The Global NEST Journal is an open access journal that publishes original research articles, short papers and critical reviews on all aspects of Environmental Science and Technology. These comprise, but are not limited to, Pollution Control Technology, Global Environmental Change, Air Quality, Water Quality, Water and Waste Water Treatment, Solid Waste Management, Hazardous Substances and Risk...Read full aims and scope
Polluted Water Effluent in the Sea
General
In this experimental study some measurements and their analysis are presented concerning the polluted water effluent disposal in the sea water. The wastes are disposed through the round openings of a submerged in the sea diffuser, in the form of turbulent jets which are mixing (diffusing) with the...
Water bodies pollution due to stormwater runoff in highways: measures and legislative framework
General
Nowadays, it is a common ascertainment that stormwater runoff in the urban and interurban road network consist non-point source pollution which contributes to the degrading of the quality of water of ground and surface water bodies. Taking into account the fact that water pollution has impacts to...
Volatile Organic Pollutants in Bottled Water from Saudi Arabia: Occurrence, Method Development, and Analysis Using GC-MS and SPE
Emerging pollutants
Bottled water is considered a safe water source and extensively consumed worldwide. However, increased health concerns about its contamination by organic pollutants and polymeric micro/nonfibrous particulates have arisen in the last few years. Therefore, this work is designed to screen the bottled...
Economic incentives in sustainable water management: a Risk-Based Decision Analysis approach for determining groundwater pollution charges under uncertainty
General
A risk-based decision analysis methodology is presented, that can be used as a water policy tool in the design of economic incentive instruments, under conditions of uncertainty. A contaminated groundwater resource system with unknown hydrogeological parameters is used as a case study. The polluter...
GC-MS profiling of organic pollutants and physicochemical, histological, microbiological analyses of water and fish samples from Canton Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) rivers
Water Quality
Continuous monitoring of the water quality in Canton Sarajevo is one of the top priorities necessary for water management, pollution control and conservation efforts in the region. This study presents a comprehensive assessment of water quality in the interconnected river systems of Miljacka and...
Isolation of Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria from Polluted Water and Screening for Their Efficiency of Sulfide Oxidase Production
Multidisciplinary research in environmental science
Presence of sulfide in the environment represents huge concerns to biological life. The high costs and low safety of chemical and physical removal strategies lead to finding alternative strategies. Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) are consider a promising alternative strategy, where they play a...
Environmental impact assessment of a METRO infrastructure facility construction by modelling water and soil pollution
Environmental Management and Policies
The construction of large infrastructure projects such as highways, railroads, landfills, airports, harbours offers great social-economic opportunities for the development of a region; it is also mainly responsible for the deterioration of natural environment in the greater areas where these...
Statistical Assessment of Water Quality Parameters for Pollution Source Identification in Bektaş Pond (Sinop,Turkey)
Environmental Sciences
This study was carried out between September 2015 and August 2016 in four sampling sites. Water quality of the pond was examined according to sites and seasons, water quality classes were determined and pollution problems were revealed. In addition, the suitability of aquatic life forms has been...
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in the Coastal Water Quality Sector: A Priority in the Frame of the ICZM
General
The Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) is the method most commonly used for the assessment of the costs and effectiveness of alternative policy options on the environment. The objective of this paper is to describe the priority of the policy area “coastal water pollution control from land uses, in...
Development of GIS Based Method for Risk Assessment of Olive Mill Waste Water in Crete, Greece
Wastewater treatment
Water resources are subjected to different pollution sources. Point source water pollution of surface water is an important issue when considering the limited surface water availability as well as the potential knock-on effects of this pollution on human health as well as habitat and land...
Modeling for Mitigating Storm Water Unban Flooding and Water Quality Issues by Using Small Serial Dams: A Case Study of the City of San Angelo
Environmental data analysis and modelling
The City of San Angelo has been imposed on urban flooding and no-point source pollution and develop storm water monitoring and modeling project for managing these storm water issues. This study focuses on the stormwater peak flow reduction and water pollutant improvement by using small serial...
Evaluation of pollutant loading in the runoff waters from a major urban highway (Gdansk Beltway, Poland)
General
Runoff water is an important medium transporting various air pollutants from the air to the surface water. This paper presents the results of measurement of removal rates of anions and cations in the rain, road runoff, throughfall and surface water near a major urban highway (Gdańsk beltway). The...
STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS FOR POLLUTION SOURCE IDENTIFICATION IN NOYYAL RIVER, COIMBATORE, TAMILNADU
Water Quality
This study aimed to determine the extent of the water quality decrease in the Noyyal River in Tamilnadu by analyzing the seasonal change of water's physicochemical properties, identifying possible sources of pollution, and grouping the monitoring months based on shared characteristics. The...
The Impact Of Tropical Deforestation On River Chemical Pollution
General
The objective of this study was to provide a quantitative description of the impact of converting tropical forests into pastures for cattle grazing in terms of the sediment, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations at the outlet of a river basin located in North West Costa Rica. The Soil and Water...
Application of phosphate water and slime in agriculture: investigation of the mobility of the pollutants using hydrologic modeling
General
The use of phosphate slime or phosphate water in a Mediterranean region (Gafsa, Tunisia) was investigated through hydrologic modeling. The simulations were made using the Hydrus 1D software package for a typical soil in the area of Gafsa (Tunisia). Two main applications were examined: mixing the...
