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Lin, B. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)Ceramic nanofiltration (NF) is a promising alternative for direct surface water treatment, but is hampered for full-scale applications by fouling and a lack of eco-friendly cleaning regimes. In this work, an innovative reactive pre-coat layer, consisting of an iron oxychloride catalyst, was constructed on top of commercial ceramic NF...journal article 2024
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Nativio, A. (author), Jovanovic, O. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Kapelan, Z. (author)The concept of circular economy, aiming at increasing the sustainability of products and services in the water and other sectors, is gaining momentum worldwide. Driven by this concept, novel bio-composite materials produced by recovering resources from different parts of the water cycle are now manufactured in The Netherlands. The new materials...journal article 2024
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Zhao, Jian (author), Kang, Jin (author), Cao, Xiaofeng (author), Bian, Rui (author), Liu, G. (author), Hu, Shengchao (author), Wu, Xinghua (author), Li, Chong (author), Wang, Dianchang (author), Qi, Weixiao (author), Huang, Cunrui (author), Liu, Huijuan (author), Qu, Jiuhui (author)The first pandemic wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced a considerable increase in several antivirals and antibiotics in surface water. The common symptoms of COVID-19 are viral and bacterial infections, while comorbidities (e.g., hypertension and diabetes) and mental shock (e.g., insomnia and anxiety) are nonnegligible....journal article 2024
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García Grez, Felipe (author)The integrated management of river catchments is a challenge to be addressed by many water authorities, where some of them even today do not yet incorporate the aquifers’ status in decision-making. This situation has led to the depletion of many aquifers, deeply affecting the drinking water supply, agriculture, and industries. This challenge is...master thesis 2023
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Liu, S. (author), Zhou, Yangxiao (author), Zang, Yining (author), McClain, M.E. (author), Wang, Xu sheng (author)The Yongding River (Beijing, China) was dry most times of the year, and groundwater storage was severely depleted. To address this issue, a river rehabilitation project was initiated. A downstream environmental flow release (EFR) project from upstream reservoirs has been implemented since 2019. This study evaluated the impact of EFR by...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Luqianxue (author)Trials of surface modifications using low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) has successfully decreased the high temperature needed for the fabrication of SiC membrane from 2000°C to below 900 °C. With this great success on the reduction of the energy con-sumption, however, further studies on the chemical stability and the fouling...master thesis 2022
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Vermunt, P.C. (author)Observing vegetation water dynamics from space offers insights into plant-water relations and water and carbon fluxes across ecosystems at local to global scales. A promising technique to observe water in the vegetation layer is radar, an active form of microwave remote sensing. Interactions between microwaves and vegetation material depend on...doctoral thesis 2022
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Ophorst, Marleen (author)The aim of this research was to evaluate the feasibility of direct hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes for drinking water purposes. The experiments were performed on the dNF40 pilot provided by NXF. The fouling potential and the ion retention of the dNF40 pilot were determined by continuous filtration experiments using raw IJssellake water...master thesis 2022
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Tran, Khuong H. (author), Menenti, M. (author), Jia, Li (author)The annual flood and the alteration in hydrological regimes are the most vital concerns in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD). Although synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Sentinel-1 imagery is widely used for water management, only a few studies have used Sentinel-1 data for mapping surface water and monitoring flood events in the VMD. This study...journal article 2022
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Li, J. (author), Zhou, Yangxiao (author), Wang, Wenke (author), Liu, S. (author), Li, Ying (author), Wu, Ping (author)The sustainable development of groundwater resources in arid and semi-arid regions is a challenging task hindered by climate change and human activities. The rational utilization and management of groundwater resources is, therefore, dependent on an understanding of the influences of human and climatic factors on the spatial distribution of...journal article 2022
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van 't Westende, Thierry (author)Research towards aquathermal energy solutions is still in a pioneering phase. Especially in urban environments, these solutions could potentially form the missing connection between heating supply and demand. This study focuses on the application of these solutions in the city canal waters in the largest city of the Netherlands, Amsterdam ....master thesis 2021
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van Rhijn, Fay (author)Surface water tracing experiments help to identify the flow paths of in-stream mass transport. This provides useful information for developing mitigation measures for contamination, and thereby for solving environmental problems. Salts, fluorescent dyes and isotopes are commonly used tracer substances.<br/>However, it is well known these tracers...master thesis 2021
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Xu, Yanghui (author), Ou, Q. (author), Jiao, Meng (author), Liu, G. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)Nanoplastics (NPs) are currently considered an environmental pollutant of concern, but the actual extent of NP pollution in environmental water bodies remains unclear and there is not enough quantitative data to conduct proper risk assessments. In this study, a pretreatment method combining ultrafiltration (UF, 100 kDa) with hydrogen peroxide...journal article 2021
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Webber, J. L. (author), Wigley, S. (author), Paling, N. (author), Kapelan, Z. (author), Fu, G. (author)This research addresses the need to transform success in technical understanding and practical implementation of surface water management (SWM) interventions at a site-scale towards integrated landscape-scale management. We achieve this through targeting the informative preliminary stages of strategic design, where broad, early and effective...journal article 2021
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Tang, Yuchen (author), Foppen, J.W.A. (author), Bogaard, T.A. (author)Surface water tracing is a widely used technique to investigate in-stream mass transport including contaminant migration. Recently, a microparticle tracer was developed with unique synthetic DNA encapsulated in an environmentally-friendly silica coating (Si-DNA microparticle). Previous tracing applications of such tracers reported detection...journal article 2021
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van der Poel, S. (author)New techniques are urgently demanded to remove organic micropollutants (OMPs) such as endocrine disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals and pesticides from our drinking water sources. With increasing salinity of surface waters in coastal regions, salt removal has also become an issue in the production of drinking water. When advanced oxidation...master thesis 2020
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Verhagen, Jeroen (author)Water, energy and food resources are fundamental for human survival and are critical for supporting economic development. However, ensuring adequate supply is a major concern for the entire world, specifically in some countries and regions. Under the pressure of population growth, economic development, international trade, urbanization,...master thesis 2020
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Mustafa, Kazi Fahriba (author)Bio-receptivity is a natural growth of small plant species on stony surfaces with minimum external influence. It is commonly found around us on old buildings, crevices and corners, damp and moist areas. Bio-receptivity has always been viewed as a negative phenomenon in the public eye due to its random and shabby growth conditions. However, this...master thesis 2020
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Tariq, Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author), Janjua, Shahmir (author), Shahid, Muhammad Laiq Ur Rahman (author), Farooq, Rashid (author)Water sharing within the states/provinces of a country and cross-border is unavoidable. Conflicts between the sharing entities might turn more severe due to additional dependency on water, growing population, and reduced availability as a result of climate change at many locations. Pakistan, being an agricultural country, is severely water...review 2020
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Lu, Jieyu (author), Qiu, Yubao (author), Wang, Xingxing (author), Liang, Wenshan (author), Xie, Pengfei (author), Shi, Lijuan (author), Menenti, M. (author), Zhang, Dongshui (author)The High Mountain Asia (HMA) region, ranging from the Hindu Kush and Tien Shan in the west to the Himalaya in the south with an altitude between 2000 and 8844 m, holds the largest reservoir of glaciers and snow outside Earth Polar Regions. In the last decades, numerous glaciers and lake areas there have undergone tremendous changes with water...journal article 2020