npj Clean Water

Papers
(The median citation count of npj Clean Water is 10. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Wastewater–phosphorus coupling accelerates biofilm–mineral–particulate interactions in irrigation pipelines387
Co-doped ZnO/Ti3C2 MXene hybrids with synergistic interfacial engineering for superior tetracycline photodegradation: experiment and theory337
Anchoring Ni(II) bisacetylacetonate complex into CuS immobilized MOF for enhanced removal of tinidazole and metronidazole139
Innovative dual-purpose remediation of acid mine drainage and resource recovery through membrane distillation crystallization120
Optimal design of water reuse networks in cities through decision support tool development and testing105
Investigating bio-remediation capabilities of a constructed wetland through spatial successional study of the sediment microbiome104
Development of catalytic zero-valent iron incorporated PAN catalytic film for efficient degradation of organic matters98
Trans-membrane piezoelectric activation of peroxymonosulfate for effective control of waterborne antibiotic resistance dissemination90
Molecular weight insight into critical component contributing to reverse osmosis membrane fouling in wastewater reclamation85
Development of an open-source process simulator for microalgae-based tertiary phosphorus recovery82
Measuring the gaps in drinking water quality and policy across regional and remote Australia76
Highly stretchable TPU/g-C3N4 composite nanofiber film for enhancing the piezo-photocatalytic sewage treatment by electrospinning-induced pretension74
High-risk clones of Pseudomonas aeruginosa contaminate the drinking water networks of French cities71
Modelling seasonal household variation in harvested rainwater availability: a case study in Siaya County, Kenya70
Immobilization of silver nanoparticles on cellulose nanofibrils incorporated into nanofiltration membrane for enhanced desalination performance67
Bacterial cellulose-graphene oxide composite membranes with enhanced fouling resistance for bio-effluents management63
Experimental and theoretical assessment of bioinspired next-generation intercalated graphene oxide-based ceramic membranes for oil-in-water emulsion separation62
Electrochemical nanosensor for ultrasensitive detection of malachite green and monitoring of its photocatalytic degradation61
Architecting ternary heteronanocomposites Bi2S3/BiOCl@In2S3 and Bi2S3/BiOBr@In2S3 for photocatalytic detoxification of organoarsenic compound61
Survival analysis framework for sewer failure time: evidence from Hong Kong59
Biogenic silver nanoparticles-modified forward osmosis membranes with mitigated internal concentration polarization and enhanced antibacterial properties59
Boosting industrial bio-denitrification through gene activation: the micro-nano-MoS2 enhanced bioprocess57
Elucidating the role of salinity in regulating gypsum scaling in reverse osmosis and nanofiltration56
Tailored alumina nanocomposite membranes featuring MIL-125-NH2 metal-organic frameworks for oily wastewater treatment54
Differential survival of potentially pathogenic, septicemia- and meningitis-causing E. coli across the wastewater treatment train52
Water hyacinth-inspired self-floating photocatalytic system for efficient and sustainable water purification52
Synchronization of Ti3C2 MXene/Fe3+ with sodium persulfate for the degradation of reactive dyes51
Energy system for evaluation of modification methods on energy transfer efficiency and optimization of membranes51
Hydrogen production from wastewater via ammonia gas recovery50
Temporal insights into electromagnetic field-tuned scaling pathways of CaCO3 and CaSO4•2H2O during reverse osmosis desalination of real brackish water48
Scalable predictive framework for environmental pathogen control in land-based aquaculture48
Microplastic removal across ten drinking water treatment facilities and distribution systems47
Comprehensive characterization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and screening algorithms46
Sewage leakage challenges urban wastewater management as evidenced by the Yangtze River basin of China45
Synergistic iron enhanced aerogel and peracetic acid for degradation of emerging organic contaminants45
Simultaneous adsorption of organic phosphonate and orthophosphate from municipal sewage on nanoparticle Fe3O4 with molecular simulation44
Synergistic denitrification mechanism of domesticated aerobic denitrifying bacteria in low-temperature municipal wastewater treatment44
Enhanced remediation of actual dye wastewater by hydrogenated bimetallic MOF derivative with active peracetic acid44
Transition of antimicrobial resistome in wastewater treatment plants: impact of process configuration, geographical location and season43
Integrating non-target analysis and machine learning: a framework for contaminant source identification41
CaO2 pretreatment enhances fecal pollution indicator removal during mesophilic anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge39
