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- Title
- Watershed-Scaled Modeling Methodologies for Estimating Highway Stormwater TMDLs
- Author
- Meng, Zhaochun
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Highway networks represent a type of linear land use crossing streams and sensitive water bodies. Stormwater runoff generated from highway surface has long received much attention due to the presence of a variety of contaminants, such as sediments...
- Title
- UV-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes and Nanoscale Antimicrobials for Antibiotic Resistance Mitigation
- Author
- Sorinolu, Adeola
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Nanoscience, Microbiology
- Description
- Antibiotic resistance (AR) is an ongoing pandemic that is unnoticed by many. AR is a global public health issue that challenges therapeutic potential against pathogens of humans and animals. Predictably, the environment has been implicated in the ...
- Title
- Treatment of Algal Toxins in Drinking Water with UV-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes
- Author
- Barancheshme, Fateme
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- The occurrence of algal blooms and the possibility of production of algal toxins and contamination of drinking water resources have become a significant concern worldwide. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are currently known as one of the most ...
- Title
- The impact of redox conditions on OH• scavenging in surface water matrix and implications for testing of scavenging
- Author
- Nguyen, Jenny
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in water treatment utilizes chemical oxidation to react with and promote the degradation of trace contaminants present in wastewater. Hydroxyl radicals (OH•) generated in AOPs are highly reactive and nonselectiv...
- Title
- THE UTILIZATION OF GRANULAR MEDIA FILTRATION AND RAPID FLOCCULATION IN A MODIFIED JAR TEST PROCEDURE FOR DRINKING WATER TREATMENT
- Author
- KING, CHARLES
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Jar testing is one of the most common tools that water treatment facilities use to determine the treatment conditions necessary to meet finished water quality goals. A six-place stirrer is normally used for jar testing to provide identical mixing ...
- Title
- Systematic Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in Water and Environmental System
- Author
- Park, Sol
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Bioinformatics, Water resources development--Management
- Description
- The global research community is aware of the prevalence and ubiquity of antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) which is increasing over time due to human activities (Allen et al. 2010; Baquero, Martínez, and Cantón 2008; Bergeron et al. 2016; Di Cesar...
- Title
- Synthesis of Layered Double Hydroxides to Sequester Halides from Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Concentrate
- Author
- Manikonda, Abhisek
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- An emerging strategy for the management of flue gas desulfurization wastewater involves volume reduction of the wastewater by concentrating to brine and then mixing the brine with fly ash and other chemical additives to form a paste suitable for l...
- Title
- SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELING OF COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS CONSTITUENTS ON NATURAL HYDROUS FERRIC OXIDE
- Author
- Willoughby, Austin
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences, Geochemistry
- Description
- Coal ash impoundments, along with other industrial and natural processes, can be sources of constituents of concern (COCs) to human health including arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), selenium (Se), and vanadium (V). Attempts to model the fate and trans...
- Title
- Removal of Metals from Highway Stormwater Runoff Using Enhanced Filtration Media Amendments
- Author
- Bryan-Scaggs, Kaitlynn
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences, Water resources development--Management
- Description
- Stormwater runoff can introduce contaminants including heavy metals, chloride, and phosphorus compounds, which can have negative impacts on receiving waters. Stormwater filtration systems can offer successful and cost-effective reduction of stormw...
- Title
- Removal of Cryptosporidium-Sized Microspheres from Swimming Pool Water with Regenerative Media Filters
- Author
- Lamb, Graham
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Cryptosporidium is a chlorine-resistant protozoan parasite that infects an estimated 823,000 Americans annually. The most common mode of transmission for Cryptosporidium is ingesting contaminated recreational water from treated (chlorinated) aquat...
- Title
- Quantification of In-Stream and Riparian Denitrification Potential and Environmental Drivers of Denitrification Following Stream Restoration in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina
- Author
- Welsh, Molly
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences, Hydrology
- Description
- Agricultural streams are subject to considerable disturbance including channelization, erosion, and sedimentation. Fertilizer is often applied to agricultural fields in excess of crop demand, and nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) can be transported ...
- Title
- PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED SOURCES IN WATER RESOURCES
- Author
- NETH, NICOLE
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering, Water resources development--Management
- Description
- It is known that wastewater treatment plants are one of the major routes through which pharmaceuticals enter the environment. The following work investigated the effect of previously unrecognized sources of pharmaceuticals that enter water resourc...
- Title
- Modeling and Evaluating Wastewater-Derived Pesticides in Surface Water
- Author
- Adjidjonu, Denise
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Pesticide use has reached alarming levels globally, causing potential risks to human health and the environment. With its high population densities and rapid development, California emerges as one of the country's leading users of pesticides in th...
- Title
- Model development and system optimization to minimize greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment plants
- Author
- KIM, DONGWOOK
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- As greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reduction has drawn considerable attention, various methods have been established to estimate greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In order to establish a design and operational strat...
- Title
- Mobilization of oxyanion forming trace elements from fly ash based geopolymer concrete
- Author
- Sanusi, Olanrewaju
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- The suitability of fly ash based geopolymer concrete as a replacement for ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete depends on the mobility of elements from the material. Due to the alkaline nature of geopolymer concrete, there is a potential for th...
- Title
- MOISTURE AND HEAVY METAL STABILIZATION FOR COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS USING SODIUM POLYACRYLATE
- Author
- Annamraju, Sai Sahithi
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Environmental engineering, Geotechnical engineering
- Description
- Due to the recent (2015) federal regulations pertaining to disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) from electric utilities, methods to dewater the CCR impoundments, establish structural stability, and mitigate the leaching of heavy metals from...
- Title
- MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION WASTEWATER SEQUESTERED IN THE ALKALI-ACTIVATED FLY ASH MATRIX
- Author
- Ghaempanah Tajabadi, Morteza
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
- Description
- Geopolymers can be categorized as synthetic zeolitic monoliths. The amorphous structure of this material is developed by dissolution of an aluminate and silicate-rich source, like fly ash, in a highly alkaline solution and then interlinking and cr...
- Title
- MICRO- TO MACROSCALE MODELING OF DRINKING WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
- Author
- Polaczyk, Amy
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
- Description
- Models are valuable tools that can provide quantitative insight into a process or system, but must to be kept simple to remain meaningful. In this dissertation, three separate drinking water research projects were completed using numerical modelin...
- Title
- IMPROVEMENTS IN MICROBE RECOVERY AND DETECTION IN WATER SAMPLES: MULTIPLE APPROACHES TO METHOD OPTIMIZATION
- Author
- Kimble, Gina
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
- Description
- The accurate recovery and detection of microbes from water samples is important for the protection of public health. However, not all microbes behave similarly, not all water samples have comparable physical properties, and the constituents presen...
- Title
- How the Brewing Industry Can Support a Circular Economy in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Author
- Hendren, Heather
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Civil engineering, Economics
- Description
- This research investigates beer production in Mecklenburg County and its impact on water demand, and waste production, with a specific focus on how beer production fits into Charlotte’s public strategy of a Circular Economy. Charlotte adopted a Ci...