Water Environment Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Water Environment Research is 4. 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 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.)
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Detoxification of fermentable broth with activated biocarbon resulting from pyrolysis of agroforestry residues44
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Development and performance of a machine learning‐based tool that predicts influent flow to a WRF 72 h in advance and integrates with existing wet weather nutrient management protocols34
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An assessment of microplastic contamination in beach sediment of Maharashtra State, India, with special reference to anthropogenic activities29
Seasonal variation in indicator organisms infiltrating from permeable pavement parking lots at the Edison Environmental Center, New Jersey29
A review of graphene‐TiO2 and graphene‐ZnO nanocomposite photocatalysts for wastewater treatment26
Sonochemical preparation and characterization of Sm‐doped GO/KSrPO4 nanocomposite photocatalyst for degradation of methylene blue dye26
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Electrochemical oxidation of chloramphenicol with lead dioxide–surfactant composites24
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Biogenic polymer nanoparticles to remove hydrophobic organic contaminants from water22
Electrode material impact on microbial fuel cell and electro‐Fenton systems for enhanced slaughterhouse wastewater treatment: A comparative study of graphite and titanium22
Improved application of immobilized Enterobacter cloacae into a bio‐based polymer for Reactive Blue 19 removal, an eco‐friendly advancement in potential decolorizing systems21
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Enhancing nitrite production rate made anammox bacteria have a competitive advantage over nitrite oxidizing bacteria in mainstream anammox system19
Separation performance and mechanism of the novel modified polyether sulfone composite nanofiltration membrane for the detection on dissolved organic nitrogen19
Nitrogen removal capacity and carbon demand requirements of partial denitrification/anammox MBBR and IFAS processes19
Adsorption of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater by modified sludge/biomass ash ceramsite: Preparation, adsorption mechanism, and sustainable analysis19
Decolorization of textile wastewater by electrooxidation process using different anode materials: Statistical optimization18
Pilot‐scale evaluation of cascade anaerobic digestion of mixed municipal wastewater treatment sludges17
Removal of phosphate from synthetic wastewater: A comparative study between both activated clays using an experimental design methodology17
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Antimicrobial and dye degradation application of fungi‐assisted silver nanoparticles and utilization of fungal retentate biomass for dye removal16
Purification of dredged water by magnetic coagulation: Response surface optimization and dissolved organic matter removal characteristics16
Conceptual ex ante simulation for Green Stormwater Infrastructure Adoption on private property using agent‐based modeling16
Experimental and computational analyses for advanced wastewater treatment by volcanic rocks15
Monitoring biofilm thickness using the membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) fingerprint soft sensor to optimize nitrogen removal14
Tidal and vertical flow constructed wetland treatment for graywater modeling and reusing with biochar cadmium adsorption14
Seasonal occurrence and fate of nanoparticles in two biological wastewater treatment plants in Southern California14
Determination of pyrethroids in water samples by dispersive solid‐phase extraction coupled with high‐performance liquid chromatography14
Analyzing factors driving of eutrophication of river‐type urban landscape lakes13
Alternative treatment of olive mill wastewater by combined sulfate radical‐based advanced electrocoagulation processes13
Performance analysis of three pilot‐scale multi‐compartment anaerobic baffled reactors treating domestic wastewater at psychrophilic temperatures in Colorado13
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Understanding machine learning predictions of wastewater treatment plant sludge with explainable artificial intelligence12
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Synthesis of novel composite material with spent coffee ground biochar and steel slag zeolite for enhanced dye and phosphate removal12
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Impact of organic matter constituents on phosphorus recovery from CPR sludges11
Pollutant removal from dairy wastewater using live Azolla filiculoides in batch and continuous bioreactors11
Impacts of vegetable processing and cheese making effluent on soil microbial functional diversity, community structure, and denitrification potential of land treatment systems11
Effect of pyrite particle size on the denitrification performance of autotrophic or split‐mixotrophic bioreactors supported by pyrite/polycaprolactone11
Investigation of direct waste‐activated sludge dewatering benefits and costs in a water resource recovery facility11