Investigation of scaling inhibition and biofouling potential of different molecular weight fractions of a PAA antiscalant39
Author Correction: The enhancement of anammox by graphene-based and iron-based nanomaterials in performance and mechanisms39
Selectivity and morphological engineering of a unique gallium−organic framework for antibiotics exclusion in water38
Disparity between global drought hazard and awareness37
Increasingly frequent extreme weather events urge the development of point-of-use water treatment systems37
Comparing energy and exergy of multiple effect freeze desalination to MEE MSF RO36
ST-GPINN: a spatio-temporal graph physics-informed neural network for enhanced water quality prediction in water distribution systems36
Co-cultivation of high-value microalgae species with filamentous microalgae for dairy wastewater treatment36
Water pumping effect over the organic ions defined graphene oxide membrane impulses high flux desalination36
Decolourization of azo Lanasyn Navy M-DNL dye by Trichothecium roseum toward green mycoremediation35
Dynamic modulation of separation performance in electrically conductive polyamide membranes with scalable fabrication potential35
Experimental investigation of porous carbon for cooling and desalination applications35
Geospatial investigation on self-purification capacity of river Estuaries in the Caspian region: reducing heavy metals pollution34
Enhanced antifouling and separation capabilities of polydopamine@Ce-MOF functionalized PES ultrafiltration membrane33
Predicting the risk of pipe failure using gradient boosted decision trees and weighted risk analysis32
Reusable and effective polyacrylic membranes for mecoprop and bentazon extractions32
Pilot-scale drinking water distribution system to study water quality changes during transport32
Performance fluctuations and evaluation of a piston type integrated high pressure pump-energy recovery device31
Deep representation learning enables cross-basin water quality prediction under data-scarce conditions31
Machine learning reveals disruptive nutrient pollution shifts in Chinese rivers to 210031
Development of softening and ballasted flocculation as a pretreatment process for seawater desalination through a reverse osmosis membrane31
Green wall system coupled with slow sand filtration for efficient greywater management at households31
Life cycle and techno-economic assessment of bioresource production from wastewater31
Trace metals induce microbial risk and antimicrobial resistance in biofilm in drinking water30
Symmetric anion exchange membranes enhance arsenic removal and overcome conductivity limitations in FCDI systems30
Coupled and coordinated development of water-energy-food-ecology-land system in the Yangtze River Delta, China30
Research on the filtration efficiency and influencing factors of pontoon mesh rotary filters for micro-sprinkler irrigation30
Performance of on-site flow cytometry for near-real-time microbiological analysis of alpine karst drinking water resources29
Light-dominated selection shaping filamentous cyanobacterial assemblages drives odor problem in a drinking water reservoir29
3D hierarchical aquaporin-like nanoporous graphene membrane with engineered tripartite nanochannels for efficient oil/water separation29
CNT spacer-induced cooling crystallisation: a novel approach to mitigate membrane scaling in membrane distillation without chemicals29
Spatially referenced watershed models for the binational Red–Assiniboine River Basin: Bayesian vs frequentist comparison29
Iron-organic frameworks as effective fenton-like catalysts for peroxymonosulfate decomposition in advanced oxidation processes29
Mechanism of Cr(VI) removal by polyphenols-rich bacterial cellulose gel produced from fermented wine pomace28
Efficient removal of aromatic pollutants via catalytic wet peroxide oxidation over synthetic anisotropic ilmenite/carbon nanocomposites28
Scalable hydrocell technology based on recycled polymers for atmospheric water harvesting28
Knowledge embedding and interpretable machine learning optimize comprehensive benefits for water treatment28
A three-dimensional antifungal wooden cone evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation27
Synergistic mechanisms of novel Z-Scheme N,S co-doped biochar-based Ag3PO4 composites for efficient removal of norfloxacin27
Pyridinic N anchored Ag and Au hybrids for detoxification of organic pollutants27
Advances in point-of-care and molecular techniques to detect waterborne pathogens27
IoT integrated and deep learning assisted electrochemical sensor for multiplexed heavy metal sensing in water samples26
Optimization and modeling of betamethasone removal from aqueous solutions using a SiO2/g-C3N5@NiFe2O4 nanophotocatalyst by RSM26
Comprehensive HRMS-screening for persistent, mobile, and toxic compounds in first flush urban stormwater26
A high-throughput approach for assessing antiscaling performance during mineral precipitation from seawater and hard water26
Enhanced nitrogen removal via SNAD-IFAS process treating THP-AD liquor: microbial community and co-metabolism mechanism26
