensional transport of pollutants considering compression effect27
Metagenomic insights into rhizosphere microbiome dynamics of Oenanthe javanica in ecological floating beds under different hydrodynamic regimes27
PFAS conceptual site model of an AFFF-impacted firefighting training area informed by high resolution soil, porewater, and groundwater sampling25
Assessment of the Korang River's water via ecological risk indices and source apportionment procedures for heavy metals contamination, and evaluation of cancer/non-cancer risks25
Micro-nano bubbles enhanced immobilized Chlorella vulgaris to remove ofloxacin from groundwater25
Dispersion of silica-encapsulated DNA magnetic particles in a homogeneous sand tank24
Data-driven identification of pollution sources and water quality prediction using Apriori and LSTM models: A case study in the Hanjiang River basin24
Engineered injection and extraction combined with in situ oxidation remediation at an industrial site and evaluation of contaminant plume dynamics23
Fate and transport of dissolved/colloidal metals in an aging passive treatment system for coal mine drainage: Divergent behavior of trace metals and iron23
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Removal of Fe(II) from water using raw and calcinated weathered basalt: Influence of mineralogy and physical properties23
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Evaluating soil loss under land use management and extreme rainfall23
Spatiotemporal variation and driving factors of water quality in Yunnan-Guizhou plateau lakes, China22
Reconstructing the release history of a contaminant source with different precision via the ensemble smoother with multiple data assimilation22
Comparison of Ni (II) ion biosorption onto Eupatorium Adinophorum and Acer Oblongum biomass using batch operations, response surface models, thermodynamics, kinetics, and equilibrium studies21
Hydrochemical redistribution in a stressed aquifer system: Decadal attenuation of salinity extremes and expansion of diffuse agricultural contamination across Mexico21
Degradation of seven pesticides and two metabolites before and during aquifer storage transfer and recovery operation20
Role of biotite content and structure in controlling Cesium diffusion in granitic rocks20
Distribution of organophosphorus pesticides and its potential connection with probiotics in sediments of a shallow freshwater lake20
Freeze-thaw effect on adsorption and transport of two sulfonamides in soil: Batch and column studies20
Tracing coastal nonpoint sources of agricultural organic pollution based on soil sequestration and retention processes: A case study of the Yellow River Delta, China19
The role of baseflow and stormwater in transport of tire and bitumen particles in Tehran city: A dense urban environment19
Assessing performance of atenolol removal from contaminated water using zero-valent iron impregnated apricot stone biochar19
Geophysical signatures of soil AFFF contamination from spectral induced polarization and low field nuclear magnetic resonance methods19
Electron beam-persulfate system effectively reduces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and Cr(VI) emissions: Environmental matrix impact and mechanism analysis19
Characterization and risk assessment of microplastic contamination in a tropical man-made Lake and adjacent water using multi-approach analysis19
Quantification of contaminant mass discharge and uncertainties: Method and challenges in application at contaminated sites19
From brushite to hydroxylapatite: A study on phosphate mineral transformation and the fate of oxytetracycline18
A novel multivariate time series prediction of crucial water quality parameters with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks18
Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of temporal variation in ionic strength on colloid retention and remobilization in saturated porous media18
Spatiotemporal variations in land use impacts on river water quality in a mountain-to-plain transitional basin in arid region of northern China18
Distribution, sources, and probabilistic risk assessment of heavy metals in the wetland water–sediment system: Based on CEWQI, PLI, PMF, and two-dimensional Monte Carlo method18
Experimental and numerical studies on fluid flow through fractured rock masses based on an enhanced three-dimensional discrete fracture network model18
AQuA-P: A machine learning-based tool for water quality assessment18
Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Nigerian surface freshwaters and sediment: A meta-analysis using ecological and human health risk indices18
Distribution characteristics, source analysis, and ecological risk assessment of microplastics in Ulungur Lake, China17
