World Water Day 2023

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

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Technology, Global

COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world

Elsevier, The Lancet, Volume 400, 5 November 2022

This Comment article supports SDGs 3, 6, and 13 by highlighting that Africa has suffered disproportionately from the climate crisis; extreme weather such as severe flooding has damaged the water and food supply, increased food insecurity and malnutrition, and led to loss of cultivated land, shelter, and livestock.

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Health and population; Water and sanitation, Africa

Estimating national, demographic, and socioeconomic disparities in water insecurity experiences in low-income and middle-income countries in 2020–21: a cross-sectional, observational study using nationally representative survey data

Elsevier, The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 6, November 2022

This Article supports SDG 6, focusing on the variation in water insecurity between different sociodemographic groups in low-income and middle-income countries. The authors suggest that indiviudal-level measurements are needed to guide policy interventions that will serve those most in need.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Data & Analytics; Water and sanitation, Global

Sustained detection of type 2 poliovirus in London sewage between February and July, 2022, by enhanced environmental surveillance

Elsevier, The Lancet, Volume 400, 29 October 2022

This Article supports SDGs 3 and 6 by demonstrating that polio environmental surveillance by testing wastewater samples is a valuable tool for tracking the distribution of polio and non-polio enteroviruses, and could be instrumental for global poliovirus elimination efforts.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Water and sanitation, Europe

Rising agricultural water scarcity in China is driven by expansion of irrigated cropland in water scarce regions

Elsevier, One Earth, Volume 5, 21 October 2022

In China, efforts to use water more efficiently has led the increasing trend of crop irrigation water use to decelerate, a win for water sustainability. However, this study finds that since 2011, crop irrigation is increasingly using water resources considered "scarce" which is not sustainable.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 2: Zero hunger

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Asia

Investigation of pre and post environmental impact of the lockdown (COVID-19) on the water quality of the Capibaribe and Tejipió rivers, Recife metropolitan region, Brazil

Elsevier, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Volume 118, October 2022, 103965

Investigation on the water quality

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Health and population; Water and sanitation, South America

Spatial and temporal changes in suspended sediment fluxes in central Chile induced by the mega drought: The case of the Itata River Basin (36°-37°S)

Elsevier, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Volume 118, 2022, 103930

It discussed the sedimentary dynamics and droughts

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Climate change; Disaster risk reduction, South America

Safety and immunogenicity of a typhoid conjugate vaccine among children aged 9 months to 12 years in Malawi: a nested substudy of a double-blind, randomised controlled trial

Elsevier, The Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, September 2022, e1326-e1335

This Article supports SDGs 3 and 6 by demonstrating the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a typhoid conjugate vaccine in Malawian children aged 9 months to 12 years; this paper is relevant to World Water Day since S Typhi is transmitted by the faecal-oral route through ingestion of contaminated food and water, often resulting from inadequate hygiene and sanitation.

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Health and population; Water and sanitation, Africa

Ethnic inequalities in access to WASH in Bangladesh

Elsevier, The Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, August 2022

This Comment article supports SDGs 3, 6, and 10 by highlighting major disparities in the coverage and quality of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services for minority ethnic groups in Bangladesh.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Water and sanitation, Africa

Optimum recovery of saline gradient power using reversal electrodialysis: Influence of the stack components

Elsevier, Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume 48, August 2022

Blue energy recovery to increase water sustainability in wastewater treatment plants supporting SDG 6. Sustainable alternatives for water remediation in coastal wastewater treatment plants is discussed as well as the Influence of the main components and variables of a reverse electrodialysis stack.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Technology; Biomass Components; Salinization, Global

Effectiveness of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing with soap on risk of diarrhoeal disease in children in low-income and middle-income settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Elsevier, The Lancet, Volume 400, 2 July 2022, Pages 48-59

This Article supports SDGs 3 and 6, focusing on the effects of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions on childhood diarrhoea in low and middle income countries. Their findings support the higher service levels called for under SDG 6.