Degradation of bisphenol A in an oxidation system constructed from Mo2C MXene and peroxymonosulfate26
Global navigation of Lithium in water bodies and emerging human health crisis25
Monitoring pollution pathways in river water by predictive path modelling using untargeted GC-MS measurements25
Perspectives on transport pathways of microplastics across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region25
Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other emerging contaminants in drinking water25
Significantly enhanced performance for phenol compounds removal by MOF-5 nano-composite via its surface modification25
Biosorption removal of iron from water by Aspergillus niger25
Efficient generation of 1O2 by activating peroxymonosulfate on graphitic carbon nanoribbons for water remediation25
Author Correction: Magnetic field mitigation of composite fouling through microbial and interfacial disruption24
Temporal dynamics and persistence of resistance genes to broad spectrum antibiotics in an urban community24
Sustainability of global small-scale constructed wetlands for multiple pollutant control24
Janus membranes with dynamically reversible solar evaporation interfaces24
Unravelling the UV/H2O2 process using bioelectrochemically synthesized H2O2 to reuse waste nutrient solution24
The photocatalytic oxidation of As(III) on birnessite24
Halloysite nanotubes for regulating thermodynamics and kinetics of polysulfone/poly (ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) membranes with enhanced permeability23
From short-lived to persistent: the significance of extracellular RNA in disinfected drinking water microbiomes23
Sub-100 nm resorcinol-formaldehyde hollow spheres to remove heavy metals from water23
Benchmarking the performance of water companies for regulatory purposes to improve its sustainability23
Assessing the influence of environmental variables on energy efficiency changes in the provision of drinking water services23
Sustainable and green polylactic acid-based membrane embedded with self-assembled positively charged f-MWCNTs/GO nanohybrids for the removal of nutrients from wastewater23
Design of a hydroxy channel based on the selectivity of water permeation via ions exclusion22
Fouling-resistant reverse osmosis membranes grafted with 2-aminoethanethiol having a low interaction energy with charged foulants22
Combined advanced oxidation dye-wastewater treatment plant: design and development with data-driven predictive performance modeling22
Photo responsive single layer MoS2 nanochannel membranes for photocatalytic degradation of contaminants in water22
Development of an EOR-produced petroleum wastewater treatment system through integrated polyacrylonitrile membrane and ZrO2/sericin technologies: revelation of interactive mechanism based on synchrotr22
Surface decoration of bis-aminosilane cross-linked multiwall carbon nanotube ultrafiltration membrane for fast and efficient heavy metal removal22
A self-standing and self-floating 3D cavity evaporator for highly efficient desalination and wastewater treatment21
Father of reverse osmosis who made a huge impact on our world: Srinivasa Sourirajan (October 16, 1923–February 20, 2022)21
China’s enhanced wastewater treatment capacity may accelerate greenhouse gas emissions from rural domestic pollution21
Floating 3D-PDMS-Iron oxide molecular baskets for decontaminating diverse pollutants and analyzing structural composition impacts20
Enhancing photocatalytic efficiency through surface modification to manipulate internal electron-hole distribution20
Piloting batch reverse osmosis with a flexible bladder for water recovery from scaling-prone brine20
A review of fundamentals, challenges, prospects, and emerging trends in hydrate-based desalination20
Ultrastable Co-NC membrane for sterilization of Escherichia coli in flowing water20
Effect of solution ions on the charge and performance of nanofiltration membranes20
Augmented machine learning with limited data for hydrogen yield prediction in wastewater dark fermentation20
Haloalkaliphilic archaea-mediated green synthesis of superparamagnetic Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles for electrochemical detection of ibuprofen in saline environments19
A call for multidisciplinary approach towards water sustainability19
Agricultural Drainage Water Treatment with Metal-Coated Recycled Glass as Filtration Media19
Is volumetric pricing for drinking water an effective revenue strategy in rural Mali?19
Tailoring Fe(VI) coordination microenvironment for high-efficiency oxidation: ligand-driven electron transfer and polymerization steering19
Associations of the utilization of household water treatment devices with mortality19
Hybrid combination of advanced oxidation and biological processes for the micropollutant removal of carbamazepine19
Integrated emulsion separation and fog collection with functionalized Janus wood membrane for water scarcity solutions19
Advanced wastewater treatment and membrane fouling control by electro-encapsulated self-forming dynamic membrane bioreactor19
