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ClearA review of nature-based solutions for resource recovery in cities
This review examines nature-based solutions for resource recovery in cities, focusing on technologies that use microorganisms and ecological processes to shift urban systems from linear resource sinks toward more circular and sustainable models.
A Review of the Roots of Ecological Engineering and its Principles
This review traces the historical roots and guiding principles of ecological engineering, a multidisciplinary field focused on designing sustainable ecosystems and restoring degraded natural habitats. The study highlights how ecological engineering integrates scientific knowledge with practical applications to address environmental challenges including pollution and habitat loss.
Biologia Futura: integrating freshwater ecosystem health in water resources management
This paper argues that sustainable water resource management must integrate freshwater ecosystem health as a priority, proposing that freshwater bodies should be treated as 'water users' with their own biological and physicochemical requirements.
Water security in the polycrisis: between negative and positive tipping points
This review examines how water security is threatened by multiple converging crises in the Anthropocene, including climate change, conflict, and pollution including microplastics. The study suggests that investments in institutional mechanisms, technical innovations, and environmental cooperation are needed to transition from negative to positive tipping points in water management.
Redefining Ecological Engineering in the Context of Circular Economy and Sustainable Development
This conceptual paper proposed a redefined framework for ecological engineering grounded in circular economy principles, arguing that engineering interventions in natural systems should aim to close material loops and enhance ecosystem services rather than simply solving pollution problems after the fact.
Scientific evidence of the hydrological impacts of nature‐based solutions at the catchment scale
This review assessed the scientific evidence for how nature-based solutions like wetlands, ponds, and green infrastructure affect water flow at the scale of entire watersheds. Researchers found that the effectiveness of each approach depends heavily on local conditions such as location, design, and environmental factors. The study emphasizes the need for better planning tools and more research before large-scale implementation of these interventions for water management.
Nature-Based Solutions for Removal of Microplastics from Wastewater: Technologies, Challenges, and Prospects
This review evaluates nature-based solutions for removing microplastics from wastewater, including constructed wetlands, green infrastructure, and aquatic plants. The study found that these approaches can achieve removal efficiencies up to 99-100%, offering ecologically friendly alternatives to conventional treatment methods, though challenges remain with long-term efficiency and removal of other contaminants.
Ocean Solutions That Benefit People, Nature and the Economy
This report examines ocean-based solutions that can simultaneously benefit people, nature, and the economy. The study balances hope and concern while presenting concrete examples of sustainable approaches to ocean management and conservation.
From Scarcity to Abundance: Nature-Based Strategies for Small Communities Experiencing Water Scarcity in West Texas/USA
Researchers compared two nature-based water treatment methods for small communities in semi-arid West Texas facing water scarcity. They evaluated a pond-and-wetland system and an alternative approach for treating wastewater and replenishing local water supplies. The study suggests that these natural treatment methods could provide affordable and sustainable solutions for communities struggling with declining aquifer levels.
Indigenous and Modern Practices for Water Conservation and Management in Africa
This review examines indigenous and modern water conservation practices in Africa, focusing on how traditional knowledge systems can be integrated with contemporary water management technology to address growing scarcity. The authors identify numerous traditional techniques—including stone bunds, sand dams, and sacred grove protection—that complement engineering-based solutions in the context of climate variability.
Time for decisive actions to protect freshwater ecosystems from global changes
This review called for decisive actions to protect freshwater ecosystems from global changes including climate change, habitat modification, pollution, and invasive species, emphasizing the critical services these ecosystems provide to humans.
Groundwater–Surface Water Interactions: Recent Advances and Interdisciplinary Challenges
This review covers recent advances in understanding groundwater–surface water interactions, including their importance for drinking water security and contaminant transport, and argues for interdisciplinary approaches that combine hydrology, ecology, and geochemistry.
Transforming Pollution into Purity: Ensuring Water Quality for Human Health and Environmental Sustainability
This review examines global threats to water quality from contaminants including microplastics, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals, and their consequences for human health and ecosystems. The authors advocate for a comprehensive strategy combining source protection, advanced treatment technologies like constructed wetlands and advanced oxidation, and robust governance to ensure safe water access.
Nature's Blueprint: Using Biomimicry for Advanced Water Management and a Sustainable Future
This paper reviews three biomimetic innovations — beetle-inspired fog collection, aquaporin membrane proteins, and whale baleen-inspired filtration — as models for developing efficient water collection and conservation technologies in response to freshwater scarcity.
Revolutionizing Wastewater Reuse: A Critical Review of Innovative Treatment Technologies for a Sustainable Energy-Water Nexus
This review critically examines innovative wastewater treatment technologies for sustainable reuse, covering advances in membrane filtration, electrochemical processes, advanced oxidation, and emerging contaminant removal including microplastics, in the context of addressing global water scarcity.
Addressing water resource management challenges in the context of climate change and human influence
This study identifies and documents the key challenges facing water resource management due to the combined pressures of climate change and human activity. Researchers found that droughts, floods, sea-level rise, and pollution are threatening both water quality and public health on a global scale. The study emphasizes that more sustainable approaches to water governance and infrastructure are urgently needed to address the growing gap between water supply and demand.
Water Quality Challenges and Technological Innovations for Sustainable Management
This review examines technological innovations for sustainable water quality management in the context of increasing contamination from chemical pollutants, pathogens, and emerging contaminants including microplastics. Researchers summarized advances in water quality assessment methods and treatment technologies that address these modern challenges. The study highlights how rapid urbanization and climate change are intensifying the need for more sophisticated water management approaches.
Emerging Solutions to Return Nature to the Urban Ocean
Researchers identified emerging strategies for restoring nature in heavily urbanized ocean environments, which impact 1.5% of global exclusive economic zones. They describe approaches including greening gray infrastructure, restoring habitats, and developing biotechnologies to reduce urban pressures like pollution. The study highlights how better design and management of urban ocean spaces can address challenges such as plastic pollution while supporting ecosystem services and human needs.
Wastewater Management Techniques: A Review of Advancement on the Appropriate Wastewater Treatment Principles for Sustainability
This review examines advancements in wastewater management techniques, focusing on approaches to ensuring that effluent released into the environment meets safety standards amid growing pressures from climate change and rising global population.
Potential Nutrient Conversion Using Nature-Based Solutions in Cities and Utilization Concepts to Create Circular Urban Food Systems
This review examines how nature-based solutions in cities—like constructed wetlands and green infrastructure—can help recover nutrients from wastewater for reuse in agriculture. These systems can also help filter out microplastics and other contaminants before they reach waterways.
Science and Technology for Water Purification: Achievements and Strategies
This review covers the latest science and technology for purifying water, addressing the global challenges of water scarcity and pollution. It discusses emerging contaminants including microplastics and the treatment methods needed to remove them. The findings are relevant to human health because current water treatment systems may not fully remove microplastics and other new pollutants from drinking water.
Integrated Approaches to Water Quality Assessment and Treatment: A Comprehensive Review
This comprehensive review integrates physical, chemical, and biological water quality parameters, examines major pollution sources including emerging contaminants like microplastics, and surveys advances in real-time IoT-enabled monitoring and integrated treatment approaches.
Water Treatment: Are Membranes the Panacea?
This review examined whether membrane technologies can serve as the primary solution for treating increasingly complex nontraditional water sources, concluding that while membranes are promising they face challenges with scaling, fouling, and energy demands that limit their role as a universal panacea for water security.
Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas: inovações e avanços em pesquisa - Volume 2
This volume compiles research advances in water science and technology, addressing topics ranging from water resource conservation and sustainable management to innovative treatment approaches, framed within the context of global water scarcity and growing demand.