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Chemicals and waste, Global

Tracing the emergence of drowning prevention on the global health and development agenda: a policy analysis

Elsevier, The Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, July 2022

This health policy supports SDGs 3 and 6, focusing on the neglected health issue of drowning. The paper discusses ways in which the issue can be framed to align with external priorities, particularly political contexts.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Data & Analytics, Global

The first WHO global survey on infection prevention and control in health-care facilities

Elsevier, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 22, June 2022, P845-856

This study supports SDGs 3 and 6 by reporting findings from the first WHO global survey assessing infection prevention and control programme implementation at the facility level, and highlighting key gaps: for example, only 68% (302 of 446) of low-income countries had continuously available water services.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Water and sanitation, Global

The seasonality of cholera in sub-Saharan Africa: a statistical modelling study

Elsevier, The Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, June 2022

This Article supports SDGs 3, 6, and 13 by showing consistent and positive correlations between cholera seasonality and precipitation and, to a lesser extent, between cholera seasonality and temperature and flooding in sub-Saharan Africa.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Water and sanitation, Africa

Estimating the cost of achieving basic water, sanitation, hygiene, and waste management services in public health-care facilities in the 46 UN designated least-developed countries: a modelling study

Elsevier, The Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, June 2022

Background: An alarming number of public health-care facilities in low-income and middle-income countries lack basic water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH), and waste management services. This study estimates the costs of achieving full coverage of basic WASH and waste services in existing public health facilities in the 46 UN designated least-developed countries (LDCs). Methods: In this modelling study, in-need facilities were quantified by combining published counts of public facilities with estimated basic WASH and waste service coverage.

SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

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Health and wellbeing; Water and sanitation; Capacity-building, Global

Implementation of hand hygiene in health-care facilities: results from the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework global survey 2019

Elsevier, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 22, June 2022

This Article supports SDGs 3 and 6 by assessing the level of hand hygiene implementation and its drivers in health-care facilities through a global WHO survey; 25% of health-care facilities in low-income and middle-income countries were found to lack basic hygiene services, including access to clean water.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Water and sanitation; Menstrual Hygiene, Global

The top 100 global water questions: Results of a scoping exercise

Elsevier, One Earth, Volume 5, 20 May 2022

This article presents the 100 most pressing questions regarding water availability and governance.

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Information for integrated Decision-Making & Participation, Global

Sociodemographic inequalities in uranium and other metals in community water systems across the USA, 2006–11: a cross-sectional study

Elsevier, The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 6, April 2022

This Article supports SDGs 3 and 6 by developing estimates of regulated metals in community water systems, which can be used in future studies, and by showing that there are significant sociodemographic inequalities in public water uranium concentrations.

SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

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Health and population, North America

Exploring linkages between drought and HIV treatment adherence in Africa: a systematic review

Elsevier, The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 6, April 2022, e359-e370

This Review supports SDGs 3 and 6, focusing on the complex ways that multiple factors interact during droughts to influence HIV treatment adherence. The authors suggest that economic and livelihood challenges resulting from food and water insecurity during droughts have the biggest impact on adherence.

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Climate change; Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Livelihood, Africa

The role of water quality monitoring in the sustainable use of ambient waters

Elsevier, One Earth, Volume 5, 18 February 2022

This Primer discusses the current status, gaps and guture needs of freshwater monitoring programs, towards preserving ecosystem functioning and our own health.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population, Global

Achieving carbon neutrality enables China to attain its industrial water-use target

Elsevier, One Earth, Volume 5, 18 February 2022

To address the dual challenges of water scarcity and global climate change mitigation goals, China has committed to carbon neutrality by 2060 combined with strict water use restrictions. Modeling suggests that transitioning to carbon neutrality will potentially reduce industrial water use by a quarter in China.

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Industry, Asia

Techno-economic assessment of a membrane-based wastewater reclamation process

Elsevier, Desalination, Volume 522, 15 January 2022

Results of ultrafiltration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) pilot plant on-site tests for wastewater reclamation are reported here with 90% and 65% water recovery achieved for UF and RO stages, respectively. RO achieved high quality requirements for industrial reuse supporting SDG 6.