Biofouling characteristics of reverse osmosis membranes by disinfection-residual-bacteria post seven water disinfection techniques19
Metal oxide single-component light-powered micromotors for photocatalytic degradation of nitroaromatic pollutants18
Transition from irrigation with untreated wastewater to treated wastewater and associated benefits and risks18
Hexavalent chromium reduction and Rhodamine B degradation by visible-light-driven photocatalyst of stannum indium sulfide-samarium vanadate18
High-strength TiO2/TPU composite fiber based textiles for organic pollutant removal18
Publisher Correction: Fundamentals and environmental applications of bismuth vanadate through photoelectrocatalysis17
Enhancing ozonation using Meretrix lusoria shell waste biomass: sustainable decontamination of azo dye wastewater via decolorization, mineralization, and detoxification17
Towards healthy and economically sustainable communities through clean water and resource recovery17
Metal-organic framework modified hydrophilic polyvinylidene fluoride porous membrane for efficient degerming selective oil/water emulsion separation17
Strategies for mitigating challenges associated with trace organic compound removal by high-retention membrane bioreactors (HR-MBRs)16
Using static magnetic field to recover ammonia efficiently by DNRA process16
Chitosan-based fluorescent inverse opal particles for Cr(VI) sensing16
Magnetic core supported ethyl acetate microdrops for organic contaminants removal from water16
Tuning polyamide membrane chemistry for enhanced desalination using Boc-protected ethylenediamine and its in situ Boc-deprotection16
Scalable and high throughput photothermal water disinfection with negligible CO2 footprint utilizing nanostructured carbon coatings16
Evaluation of dynamic eco-efficiency of water companies: the influence of non-revenue water and water supply interruptions16
Succession of bacterial biofilm communities following removal of chloramine from a full-scale drinking water distribution system15
Phosphorus adsorption in paddy water by immobilized Ce-MOFs: performance, mechanism analysis, and dynamic adsorption15
Smart control of oxychlorine species using reinforcement learning in saline electrochemical oxidation15
Removing forever chemicals via amphiphilic functionalized membranes15
Adsorption and DFT investigations of Cr(VI) removal using nanocrystals decorated with graphene oxide15
Unveiling mechanistic intricacies of Chlorella pyrenoidosa-mediated pathogen removal from sewage15
A two-stage distributionally robust optimization framework for water quality management in uncertain reservoirs network15
Advancing wastewater treatment with green and scalable metal–organic frameworks: from synthetic strategies to real-world deployment15
Tailoring microbial redox with alternating current for efficient mineralization of refractory organic nitrogen compounds in wastewater15
A comprehensive review of KCC-1 fibrous silica for water treatment14
Standardizing practices and flux predictions in membrane science via simplified equations and membrane characterization14
FeIII-driven self-cycled Fenton via contact-electro-catalysis for water purification14
Preparation of unsaturated MIL-101(Cr) with Lewis acid sites for the extraordinary adsorption of anionic dyes14
Dual-defect LaFeO3 photo-Fenton removes β-E2 from dairy wastewater14
Occurrence characteristics and transport processes of riverine microplastics in different connectivity contexts14
Review of the emerging technologies in the water sector with a focus on the deployment of Internet of Things solutions14
Selected physical and chemical cleanings remove biofilm in seawater membrane distillation without causing pore wetting14
Towards the realisation of high permi-selective MoS2 membrane for water desalination13
Optimization, kinetics and thermodynamics studies for photocatalytic degradation of Methylene Blue using cadmium selenide nanoparticles13
Lattice distortion SnS2 piezoelectric self-Fenton system for efficient degradation and detoxification of pollutants13
Internal pipe corrosion assessment method in water distribution system using ultrasound and convolutional neural networks13
Calibrating activated sludge models through hyperparameter optimization: a new framework for wastewater treatment plant simulation13
S-ZVI@biochar constructs a directed electron transfer channel between dechlorinating bacteria, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and trichloroethylene13
Internal electric field steering S-scheme charge transfer in ZnIn2S4/COF boosts H2O2 photosynthesis from water and air for sustainable disinfection13
Chemical, ecotoxicological characteristics, environmental fate, and treatment methods applied to cyanide-containing wastewater13
Fibrous super-bridging agents simultaneously improve contaminants removal and sludge dewatering via a very compact three-in-one process13
A review of advances & potential of applying nanomaterials for biofilm inhibition13