Data driven AI (artificial intelligence) detection furnish economic pathways for microplastics17
A land use regression model to explain the spatial variation of nitrate concentration – A regional scale case study in the north-west of Ireland17
Significance of temperature as a key driver in ZVI PRB applications for PCE degradation17
Rural village as a source of microplastic pollution in a riverine and marine ecosystem of the southern Venezuelan Caribbean17
Impact of aging on nanoplastic aggregation and release from low-density polyethylene (LDPE)17
Use of carbon-14 trichloroethene to determine degradation rate constants in rock core microcosms17
Impact of humic acid on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transport in the presence of phosphate in saturated porous media17
Comparative study of standard and modified groundwater vulnerability methods in the gold and iron mining regions of Western Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil16
Investigation of light aromatics removal from industrial wastewater using nano metal organic framework16
Concentration-discharge relations and transient metal loads reveal spatiotemporal variability in solute-generation mechanisms in a mine-affected watershed16
Development of a multi-objective reservoir operation model for water quality-quantity management16
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Sodium alginate gel microspheres with magnetic illite-biochar for efficient removal of cadmium and thallium from contaminated groundwater: Structural characteristics, performance and mechanisms16
Numerical investigation of multiphase contaminant removal from NAPL-impacted soils: A comparative study of thermal desorption approaches16
Direct visualization of colloid transport over natural heterogeneous and artificial smooth rock surfaces16
Effect of groundwater residence time on geogenic fluoride release into groundwater in the Mt. Meru slope area, Tanzania, the Great Rift Valley, East Africa16
Low-complexity mapping of soil temperature for thermal treatment follow-up15
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Identifying an indicator compound for progress monitoring during in-situ thermal treatment of coal tar and creosote15
Application of the FUCOM-SAW model for comprehensive risk assessment of contaminated sediments: A case study of the great Bačka Canal and Begej river15
Changes in the salt concentration distribution in surface water (seawater) due to seawater recirculation in a porous medium under tidal fluctuations15
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Electrochemical remediation of microplastics: Progress and prospects in water treatment15
Nitrate source apportionments in the South Han River basin and its main tributaries using multi-isotopes and Bayesian approaches15
Biochar-algae microspheres based on sodium alginate for the highly efficient adsorption of malachite green dye: Kinetics, isotherms, and mechanism of adsorption15
Hydrochemical fingerprints of karst underground river systems impacted by urbanization in Guiyang, Southwest China14
Unveiling the ecotoxicological impact of microplastics on organisms - the persistent organic pollutant (POP): A comprehensive review14
Semi-empirical modelling of hydraulic conductivity of clayey soils exposed to deionized and saline environments14
Distribution and origins of iron-rich groundwater in shallow and deep aquifers of the Hebei plain14
Low-temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage combined with in situ bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes: Pilot-scale observations and model-based interpretation14
A cross-referenced isotope–hydrochemistry–statistics framework supports a legacy-N-constrained interpretation of nitrate export in a managed lake basin14
Quantitative profile, sources and health implications of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the strategic Otin River water, Nigeria14
Improvement of evapotranspiration simulation study in the Hailar River basin under the influence of vegetation dynamics14
Preparation of novel multifunctional magnetic biochar integrating adsorption and degradation and application in printing and dyeing wastewater14
Machine learning-based in-situ detection of toxic petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater14
Identifying hydrogeochemistry evolution mechanism in high-sulfur non-ferrous metal mining areas via hydrochemical characteristics and isotopic evidence13
Release of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances from AFFF-impacted soils: Effects of water saturation in vadose zone soils13
An efficient strategy of Bayesian optimized attention-enhanced LSTM surrogate model and its application in groundwater pump-and-treat remediation: A case study of a chromium-contaminated site in south13