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

Water, sanitation, and hygiene for control of trachoma in Ethiopia (WUHA): a two-arm, parallel-group, cluster-randomised trial

Elsevier, The Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, January 2022

Background: WHO promotes the SAFE strategy for the elimination of trachoma as a public health programme, which promotes surgery for trichiasis (ie, the S component), antibiotics to clear the ocular strains of chlamydia that cause trachoma (the A component), facial cleanliness to prevent transmission of secretions (the F component), and environmental improvements to provide water for washing and sanitation facilities (the E component). However, little evidence is available from randomised trials to support the efficacy of interventions targeting the F and E components of the strategy.

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Health and wellbeing; Water and sanitation, Africa

Groundwater resource exploration & development – Focus on groundwater to support surface water supply in the Lower Olifants River, South Africa

Elsevier, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Volume 180, August 2021

It discussed the groundwater resource exploration & development

SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Climate change; Disaster risk reduction, Africa

Private well water testing promotion in pediatric preventive care: A randomized intervention study

Elsevier, Preventive Medicine Reports, Volume 20, 2020, 101209, ISSN 2211-3355

Over 43 million U.S. residents rely on private unregulated wells for their drinking water, raising public health concerns, particularly in regions like northern New England where widespread groundwater arsenic contamination is now recognized. Children are particularly vulnerable to adverse health effects from arsenic exposure.

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North America

Membrane technology for sustainable water resources management: Challenges and future projections

Elsevier, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Volume 25, 2022, 100590

Clean water resources are crucial for societies in order to maintain safety as well as social, ecological and economic progress. As the population grows, agricultural, domestic and industrial activities produce large amounts of wastewaters that can be treated and reused in variety of purposes considering circular economy philosophy. This review presents the challenges and future prospects of wastewater treatment using membrane technologies and is related to SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 14: Life below water

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Water and sanitation; Chemicals and waste, North America

Optimal utilization of groundwater resources and artificial recharge system of Shahriar plain aquifer, Iran

Elsevier, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, Volume 129, 2023, 103358

The content concerns models for optimal utilization of groundwater resources

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Water and sanitation; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Africa

Nuclear desalination: A sustainable route to water security

Elsevier, Desalination, Volume 542, 2022, 116082

Nuclear desalination is an important non-electric application of nuclear power and heat, having strong interlinkages and alignment with sustainable development, climate change management (both mitigation and adaptation), and water security.

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Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Influence of exogenous factors on water demand forecasting models during the COVID-19 period

Elsevier, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Volume 117, Part A, 2023, 105617

An examination of the challenges involved in water demand forecasting, with a particular focus on the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of various machine learning models designed for this purpose.

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Technology; Water and sanitation; Energy, Global

Medicating nature: Are human-use pharmaceuticals poisoning the environment?

Elsevier, One Earth, Volume 5, Issue 10, 2022, Pages 1080-1084

In this Commentary, the increasing risk of pharmaceutical pollution to the world's rivers is discussed. To safeguard clean drinking water, crop irrigation, and biodiversity, the authors call for accellerated global collaboration.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Chemicals and waste, Global

Facilitating a clean water future for all: Gilbert F. Houngbo

Elsevier, One Earth, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 140-141

Gilbert Houngbo is the chair of UN-Water and president of International Fund for Agricultural Development. In this Q&A, he discusses global progress and remaining challenges to achieving clean water for all.