Removal efficiency of antibiotics from water through constructed wetlands, a review
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Contamination in water bodies with antibiotics and resistance genes is becoming an increasing threat to global health. Overuse of antibiotics has become a serious ecological problem worldwide. There is growing concern that antibiotics are losing their effectiveness due to increased antibiotic...
Optimization of Analytical Methods for the Determination of Trace Concentrations of Toxic Pollutants in Drinking and Surface Waters
General
Pollutants posing health risks to human health and to the aquatic environment often occur in drinking and surface waters, as a result of disinfection practices, agricultural and industrial activities, wastewater discharges. Toxic pollutants belong to different chemical categories, including...
Research on the removal of pollutants from water environment by lanthanum modified montmorillonite
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The management of water pollution has been one of the main problems as people pay more and more attention in the current society to the preservation and repair of the natural environment. In this paper, natural montmorillonite was modified with starch as well as lanthanum chloride. The removal...
Water pollution and carbon dioxide emissions from solid waste landfills: Probabilistic monitoring and evaluation
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Owing to increased population, the ground water pollution and disposal of solid waste from the domestic, commercial and the industrial sources has become higher. Mainly, leachate from sanitary landfills increase the ground water pollution and disposal of solid wastes may produce the emission of...
Preliminary study of the effect of using biosorbents on the pollution of the treated water
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Several adsorbents have been tried out by researchers to remove different pollutants from wastewater. However, the adverse effect of these biosorbents on the treated water and the possibility of leaching new pollutants to the treated water have not been investigated. A batch technique was employed...
Water resources and groundwater quality in North Peloponnesus (Greece)
General
Groundwater plays an important role for urban and agricultural water supply in northern part of Peloponnesus. Despite increasing environmental awareness in this area, groundwater is a resource that is being stressed. Groundwater provides about 80% the total quantity of water supply. Distribution of...
Evaluating Environmental Efficiency of Turkish Cities by Data Envelopment Analysis
Environmental Management and Policies
Turkey is a developing country and has achieved impressive economic development in recent years. But this rapid growth has brought in many environmental problems in Turkish cities, such as air pollution, water pollution etc. In order to eliminate these problems, environmental performances of the...
Water Quality Monitoring with Emphasis on Estimation of Point and Diffuse Pollution Sources
Water Quality
Population growth, urbanization and anthropogenic activities are becoming a serious problem for water resources in Turkey, which necessitates their monitoring and maintenance of water quality. In this study, water quality was implemented in the Porsuk Stream in Inner Anatolia, Turkey. Water samples...
Water quality: its practical implications to sustainable development in the Pearl River Delta, China
General
This paper reviews the interactions between water supply, surface water quality, environmental management and sustainable development in the Pearl River Delta. As an economic center of the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong has to import about 80 % of its potable water from Dongjiang. Ironically, the...
Environmental Management Approaches and Water Resources in the stessed region of Thriassion, Greece
General
The present attempt has a two prong-emphasis. On the one hand it demarcates the physical, structural, social and economic parameters and the eliciting environmental problems in Thriassion Plain, the main industrial area of metropolitan Athens, Greece. On the other hand it attempts to delineate a...
Thematic areas
Circular economy
Climate change and air pollution
Solid waste management
Water and wastewater
Study on the Degradation of Brominated Flame Retardants in Waste Circuit Boards Using a Supercritical Fluid Method: Methodology, Influencing Factors, and Optimal Fluid Type
Innovative environmental solutions
07-11-2024
Degradation of polystyrene plastics by alkane monooxygenase and alcohol dehydrogenase
Solid Waste Management
05-11-2024
Environmental Impact Assessment of Solid Waste Disposal on Groundwater Quality
Water Quality
05-11-2024
LC MS/MS Phytochemical analysis of Ruta montana and the Hepatic Preventive Effects in male Rats exposed to Tebuconazole
Environmental Health
05-11-2024
Review of Remote Sensing, GIS and Soft Computing Tool for Predicting the Land-use and Environment Changes
Innovative environmental solutions
04-11-2024
Integrated Early Flood Prediction using Sentinel-2 Imagery with VANET-MARL-based Deep Neural RNN
Floods, Droughts and...
04-11-2024
Phytochemical characterization and valorization of Quercus ilex (west of Algeria)
General
30-10-2024
Sustainable Enhancement of Mechanical and Wear Properties in Natural Fiber Composites: Integration of Bio-Waste Fillers and Taguchi Optimization for Bio Medical Applications
Biowaste
19-12-2024
Impact of microplastic pollution on the ocean and marine animals: A comprehensive review
Microplastics in the...
19-12-2024
Optimization of Nozzle Hole Number for Dual Fuel Operation Using Biodiesel Blends: A Response Surface Methodology Approach
Sustainable Energy
19-12-2024
Radioactivity and radon exhalation from cat litter – Is there an issue?
General
19-12-2024
Effect and mechanism of perfluorooctanoic acid on extracellular polymeric substances of microorganisms during biological wastewater treatment
Water and wastewater...
19-12-2024
Modelling of PM2.5 Concentrations Using Artificial Neural Networks: A Case Study of Islamabad
Air Quality
19-12-2024
Influence of the Injector Nozzle on Hydrogen-Powered Juliflora Biodiesel in HCCI Engines: A Surface Response Methodology Approach
Sustainable Energy
19-12-2024
Bioclimatic Analysis and Proposal of Bioclimatic Strategies for Buildings: Case Studies in Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
Climate change mitigation...
14-12-2024
Prosopis julifera oil: optimization and biodiesel production
Sustainable Energy
14-12-2024