Chile contains some of the driest areas in the world, yet human activities in these areas require large volumes of water, the result is regions experiencing high water scarcity leading to environmental degradation, conflicts and reduced industrial productivity. The aim of this paper was to quantify the water scarcity in the central and northern regions by calculating the water scarcity index—th...

This paper presented a detailed chronological survey of scientific output related to electrochemical oxidation in SCI categories of “environmental sciences, environmental engineering and water resources” from 1975 to 2012. Publications were analyzed by distribution of the number of publications and times cited, source categories, source journals, author keywords,

In this paper a concept of an integrated water quality model for a river catchment area is presented. The main focus is directed to the development of a water quality module for rivers. Necessary simplifications for calculation of hydraulics and water quality will be explained. Furthermore, by first simulation results possible applications of the model are presented.

A diffusion equation has been used to study migration of early humans into the South Asian subcontinent. The diffusion equation is tempered by a set of parameters that account for geographical features like proximity to water resources, altitude, and flatness of land. The ensuing diffusion of populations is followed in time-dependent computer simulations carried out over a period of 10,000 YBP....

Cleaning products are associated with many health and environmental problems. Contamination of water resources by cleaning products is more likely to occur with septic tanks as sewage treatment systems especially in karstic terrains. We explored women's ideas about water sources and the risk cleaning products pose to health and sewage in Mérida, a city in the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico. Women ...

Native vegetation clearing has created salinity problems in many parts of Australia. Reforestation has the potential to reduce salinity, but also reduces stream flow and this is a cause of concern. Spatial predictions of the stream flow and salinity impacts of reforestation are needed to assess the ability to achieve salinity and water resource targets. Unfortunately, our ability to predict sal...

Article history: Received 17 September 2016 Received in revised form 22 January 2017 Accepted 11 March 2017 Available online 14 March 2017 This manuscript was handled by K. Georgakakos, Editor-in-Chief, with the assistance of Carlos Jimenez, Associate Editor

A growing beneficial reuse of biosolids in agriculture has led to concerns about potential contamination of water resources and the food chain. In order to comprehend the potential risks of transmission of diseases to the human population, an advanced quantitative risk assessment is essential. This requires good quantitative data which is currently limited due to the methodological limitations....