Evaluate the groundwater quality and human health risks for sustainable drinking and irrigation purposes in mountainous region of Chongqing, Southwest China13
Simulated leaching of PFAS from land-applied municipal biosolids at agricultural sites13
The role of biofilms formed on different mesoplastics as a carrier of a range of diverse contaminants in estuarine water13
Adsorption of some hazardous aromatic hydrocarbons by various pristine and heat-activated aged microplastics as potential pollutant carriers in aquatic environment13
Preparation of KMnO4 modified N-doped bamboo biochar by microwave pyrolysis for enhancing heavy metals adsorption from aqueous solution13
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Density-dependent flow, solute transport and mixing in the Fraser River delta aquifer13
Fate of dissolved pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in irrigation water in rice paddy: Implications to human and soil health13
Diffusive transport properties of seawater in calcite nanopores: A molecular dynamics study12
Formation mechanisms of hydraulic circulation and its effects on the nitrobenzene migration in homogeneous aquifers with different medium sizes during air sparging remediation12
Variation in urban snow quality indicated by three seasonal sampling surveys conducted in Luleå (Sweden) within a span of 27 years12
How uncertainty in calibration data affects the modeling of non-point source pollutant loads in baseflow12
Investigation of cadmium adsorption-transport coupling in soil-mineral systems: Integrating batch adsorption and column transport experiments12
Analytical solution of a pollutant transport model for unsaturated soil considering the effects of consolidation and temperature12
Transport, retention and degradation of the urban biocides terbutryn, diuron and octylisothiazolinone and the herbicide acetochlor in urban surface-soil interfaces12
Fate, chlorination kinetics, and comprehensive risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water distribution systems12
Migration behaviour of LNAPL in fractures filled with porous media: Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations12
Metal pollution in surface sediments of the Vembanad wetland: Seasonal variation, source apportionment, and human health risk assessment12
Exploring the ecotoxicological impacts of microplastics on freshwater fish: A critical review11
Autonomous self-propelled reduced graphene oxide hydrogel-CuO@rGO micromotors for high-efficiency removal of organic dye pollutant11
Recent progresses and perspectives of polyethylene biodegradation by bacteria and fungi: A review11
Understanding the factors contributing to groundwater salinity in the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh, India11
Groundwater quality prediction using novel hybrid classification and regression models11
Comparison of black carbon media for removal of dissolved metals in stormwater11
Influences of hydrological and agricultural conditions on selenium distribution in groundwater: A case study in Sanjiang plain, Northeast China11
Hydrochemical analysis and groundwater suitability for drinking and irrigation in an arid agricultural area of the Northwest China11
Vegetation type dominates slope-scale material loss under extreme rainfall: Nonlinear responses revealed by machine learning11
Microbial community responses to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across the soil–stream–sediment continuum in the lower Beiluo River, loess plateau, China11
Health risk assessment of groundwater nitrogen pollution in Yinchuan plain11
Enhanced performances of the coupled thermal conductive heating-groundwater circulation well approach10
Characterizing seawater intrusion and groundwater vulnerability to salinization along the east coast of India10
Coupled transport and retention dynamics of microplastics in porous media10
Study on barrier mechanism and application of silico-alkaline sol-modified bentonite cutoff wall materials to lead pollution in lead-zinc tailings pond10
Effectiveness of double-cut-off walls on seawater intrusion and nitrate concentration in unconfined coastal aquifers10
Natural mineral colloids facilitated transport of EE2 in saturated porous media: Effects of humic acid and conjugate form10
Deciphering the roles of alkaline pretreatment combined with bentonite addition treatment on “extracellular hydrolysis - membrane transport - intracellular metabolism” of carbohydrate in anaerobic dig9
Enhancing pollutant removal from contaminated soils using yield stress fluids as selective blocking agents9
Emerging pollutants characterization, mitigation and toxicity assessment of sewage wastewater treatment plant- India: A case study9
Quantification of denitrification rate in shallow groundwater using the single-well, push-pull test technique9