Solar technology‒closed loop synergy facilitates low-carbon circular bioeconomy in microalgal wastewater treatment12
Enhancing oil-water separation efficiency via scalable fabrication of wear-resistant and eco-friendly superhydrophobic surfaces12
A comprehensive review on the chemical regeneration of biochar adsorbent for sustainable wastewater treatment12
Highly durable and sustainable heterogeneous fabric using in-and-out fluorinated urethane coating for elimination of bacteria and oil–water separation12
Pyrite-based denitrification combined with electrochemical disinfection to remove nitrate and microbial contamination from groundwater12
Association of latrine and waste disposal conditions with water and kitchenware contamination in peri-urban Lusaka12
Vacancies and sea urchin structure protect cobalt manganese spinel from anion poisoning in peroxymonosulfate activation12
Ammonia decomposition and hydrogen production via novel FeCoNiCuMnO high-entropy ceramic catalysts12
Algal-bacterial symbiotic system for treatment of heavy metal containing wastewater: performance, mechanisms and applications12
Strategy to improve Cu-BTC metal-organic frameworks performance in removal of Rhodamine B: MD and WT-MtD simulations assessment12
Solar-powered multi-contaminant detection for real-time water quality monitoring12
Microwave-enhanced catalytic degradation of organic compounds with silica-coated iron oxide nanocrystals via fenton-like reaction pathway12
Viral particle prediction in wastewater treatment plants using nonlinear lifelong learning models12
Indicators to complement global monitoring of safely managed on-site sanitation to understand health risks12
Pathways to a net-zero-carbon water sector through energy-extracting wastewater technologies12
Scalable brine treatment using 3D-printed multichannel thermodiffusion12
Electrically conductive membranes featuring integrated porous feed spacers for superior antifouling performance12
Single-stage tubular and multistage planar systems of passive permeate-side-heated solar membrane distillation12
Metal organic frameworks for wastewater treatment, renewable energy and circular economy contributions11
Clustering micropollutants and estimating rate constants of sorption and biodegradation using machine learning approaches11
Enhanced spin polarization in GQDs/TiO2 fibers via magnetic field and oxygen vacancies for photocatalysis11
Pesticide risk constraints to achieving Sustainable Development Goals in China based on national modeling11
A systematic approach towards a zero-waste water treatment: clay-carbon composite adsorbents made from drinking water treatment sludge11
Tunable nanostructured stainless-steel coating for high-selective and high-permeable separation membranes for oil/water emulsions11
Electrochemical reactor with carbon membrane electrodes for efficient phenol removal via anode and cathode synergism11
Precise biofilm thickness prediction in SWRO desalination from planar camera images by DNN models11
Estimation of median LC50 and toxicity of environmentally relevant concentrations of thiram in Labeo rohita11
A facile strategy for fabrication of nanocomposite ultrafiltration membrane: oily wastewater treatment and photocatalytic self-cleaning11
Joule and photothermal heating techniques for oil desorption with techno-economic feasibility and environmental impact analysis11
Drinking water consumption and association between actual and perceived risks of endocrine disrupting compounds11
Preparation of polysulfone-based nanofiber Janus membrane for membrane distillation containing organic pollutants11
A spacer-based approach for localized Joule heating in membrane distillation11
Real-time detection of ammonium in soil pore water10
Potential benefits of public–private partnerships to improve the efficiency of urban wastewater treatment10
3D printed Ti3C2@Polymer based artificial forest for autonomous water harvesting system10
Call for the mainstreaming of eutrophication in global water assessments and policies10
Water trapping inside anion exchange membranes during practical reverse electrodialysis applications10
Spatial association of surface water quality and human cancer in China10
Microorganism-mediated denitrogenation of aquaculture systems provoked by poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB)10
Synergistic solutions: reverse osmosis and nanofiltration configurations for efficient brackish water desalination10
Process optimization of osmotic membrane distillation for the extraction of valuable resources from water streams10
Breaking interfacial charge transfer barrier by sulfite for efficient pollutants degradation: a case of BiVO410
Sustainable advanced wastewater treatment via photoelectrocatalytic oxidation: insights from life cycle assessment10
Cracking the code of seasonal seawater biofouling: enhanced biofouling control with quorum sensing inhibitor-functionalized membranes10
Author Correction: Identification of microbes coexisting with Legionella spp. in bathwaters10
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