Enhancing efficiency and quality control: The impact of Digital Twins in drinking water networks11
Study on the response mechanisms and evolution prediction of groundwater microbial‐toxicological indicators11
Spatial difference on nitrogen removal in the water based on different resolutions for Sanhuanpao wetland, Northeast China11
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Is removal and destruction of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances from wastewater effluent affordable?10
Interrogating the performance and microbial ecology of an enhanced biological phosphorus removal/post‐anoxic denitrification process at bench and pilot scales10
Effect of chemical composition of coal ash used to prepare granulated coal ash on the removal of hydrogen sulfide from water10
Deep learning based an effective hybrid model for water quality assessment10
Influence of inoculation ratio on the performance and microbial community of bacterial‐algal symbiotic system for rural wastewater treatment10
Heterogeneous ozonation of ofloxacin using MnOx‐CeOx/γ‐Al2O3 as a catalyst: Performances, degradation kinetics and possible degradation pathways10
Protein fractionation of Hibiscus cannabinus (kenaf) seeds, its characterization, and potential use for water treatment10
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Characterization of antibiotic resistance genes and bacteria in a municipal water resource recovery facility10
Toxicity of fluoroquinolones on the cladoceran Daphnia magna10
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Comparing methanol and glycerol as carbon sources for mainstream partial denitrification/anammox in an IFAS process9
Optimization of fluoride adsorption from aqueous solution over mesoporous titania‐alumina composites using Taguchi method9
Bio‐purification of domestic wastewater through constructed wetland planted with Paspalidium flavidum9
Corrective factors applied to reduced sulfur compounds in wastewater foul air9
An experimental investigation on phytoremediation performance of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) for pollutants removal from paper mill effluent9
Investigation of the usage potential of calcium alginate beads functionalized with sodium dodecyl sulfate for wastewater treatment contaminated with waste motor oil9
Recent advances of copolymer for water treatment9
Advanced neutralization technique for the treatment of highly acidic wastewater from steel rolling mills of western Rajasthan9
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Decolorization of reactive blue 13 by Sporotrichum sp. and cytotoxicity of biotreated dye solution9
A probabilistic risk assessment of heavy metal in water and sediment: An industrially affected urban river in Bangladesh9
Study on the removal efficacy and mechanism of phosphorus from wastewater by eggshell‐modified biochar9
A comprehensive study on flocculation of anionic dyes using the bioflocculant produced by Bacillus thuringiensis: Kinetics, affecting factors, and perspectives9
Removal of antiretroviral drugs from wastewater using activated macadamia nutshells: Adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherms, and thermodynamic studies9
Role of air scouring in anaerobic/anoxic tanks providing nitrogen removal by mainstream anammox conversion in a hybrid biofilm/suspended growth full‐scale WWTP in China9
Optimization for the conditions to prepare sewage sludge derived adsorbent and ciprofloxacin adsorption9
Ecotoxicological assessment, in freshwater environment, of wastewater sludge coupled and uncoupled with micro‐polyvinyl chloride on algae and water fleas9
Treatment of vegetable oil wastewater by a conventional activated sludge process coupled with electrocoagulation process8
Municipal wastewater sludge rheology: Impact of temperature, solid content, and settling solids8
Long‐term performance and activity study of a two‐stage anaerobic EGSB reactors system treating complex and toxic industrial wastewater8
Toxicity determination, pollution source delineation, and microbial diversity evaluation of PAHs‐contaminated sediments for an urban river8
A comprehensive review on the fate and impact of antibiotic residues in the environment and public health: A special focus on the developing countries8
Nano‐α‐Fe2O3 for enhanced denitrification in a heterotrophic/biofilm‐electrode autotrophic denitrification reactor8
Unblocking the rate‐limiting step of the municipal sludge anaerobic digestion8
Recent progress in materials and architectures for capacitive deionization: A comprehensive review8
Sequential electro‐coagulation and electro‐Fenton processes for the treatment of textile wastewater8
Effects of alkalinity addition with different strategies on CANON process: Start‐up, performance, and microbial community8
Biochar integrated reactive filtration of wastewater for P removal and recovery, micropollutant catalytic oxidation, and negative CO2e: Process operation and mechanism8
Treatment of pulp and paper mill effluent through combined aerobic and anaerobic suspended fixed‐bed bioreactor8
The potential ecological risk of veterinary pharmaceuticals from swine wastewater on freshwater aquatic environment8
Advanced machine learning application for odor and corrosion control at a water resource recovery facility8
Nature‐based coagulants for drinking water treatment: An ecotoxicological overview8