Exploring the vertical transport of microplastics in subsurface environments: Lab-scale experiments and field evidence9
Spatial heterogeneity of lake sediment hydraulic conductivity, hydrological connectivity and causes analysis under the influence of sand mining activities: In-situ tests in a typical large sand mining9
Ecological networks and mechanisms underlying their variation in impounded lakes along the eastern route of China's south-to-north water diversion project9
Identifying susceptible groundwater contamination zones in western Odisha of India using hydro-geochemical and geospatial approaches9
Facilitated transport of ferrihydrite with phosphate under saturated flow conditions9
Geochemical evaluation of Washita-Fredericksburg formation as a carbon storage reservoir9
Origins and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) in a Scottish urban area: Implications for groundwater systems9
The nexus of microplastics, food and antimicrobial resistance in the context of aquatic environment: Interdisciplinary linkages of pathways9
Assessment of managed aquifer recharge in saline confined aquifers for freshwater storage and improved recovery: A 3D tank study under various operational conditions9
A mini review of recent advances in environmentally friendly microplastic removal technologies in water systems9
Cellulose –Polyvinylalcohol supported magnetic nanocomposites from lentil husk for sequestration of cationic dyes from the aqueous solution: Kinetics, isotherm and reusability studies9
Simulating degradation of organic compounds accounting for the growth of microorganisms (Monod kinetics) in a fully Lagrangian framework9
Heavy metals in unsaturated urban soils: Experimental insights and stochastic forecasting9
Redox-mediated Fe-P coupling modulates phosphorus releasing in paddy soils: Hydrological controls under water-saving irrigation9
The value of simplified models of radionuclide transport for the safety assessment of nuclear waste repositories: A benchmark study9
Experimental application of micro/nano bubbles to control P release and separate P particles from benthic lake sediment9
Groundwater quality characteristics and health risk assessment in the valley plain area of the western Qinghai–Tibet plateau8
Geochemical modeling, evaluation of contaminants and impacts of land use, land cover patterns on groundwater quality in Khushab, Pakistan8
The unsaturated zone of agroecosystems as a delayed source of legacy herbicides to groundwater: A long-term reactive transport modeling8
Explainable advanced modelling of interfacial tension in H2 – CO2 – CH4 – brine systems for sustainable subsurface storage in saline aquifer8
Assessment of kinetic and statistical models for predicting breakthrough curves of bio-colloid transport through saturated porous media8
Tricks and tracks of prevalence, occurrences, treatment technologies, and challenges of mixtures of emerging contaminants in the environment: With special emphasis on microplastic8
Aging-mediated selective adsorption of antibiotics by tire wear particles: Hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions effects8
Machine learning framework for irrigation water quality assessment in Kerala Rivers, India8
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Effects of fluid composition in fluid injection experiments in porous media8
Risk assessment of nitrate groundwater contamination using GIS-based machine learning methods: A case study in the northern Anhui plain, China8
Model-based kinetics of heavy metal enrichment in plants affected by hydrodynamics8
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Modeling subsurface contaminant transport from a former open-pit uranium mine in fractured granites (La Ribière, France): Reducing uncertainties with geophysics8
Corrigendum to ‘Exploring nonlinear responses of hydrodynamics and algal biomass to restoration measures in a eutrophic shallow urban lake’ [Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 281 (2026), 104986]8
Assessing coastal groundwater risks from nuclear-contaminated water discharge under extreme drought and sustainable recharge solutions8
Bayesian inference to predict past and future nitrate concentrations8
Effects of tire wear particles on the water retention of soils with different textures in the full moisture range8
Quantification of contaminant mass discharge from point sources in aquitard/aquifer systems based on vertical concentration profiles and 3D modeling8
Molecular insights into the Tl(I) binding capacity and response sequences of soil humic acids from different sources8
Influencing factors for the spatial distribution and deposition history of microplastics in the sediments of Chaohu Lake, China8
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