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Health and wellbeing, Global

From wastewater to resource

Elsevier, One Earth, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 122-125

In this Voices panel, 7 global experts discuss the challenges of wastewater management and what is needed to transition wastewater into useable water.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Chemicals and waste; Wastewater, Global

Cost analysis for “The Magic Glasses Philippines” health education package to prevent intestinal worm infections among Filipino schoolchildren, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Volume 31, 2023, 100597

This Article supports SDGs 3 and 6 by showing that the integration of a health education package for for the promotion of correct hygiene and sanitation practices into the school curriculum is an affordable and scalable approach to respond to the burden of soil-transmitted helminth infection among schoolchildren in the Philippines.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Water and sanitation, Pacific

A review on microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment: Their occurrence, exposure routes, toxic studies, and potential effects on human health

Elsevier, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 181, August 2022

This review focuses on the potential exposure routes, human health impacts, and toxicity response of MPs/NPs on human health, through reviewing the literature on studies conducted in different in vitro and in vivo experiments on organisms, human cells, and the human experimental exposure models.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Data & Analytics, Global

Development of a gamma ray dose rate calculation and mapping tool for Lagrangian marine nuclear emergency response models

Elsevier, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 181, August 2022

This paper discussed the development and testing of a gamma radiation dose rate calculation model for the marine environment, and evaluates the potential use for such a model in both short term nuclear emergency response management and emergency response planning.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Data & Analytics; Chemicals and waste, Global

Distribution and pollution risk assessment of heavy metals in the surface sediment of the intertidal zones of the Yellow River Estuary, China

Elsevier, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 174, January 2022

This paper studied the heavy metal concentrations in the study area had a temporal decreasing trend compared to previous studies, which may be due to the reduction in human activities.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Data & Analytics; Health and wellbeing, Global

Green Functionalized Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications - Chapter 7 - Applications of conventional and advanced technologies for phosphorus remediation from contaminated water

Elsevier, Amita Nakarmi, Sushil Kanel, Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda, Tito Viswanathan,

Chapter 7 - Applications of conventional and advanced technologies for phosphorus remediation from contaminated water,

Editor(s): Uma Shanker, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Manviri Rani,

In Micro and Nano Technologies,

Green Functionalized Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications,

Elsevier,

2022,

Pages 181-213,

ISBN 9780128231371

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by introducing technologies for phosphorus remediation from contaminated water.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Nano-Enabled Technologies for Water Remediation - Chapter 10 - Recent advances of nanotechnology in water remediation

Elsevier, Sai Karthik Cheemalamarry, Vinayak Sharma, Yaddanapudi Varun, I. Sreedhar, Satyapaul A. Singh,

10 - Recent advances of nanotechnology in water remediation,

Editor(s): Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, Prasanna Kumar S. Mural, Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran,

In Micro and Nano Technologies,

Nano-Enabled Technologies for Water Remediation,

Elsevier,

2022,

Pages 311-333,

ISBN 9780323854450

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by providing up-to-date information on nanomaterial potential application in water remediation.

SDG:

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Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Metal Metalloids in Soil Plant Water Systems - Chapter 15 - Metal oxidizing microbes and potential application in bioremediation of soil and water

Elsevier, Metals and Metalloids in Soil-Plant-Water Systems: Phytophysiology and Remediation Techniques, Volume , 1 January 2022

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by providing up-to-date information on microbial mechanisms for removing metals from contaiminated soils and water.

SDG:

Global

Visualization Techniques for Climate Change with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence - Chapter 4 - Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources: An Overview

Elsevier, Visualization Techniques for Climate Change with Machine Learnng and Artificial Intelligence, Sukanya S, Sabu Joseph, 2023, Pages 55-76

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by describing the potential impacts of climate change on water resources.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Resilient and Sustainable Cities - Chapter 33 - Sustainable development in hydro-drought regions by improving hydro-indicators

Elsevier, Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Research, Policy and Practice, 2023, Pages 625-647

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by introducing projects to improve the situation of drought-affected cities by maintaining and saving local water resources.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Water and sanitation, Global

Case Studies in Geospatial Applications to Groundwater Resources - Chapter 19 - Groundwater conservation and management: Recent trends and future prospects

Elsevier, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit, Soumen Brahma; Case Studies in Geospatial Applications to Groundwater Resources, 2023, Pages 371-385

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by using satellite-based information to monitor and forecast for sustainable water resource management.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 14: Life below water

Advanced Remote Sensing (Second Edition) - Chapter 20 - Water Storage

Elsevier, Shunlin Liang and Jindi Wang; Advanced Remote Sensing (Second Edition), 2020, Pages 765-787

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 and 9 by providing satellite techniques to monitor water storage in the Earth's cycle.

