[EN] Since remote sensing of ocean colour began in 1978, several ocean-colour sensors have been launched to measure ocean properties. These measures have been applied to study water quality, and they specifically can be ...
[EN] In this paper, several methods for the calculation of water quality evolution in drinking water distribution networks are analysed. The Lagrangian Time-Driven method has been implemented in the Epanet simulation ...
[EN] A semiempirical approach considering the rate of reactive chlorine species -RCS-production (phi E) as a function of current and Cl- concentration for the modeling of acetaminophen (ACE) degradation is presented. A ...
Cervelló Royo, Roberto Elías; Segura, Marina; Garcia-Perez, Regina; Segura García Del Río, Baldomero(MDPI AG, 2021-07-06)
[EN] This paper examines key aspects of the behavior of housing demand from a sustainable standpoint. Most studies have mainly focused on housing supply, looking at quantitative predictions without considering the qualitative ...
González-Pérez, Daniel María; Martín-Martín, José María; Guaita Martínez, José Manuel; Sáez-Fernández, Francisco Javier(MDPI AG, 2020-07)
[EN] Tourist activity has a number of impacts on the destinations in which it takes place, among which are the environmental ones. A particular problem is the increase in water demand and wastewater production, which can ...
Robles Martínez, Ángel; Serralta Sevilla, Joaquín; Martí Ortega, Nuria; FERRER, J.; Seco Torrecillas, Aurora(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021-10-28)
[EN] In a paradigm shift towards a sustainable society based on the Circular Economy, wastewater treatments are rapidly evolving towards simultaneous recovery and reuse of clean water, renewable energy, and nutrients. This ...
[EN] The present research depicts an analysis of the implementation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the study of pumps such as turbines and PATs. To highlight the benefits of CFDs for PAT studies, results from ...
Montañés, Maria-Teresa; García Gabaldón, Montserrat; Roca-Pérez, Ll.; Giner-Sanz, Juan José; Mora-Gómez, Julia; Pérez-Herranz, Valentín(Elsevier, 2020-01-30)
[EN] In this work, ecotoxicological bioassays based on Lactuca sativa seeds and bioluminescent bacterium (Vibrio fischeri) have been carried out in order to quantify the toxicity of Norfloxacin (NOR) and sodium sulfate ...
[EN] This paper aims to assess fully the spatio-temporal dependence dimensions of inflow across two adjacent and parallel basins and among different time steps through Causality. This is addressed from the perspective of ...
[EN] Teaching sustainability and ethics to engineering students is a challenging but necessary
task that has been increasingly investigated during the last few years. In this research, a systematic method to identify the ...
Jiménez Benítez, Antonio Luis; Ferrer Polo, Francisco Javier; Greses, Silvia; Ruiz-Martínez, Ana; Fatone, Francesco; Eusebi, Anna Laura; Mondéjar, Nieves; FERRER, J.; Seco, Aurora(Elsevier, 2020-10-10)
[EN] The use of anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) technology on urban wastewater can help to alleviate droughts, by reusing the water and nutrients embedded in the effluent in agriculture (fertigation) in line with ...
[EN] In the present work, microporous ceramics made of antimony-doped tin dioxide produced using a facile synthesis procedure were evaluated during the degradation of norfloxacin in a novel electrofiltration process. The ...
[EN] Tanneries produce large amounts of wastewater with high concentrations of suspended
solids, organic matter, and salts. Treatment and reuse of these effluents are of great importance
to preserve water resources and ...
[EN] Surface runoff determination in urban areas is crucial to facilitate ex ante water planning, especially in the context of climate and land cover changes, which are increasing the frequency of floods, due to a combination ...
[EN] Frontier efficiency methods have been recurrently used in the water sector to assess the performance of water utilities. These methods are also used for yardstick regulation, with greater efficiency being sought by ...
[EN] This work focuses on the situation of the technological transition to new technologies in drip irrigation in the Valencian Community (Spain). The study covers the last decade with data from interviews to managers of ...
[EN] Armor damage due to wave attack is the principal failure mode to be considered when designing conventional mound breakwaters. Armor layers of mound breakwaters are typically designed using formulas in the literature ...
[EN] Irrigation water use efficiency, the small size of the orchards, and part-time farmers are major issues for Spanish citriculture. How should irrigation water use efficiency be assessed? Does irrigation water use ...
Castelluccio, Stefano; Alvim, Clara Bretas; Bes-Piá, M.A.; Mendoza Roca, José Antonio; Fiore, Silvia(MDPI AG, 2022-02-01)
[EN] Full-scale wastewater treatment facilities are not able to prevent microplastics (MPs) from discharging into natural waters and they are also associated with the land application of the sludge. This study evaluates ...
Ortega-Samaniego, Quiriatjaryn M.; Romero Gil, Inmaculada; Paches Giner, Maria Aguas Vivas; Dominici, Arturo; Fraíz, Andres(WIT Press, 2021)
[EN] Water pollution represents an obstacle to the development of countries since it affects not only the social-economic component but also biodiversity. Little is documented on the state of water quality of the rivers ...