COVID 19 and the Sustainable Development Goals - Chapter 2 - Effects of COVID-19 on the availability of clean water and sanitation

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COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals, Volume , 1 January 2022
This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by introducing the impact of COVID-19 on water and sanitation, explaining Sustainable Development Goal-6 (clean water and sanitation) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and highlighting lessons learned regarding the water and COVID-19.
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Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research, Volume 6 - Chapter 2: Urban water pollution by heavy metals, microplastics, and organic contaminants

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Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research, Volume 6, 2022, Pages 21-43
This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation and Goal 14: Life below water by aiming to critically review previous research on the presence of heavy metals, microplastics, and organic contaminants in urban waters and to synthesize the current knowledge of various urban water pollution sources.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Water and sanitation; Water Pollution, Global

Water and Climate Change - Chapter 9: Plastic pollution in waterways and in the oceans

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Water and Climate Change: Sustainable Development, Environmental and Policy Issues, Volume 1, 1 January 2022
This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation and Goal 14: Life below water by compiling and analyzing available data in the literature on the distribution of plastics/MPs in global oceans/seas and rivers and estimated riverine plastics outflows to global oceans.
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Microbial Consortium and Biotransformation for Pollution Decontamination - Chapter 1: Threats and consequences of untreated wastewater on freshwater environments

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Microbial Consortium and Biotransformation for Pollution Decontamination, Volume 1, 1 January 2022
This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation and Goal 3: Good health and well-being by arguing that SW resources, aquatic ecosystems, and unsuccessfully treated wastewater on water courses must be effectively treated to prevent hostile health risks that have long-term as well as short-term effects on human health.
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Microbial Consortium and Biotransformation for Pollution Decontamination - Chapter 3: Effect of wastewater from industries on freshwater ecosystem: Threats and remedies

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Microbial Consortium and Biotransformation for Pollution Decontamination, Volume 1, 1 January 2022
This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation, Goal 3: Good health and well-being, and Goal 14: Life below water by summarizing different types of wastewater, its effects on freshwater ecosystem, and remedies to reduce the effect of these effluents on freshwater ecosystem and indirectly on humans.
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Health and wellbeing; Water and sanitation; Decontamination, Global

Encyclopedia of Inalnd Waters, Second Edition -

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Julia Derx, Rita Linke, Domenico Savio, Monica Emelko, Philip Schmidt, Jack Schijven, Liping Pang, Regina Sommer, Margaret Stevenson, Harold van den Berg, Saskia Rutjes, Andreas H. Farnleitner, Alfred Paul Blaschke, From Groundwater to Drinking Water – Current Approaches for Microbial Monitoring and Risk Assessment in Porous Aquifers, Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2022, Pages 580-594, ISBN 9780128220412
This chapter supports SDG 6 by summarizing the current approaches for evaluating pathogen fate and transport in the environment, their removal during subsurface transport in porous aquifers and the needed infection protection to achieve safe drinking water.
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Health and population; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition) - Societal Implications of Kenya's Inland and Marine Waters

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Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Second Edition, 2022, pp 450-463
This chapter aligns with Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities and 6: Clean Water and Sanitation by reviewing Kenya's inland, coastal and marine resources, their associated stressors and key recommendations to promote societal benefits and enhance sustainable management of these aquatic resources.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Water and sanitation, Africa

Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation - Chapter 7: Marine-protected areas and plastic pollution

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Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation: Approaches to Protect Biodiversity and Marine Life, Volume 1, 1 January 2022
This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation and Goal 14: Life below water by arguing that further steps for the optimal management of MPAs should aim to improve the efficiency of the whole plastic waste management cycle, thus preventing and reducing debris entering the marine environment.
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Chemicals and waste; Water and sanitation; Inorganic Pollutants, Global

Integrated and Hybrid Process Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment- Chapter 11 - Hazardous and industrial wastewaters: From cutting-edge treatment strategies or layouts to micropollutant removal

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Mohammad Mehdi Golbini Mofrad, Iman Parseh, Mokhtar Mahdavi,

Chapter 11 - Hazardous and industrial wastewaters: from cutting-edge treatment strategies or layouts to micropollutant removal,

Editors: Abdul Mohammad and Wei Ang,

Integrated and Hybrid Process Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment,

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2021,

Pages 233-251,

ISBN 9780128230312
This chapter advances SDG 6 and 9 by identifying and investigating state-of-the-art remediation approaches and technologies that help the disposal of hazardous sewage for sustainable and safe reuse.
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Technology; Water and sanitation, Global

Sustainable Energy Technologies for Seawater Desalination - Chapter 1 - Introduction to desalination and sustainable energy

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Marc Rosen, Aida Farsi, CHAPTER ONE - Introduction to desalination and sustainable energy, Editor(s): Marc Rosen, Aida Farsi, Sustainable Energy Technologies for Seawater Desalination, Academic Press, 2022, Pages 1-44, ISBN 9780323998727
This chapter introduces key concepts of water desalination systems driven by sustainable energy sources, as we look to meet civilization's water needs through sustainable means - supporting SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) as well as SDG 7 (Clean and Affordable Energy)
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