Comparative analysis of water quality index and river classification in Kereh River, Penang, Malaysia: Impact of untreated swine wastewater from Kampung Selamat pig farms8
Treatment of domestic wastewater and extracellular polymeric substance accumulation in siphon‐type composite vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland8
Effects of interactions between quorum sensing and quorum quenching on microbial aggregation characteristics in wastewater treatment: A review7
The short‐term and long‐term effects of Fe(II) on the performance of anammox granules7
Construction and application of a composite model for acid mine drainage quality evaluation based on analytic hierarchy process, factor analysis and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation: Guizhou Province, C7
Water quality assessment using synchrotron‐based TXRF7
pH regulation of the first phase could enhance the energy recovery from two‐phase anaerobic digestion of food waste7
A systematic review on microplastic contamination in marine Crustacea and Mollusca of Asia: Current scenario, concentration, characterization, polymeric risk assessment, and future Prospectives7
Prediction of biogas production in anaerobic digestion of a full‐scale wastewater treatment plant using ensembled machine learning models7
Potential microbial functions and quorum sensing systems in partial nitritation and anammox processes7
Erratum: Media selection for anammox‐based polishing filters: Balancing anammox enrichment and retention with filtration function7
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Biodegradable tamarind kernel powder/kappa‐carrageenan hydrogel for efficient removal of cationic dyes from effluents6
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Lab‐scale data and microbial community structure suggest shortcut nitrogen removal as the predominant nitrogen removal mechanism in post‐aerobic digestion (PAD)6
Exploring the potential of Fe(III)‐EGTA and Fe(III)‐DTPA as the catalysts to enhance UV/persulfate in the degradation of aqueous sulfamethazine6
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Source identification and apportionment of the nitrogen in groundwater based on isotope methods in the Beilin region of Suihua basin, northeastern China6
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Boosting transformation of dissolved oxygen to superoxide radical: Function of P256
Spatio‐temporal variability of public water supply characteristics and associated health hazards for children and adults in selected locations of Ambala, India6
Assessment of cation exchange as conditioning processes of water chemistry in freshwater lenses6
High toxicity of agro‐industrial wastewater on aquatic fauna of a South American stream: Mortality of aquatic turtles and amphibian tadpoles as bioindicators of environmental health6
Evaluating the spatiotemporal variation of Ba River water quality in the agricultural and urban watershed in the highland of Vietnam6
Innovations in Process Engineering6
Dynamic mixing models and analysis of the mixing processes for an oxidation ditch and an aeration tank6
Photocatalytic degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid on Pb‐doped TiO2 coated with reduced graphene oxide6
Impacts of aluminum‐ and iron‐based coagulants on municipal sludge anaerobic digestibility, dewaterability, and odor emission6
An inexpensive, reproducible method to quantify activated sludge foaming potential: Validation through lab‐scale studies and year‐long full‐scale sampling campaign6
Treatment of municipal wastewater by employing membrane bioreactors combined with efficient nitration microbial communities isolated by Isolation Chip with Plate Streaking technology6
Energy management in the water sector: A policy statement review5
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Water and sediment quality of an agro‐industrial area through different approaches: Physicochemical parameters and ecotoxicity with amphibians5
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Adsorption behaviors of perfluorooctanoic acid on aged microplastics5
Arsenic removal adsorbent using limonite–polyethersulfone composite fiber via continuous flow column process5
Effects of iodine content on the hydrochemical characteristics and microbial community structure of groundwater in coastal zone: A case study of Bailang River Basin5
Sidestream bio‐P and mainstream anammox in a BNR process with upstream carbon capture5
Removal efficiency and energy consumption optimization for carbamazepine degradation in wastewater by electrohydraulic discharge5
Ecotoxicological and human health risk assessment of selected pesticides in Kurose River, Higashi‐Hiroshima City (Japan)5
A mobile‐organic biofilm process for wastewater treatment5
Effects of water turbidity on the survival of Staphylococcus aureus in environmental fresh and brackish waters5
Hydrogeochemical characteristics, driving factors, and health risk assessment of karst groundwater in Southwest Hubei Province, China5
Microparticles of arsenic water treatment media and water softener resin observed in treated water at private wells5
The impact of benzoic acid and lactic acid on the treatment efficiency and microbial community in the sulfur autotrophic denitrification process5
Subsurface wastewater infiltration systems for nitrogen pollution control5
