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....

The Riacho Fundo qualitative model, a product of the Brazilian case study run by the Univeristy of Brasilia in Naturnet project, was evaluated by stakeholders. The Riacho Fundo basin is located near Brasilia, the new capital, and changes in land use are held responsible for major changes in the area, including deforestation, erosion, loss of biodiversity and water resources, and decrease in eco...

The study of Fanta et al. (2001) investigated the variability of annual river flow of the southern African region. The assessment results may be useful for practitioners to improve water resources planning and management in this region in the future. However, the methodology used by the authors is questionable and the objective of the present paper is to point out some drawbacks in that methodo...

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The pressure on water resources caused by accelerated urbanization, the inadequate management and disposal of wastewater and the implementation of sophisticated treatment systems which sometimes with low efficiency and coverage are some of the problems to be solved with alternative and innovative strategies that be in harmony with the recent trends on water management. One of these strategies i...

Assessing and managing water use is crucial for supporting sustainable river basin management and regional development. The first consistent and comprehensive assessment of sectorial water use in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) is presented by analysing homogenized annual water use data from 2000 to 2010 in relation to socio economic statistics for the same period. An abstraction of water use, usin...

Biological invasion is one of the most threatening factors for biodiversity conservation. Lacking information on alien species in certain regions of the world hampers a balanced understanding of invasion processes and efficient data exchange among stakeholders. Current knowledge gaps are in need of urgent concern. We therefore conducted a review on alien animals in Xinjiang, an unknown region o...