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- Title
- A Quantitative Analysis of Swimming Pool Recirculation System Efficiency in Returning Water to the Treatment System
- Author
- Madding, Nathan
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- While chemical reactors have been studied extensively, little work had been done in understanding the recirculation system efficiency of swimming pools. It was proposed by Gage and Bidwell (1926) that recirculation in swimming pools was described ...
- Title
- An Integrative Approach to Identify and Assess Streams Susceptible to Antibiotic Discharges
- Author
- Kamanmalek, Sara
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Water resources development--Management, Hydrology
- Description
- Occurrences of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance have been reported in various environmental settings, posing a global concern due to associated human and ecological risks. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to develop a holistic a...
- Title
- Bromide Removal from Drinking Water Sources Impaired by Energy Wastewater Discharge Using Electrically Conductive Membrane
- Author
- Das, Samonty
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Bromide accelerates the formation of carcinogenic disinfection by-products (DBPs) during drinking water disinfection when it reacts with dissolved organic matter and disinfectants. The objective of this study is to develop an effective process to ...
- Title
- Comparison of Hydrogen Peroxide Quenching with Activated Carbon and Mineral Catalysts
- Author
- Gleason, Justine
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Advanced oxidation is an advanced water treatment process used for treating impaired drinking water sources, among other applications. Commonly, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is used with ultraviolet (UV) light to create hydroxyl radicals that oxidize ...
- Title
- Electrochemical Mineralization of Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
- Author
- Pulikkal, Vivek
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are fluorinated organic compounds with broad applications in aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) for firefighting, lubricants, waterproof and stain-resistant products. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a toxic...
- Title
- Emerging Challenges in Landfill Leachate Quality and Ability of Fungal Bioreactors to Address Them
- Author
- Rezaei Adaryani, Amirhossein
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Landfill sites, that are the ultimate depository of solid waste stream in most societies, have the potential to generate leachate containing a complex mixture of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) such as pharmaceutical compounds, plasticizer...
- Title
- Experimental Study and Numerical Modeling of the Performance of Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Brine/Coal Fly Ash Co-Disposal
- Author
- He, Rui
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental management, Human ecology--Study and teaching
- Description
- The coal-fired steam electricity plants are interested in finding efficient ways to manageby-products from the combustion process out of environmental and regulatory considerations. As one of the major solid by-products, the coal fly ash (CFA) is ...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 ...