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Water and sanitation, Europe

Encyclopedia of Inalnd Waters, Second Edition -

Elsevier, 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.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Health and population; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

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

Elsevier, 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)

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Energy; Oceans & Seas, Global

Innovative Exploration Methods for Minerals, Oil, Gas, and Groundwater for Sustainable Development - Chapter 3.4 - Augmentation of arsenic free drinking water supply in West Bengal through innovative groundwater exploration technique: A case study

Elsevier, Amlanjyoti Kar, D.G. Dastidar, S.K. Adhikari, A.K. Sinha, T. Talukdar, A.N. Chowdhury, Prachi Gupta, Ankita Bhattacharya

This chapter explores case studies of ground water contamination (SDG 6) in West Bengal and solutions for mitigating it via innovative drilling techniques.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Chemicals and waste; Water and sanitation, Asia

GIS and Geostatistical Techniques for Groundwater Science - Chapter 13 - Impact of urbanization on groundwater quality

Elsevier, K. Brindha, Michael Schneider; GIS and Geostatistical Techniques for Groundwater Science, 2019, Pages 179-196

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by describing the various sources and selected contaminants that pollute urban groundwater.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Global

GIS and Geostatistical Techniques for Groundwater Science - Chapter 22 - Fluoride contamination in groundwater-A GIS and geostatistics reappraisal

Elsevier, GIS and Geostatistical Techniques for Groundwater Science, Volume , 1 January 2019

This chapter explores the use of geographical information systems (GIS) and statistical approaches to determine the extent of fluoride contamination in groundwater (SDG 6).

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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

Elsevier, 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,

Elsevier,

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.

SDG:

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Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Mxenes and their Composites - Chapter 19 - MXene-based membranes for water desalination

Elsevier

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by introducing technologies for water desalination.

SDG:

Global

Sustainable Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation - Chapter 10 - Use of nanotechnology for wastewater treatment: Potential applications, advantages, and limitations

Elsevier, Wajid Umar, Muhammad Zia ur Rehman, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Ashar Ayub, Asif Naeem, Muhammad Rizwan, Husnain Zia, Rama Rao Karri,

Chapter 10 - Use of nanotechnology for wastewater treatment: potential applications, advantages, and limitations,

Editor(s): Janardhan Reddy Koduru, Rama Rao Karri, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Erick R. Bandala,

In Micro and Nano Technologies,

Sustainable Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation,

Elsevier,

2022,

Pages 223-272,

ISBN 9780128245477,

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824547-7.00002-3

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by introducing technologies for wastewater treatment.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Global

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage for Hybrid Systems - Chapter 2 - Need for pumped hydro energy storage systems

Elsevier, Felix A. Diawuo, Roland Teye Amanor, Chapter 2 - Need for pumped hydro energy storage systems, Editor(s): Amos T. Kabo-Bah, Felix A. Diawuo, Eric O. Antwi, Pumped Hydro Energy Storage for Hybrid Systems, Academic Press, 2023, Pages 23-41, ISBN 9780128188538

This chapter provides information on the benefits of pumped hydro energy storage as a means of providing consisent renewable energy power generation, offering power network management including load balancing and peak shaving, and grid stabilization with emphasis on frequency and voltage regulation. Additionally, the chapter highlights some of the different pumped hydro energy storage hybrid designs for both off-grid and grid-tied applications while the impact of climate change is discussed.

SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 13: Climate action

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Energy; Climate change; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Metal Metalloids in Soil Plant Water Systems - Chapter 15 - Metal oxidizing microbes and potential application in bioremediation of soil and water

Elsevier, Metals and Metalloids in Soil-Plant-Water Systems: Phytophysiology and Remediation Techniques, Volume , 1 January 2022

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by providing up-to-date information on microbial mechanisms for removing metals from contaiminated soils and water.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Global

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

Elsevier, 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.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Water and sanitation; Disaster risk reduction, Global

Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation - Chapter 15 - Technological solutions for adaptation with Iran's water resources crisis

Elsevier, Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation, 2023, Pages 327-343

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by investigating Iran's water crisis caused by the depletion of water resources and providing technological solutions to adapt to the crisis and achieve a water resources equilibrium.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Water and sanitation; Adaptive Reuse, Middle East

Radar Remote Sensing - Chapter 7 - Terrestrial water budget through radar remote sensing

Elsevier, J. Indu, Akhilesh S. Nair, Ankita Pradhan, Rohit Mangla, Sooraj Krishnan, Kaushlendra Verma, Vinayak Huggannavar; Radar Remote Sensing, 2022, Pages 123-148

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by using radar remote sensing to measure terrestrial water budget elements such as precipitation, soil moisture, and surface water levels.

SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

Asia

Managing Healthy Livestock Production and Consumption - Chapter 8 - Pastoralism as a response to climate change and water security in Mediterranean mountains and forests

Elsevier, Gregory Lazarev, Chapter 8 - Pastoralism as a response to climate change and water security in Mediterranean mountains and forests, Editor(s): Nadia El-Hage Scialabba, Managing Healthy Livestock Production and Consumption, Academic Press, 2022, Pages 123-127,

This content advances SDGs 12 and 13 by promoting responsible water resource consumption in pastoral lands and working with the environment rather than against it to raise livestock. Raising livestock responsibly and sustainably promotes SDG 2 for zero hunger as well.

SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 13: Climate action

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Desertification, land degradation and drought; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Water and sanitation, Europe

Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research - Chapter 4 - Impact of climate change on water resources

Priya Kanwar, Kanwar P. Singh. Chapter 4 - Impact of climate change on water resources,
Editor(s): Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, Amit Kumar, Abhay Kumar Singh, T.N. Singh, Enrico Suozzi, Gagan Matta, Stefano Lo Russo,
Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research,
Elsevier,
Volume 5,
2022,
Pages 45-57

This important chapter discusses the impact of climate change on water resources, and the measures adopted by various government agencies and NGOs trying to cope with the growing challenges. It advances SDG 13 by pointing out actionable goals and strategies.

SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action

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Climate change, Global

Water Conservation in the Era of Global Climate Change - Chapter 5 - An overview of the potential impacts of global climate change on water resources

Elsevier, Aaditya Chaturvedi, Bhanu Pandey, Aneet Kumar Yadav, Shubham Saroj,
Chapter 5 - An overview of the potential impacts of global climate change on water resources,
Editor(s): Binota Thokchom, Pengpeng Qiu, Pardeep Singh, Parameswar K. Iyer,
Water Conservation in the Era of Global Climate Change,
Elsevier,
2021,
Pages 99-120,
ISBN 9780128202005

This chapter advances SDG 6 and SDG 13 by highlighting the connection between climate change and water resources. It describes some of the most sinificant efforts taken to mitigate climate change.

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Is safe water, sanitation, and hygiene a pipe dream?

Elsevier, One Earth, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 126-128

This Commentary directly addresses the most pressing challenges of World Water Day by tackling the presistence of water-, sanitation- and hygiene-related diseases and what needs to be done to address these challenges.

SDG:

Tags:

Health and population; Menstrual Hygiene, Global

What sounds like Aedes, acts like Aedes, but is not Aedes? Lessons from dengue virus control for the management of invasive Anopheles

Elsevier, The Lancet Global Health, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2023, Pages e165-e169

This Viewpoint supports SDGs 3 and 6, focusing on the rapid spread of Aedes and Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes and the associated transmission of disease, particularly in urban environments

SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and population; Water and sanitation, Global

An intelligent IOT sensor coupled precision irrigation model for agriculture

Elsevier, Measurement: Sensors, Volume 25, 2023, 100608.

Proposal for a new machine learning-based smart irrigation system, designed to aid the development of more sustainable agricultural practices, saving water and contributing towards better food security.

SDG: