Water scarcity issues associated with inadequate access to clean water and sanitation is a ubiquitous problem occurring globally. Addressing future challenges will require a combination of new technological development in water purification and environmental remediation technology with suitable conservation policies. In this scenario, new bioinspired materials will play a pivotal role in the de...

introduction: discharge of textile wastewater causes the reduction of sunlight penetration, interferes with the receiving waters ecology and damage the environment. the aim of this study was to determine the removal efficiency of reactive blue 19 dye from aqueous solutions by cuttlefish bone powder. materials & methods: this study was performed experimentally and in laboratory scale. in this re...

Optofluidics is a rapidly advancing field that utilizes the integration of optics and microfluidics to provide a number of novel functionalities in microsystems. In this review, we discuss how this approach can potentially be applied to address some of the greatest challenges facing both the developing and developed world, including healthcare, food shortages, malnutrition, water purification, ...

Intensive aquaculture in recirculating systems is rapidly developing, and with it arises the need for reliable treatment systems. To enable reuse of water in these systems, biological treatment is considered the most economically feasible approach. In this review the advantages and disadvantages of some of the most commonly used biological treatment systems are examined. Using as a comparator t...

The controversy over whether and how much to charge for health products in the developing world rests, in part, on whether higher prices can increase use. We test this hypothesis in a field experiment in Zambia using door-to-door marketing of a home water purification solution. Our methodology separates the screening effect of prices (charging more changes the mix of buyers) from the psychologi...

For adsorbents used in water remediation, the long-standing contradictions between selectivity and multiple adsorbability, and affinity and recyclability, have led to difficulties in applications towards environmental crises. In article number 1500289, Q. Yuan and co-workers create a versatile scavenger that cleverly avoids such contradictions by integrating the advantages of multiple functiona...

I examine inefficiencies in Japanese water utility companies. Efficiency in this context is defined as a firm’s capacity to maximize output given a fixed level of inputs. The findings suggest that the average operation rate, customer density and size variables are associated with lower levels of inefficiency (or higher levels of efficiency), while water purification (a conditioning variable cap...

We studied the physical, chemical, and microbiological factors that influence drinking water quality processed from River Tigris, and of the three main drinking water purification stations located at different parts of Tigris River, along with evaluation of drinking water of Al-Shula region in Baghdad city. Water samples were taken monthly from December 2009 to September 2010. Physical and chem...

The inability of conventional water-purification systems to meet the ultra-high purity needs of molecular biology and biopharmaceuticals reliably was attributed to their almost exclusive utilization of phase-transfer technologies. Water quality may unpredictably degrade when confronted by microorganism blooms or altered feed water characteristics. Photocatalytic point-of-use water-purification ...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Water purification systems for domestic use have drawn significant attention over the past few years. This can be related to the improvement of public health and concern for water contamination. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate whether home water purification systems eliminate the essential materials such as fluoride besides filtrating the heavy ions and ...