Topic
Water quality research, explained
6 open-access water quality studies, each with a flashcard deck and a quiz.
- WWTPs cut plastic mass but leak nanoplastics
Two Chinese plants dropped MP/NP mass from 26.23 and 11.29 μg/L in influent to 1.75 and 0.71 μg/L in tertiary effluent, with nanoplastics removed least.
- Arsenic injustice in San Joaquin water
Valley water systems serving more people of color were far more likely to violate the arsenic MCL.
- Nontarget LC-HRMS maps Dhaka river pollution
Open-science LC-HRMS of 12 sites on four rivers near Dhaka found tens of thousands of chemical features, including urban surfactants, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals, in a rarely monitored South Asian waterscape.
- Pathogens in Nairobi water and feces
Dog feces carried the most enteric pathogens among hosts sampled in a Nairobi informal area.
- Sewer overflows spike chemicals in marine harbours
In two protected English harbours, CSO discharge days raised mixed chemical burdens 25- to 43-fold above a dry-spring baseline, with imidacloprid exceeding PNEC.
- Flood maps flag contaminated private wells
After Hurricane Florence, 41.2% of tested wells had total coliform and 11.7% E. coli—1.2× and 7.8× routine rates—with higher contamination inside flood boundaries.