Wastewater purification from Rhodamine B and Gemifeloxacine by graphene oxide/pectin/ferrite nanocomposite: A novel molecular dynamics simulation for experimental contaminants removing5
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On the rise: Development of a multi‐tiered, indoor duckweed cultivation system5
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Comparative assessment of pre‐ and inter‐stage hydrothermal treatment of municipal sludge for increased methane production5
Anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor for the co‐digestion of toilet blackwater and kitchen waste5
Research on the relation between hydro‐chemical and geological characteristics in karst area: Case study in Zhong Liang Mountain, Southwest China5
Nitrogen removal and microbial mechanisms in a novel tubular bioreactor‐enhanced floating treatment wetland for the treatment of high nitrate river water5
Effective stabilization of electrochemically prepared ecological oxidizing agent—ferrate(VI)—by encapsulation in zeolite and its application to water containing SARS‐CoV‐2 virus5
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Effect of salinity on the determination of dissolved non‐reactive phosphorus and total dissolved phosphorus in coastal waters4
Surface characterizations and methylene blue pollutant removal efficiency of ZnO nanorods/biochar hybrids4
A review on upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor: Factors affecting performance, modification of configuration and its derivatives4
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Comparing the concentrations of heavy metals on two bivalve species in Santos Bay, Brazil: Subsidies to understanding the assimilation dynamic of bivalve contaminants4
Resources recovery—Separation and recovery of copper from desalination brine through Lewatit TP 207 resin4
Assessment microbial risks for the presence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. based on the surveillance of the water supply systems in Colombia, 2014–20184
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Study on efficiency and mechanism of ultrasonic controlling membrane fouling in ceramic membrane bioreactors4
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Effects of green tide on microbial communities in waters of the Jiangsu coastal area, China4
Analysis of community‐level factors contributing to cholera infection and water testing access in the Northern Corridor of Haiti4
A snapshot of SARS‐CoV‐2 viral RNA throughout wastewater treatment plants in Arkansas4
Digesters as heat storage: Effects of the digester temperature on the process stability, sludge liquor quality, and the dewaterability4
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MEUF for removal and recovery of valuable organic components present in effluents: A process intensified technology4
Efficient integration of electrocoagulation treatment with the spray‐pyrolyzed activated carbon coating on stainless steel electrodes for textile effluent‐bath reuse with ease4
Antibacterial activity of γFe2O3/TiO2 nanoparticles on toxic cyanobacteria from a lake in Southern Illinois4
Comparative removal of pharmaceuticals in aqueous phase by agricultural waste‐based biochars4
Escherichia coli levels and microbial source tracking in stormwater retention ponds and detention basins4
Enhanced photocatalytic degradation activity of Z‐scheme heterojunction BiVO4/Cu/g‐C3N4 under visible light irradiation4
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Rationale for constant flow to optimize wastewater treatment and advanced water treatment performance for potable reuse applications4
Abiotic reductive removal of organic contaminants catalyzed by carbon materials: A short review4
Supplementation of 5‐deoxystrigol for higher pollutant removal and biogas quality improvement by different microalgae‐based technologies4
Leonardite powder as an efficient adsorbent for cationic and anionic dyes4
Bisphenol A removal in treated wastewater matrix at neutral pH using magnetic graphite intercalation compounds as persulfate activators4
Pre‐filtration followed by slow double‐layered filtration: Media clogging effects on hydraulic aspects and water quality4
Performance investigation of poly(vinylidene fluoride‐cohexafluoropropylene) membranes containing SiO2 nanoparticles in a newly designed single vacuum membrane distillation system4
Characterization and evaluation of the anaerobic treatability of a dairy wastewater4
Use of COMSOL software for modeling and simulation of copper removal in a dynamic mode on a new biowaste4
Enhanced membrane fouling control through self‐forming dynamic membrane and sponge‐wrapped membrane: A novel membrane bioreactor4
Applied research on aquatic macrophyte fermentation broth in SBR denitrification4
Blue light irradiation increases the relative abundance of the diatom Nitzschia palea in co‐culture with cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa4
Pollutant transport model with large time‐scale and estimation of land‐use export coefficients at a watershed level4
Microbiological quality of the water in collection areas and the tissue of Mytella falcata—Cananéia (SP, Brazil)4
Effect of industrial wastewater treatment system upgrade on the composition of emitted odorants and volatile organic compounds from a cheese production facility4
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