Water Air & Soil Pollution

Abstract The presence of antibiotics in aquatic environments poses risks to public health and ecosystem, particularly due to the promotion of antimicrobial resistance. Rifampicin (RIF), a chemically stable and biologically active antibiotic, is increasingly detected in wastewater streams and remains insufficiently removed by conventional treatment processes. In this study, cellulosic residue base…

Abstract Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) was used to detect the presence of 28 trace metal residues in water and sediment samples taken from four surface water resource sites polluted by wastewater effluent. The selected sites are tributaries of the main river within the area of Mangaung which supplies freshwater to communities. These trace metal residues includ…

Abstract In this study, surface water samples were collected simultaneously from seven different sampling sites over a 12-month period in Bursa, Türkiye, and analyzed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to determine their levels, dissolved/particulate phase distributions, and potential pollutant sources. Throughout the sampling period, the concentratio…

Abstract In shallow lakes, wind-driven turbulence and thermally induced convection control water mixing. Together, and depending on depth, they interact with microplastic (MP) settling to determine how particles are distributed throughout the water column. To investigate these processes, two MP addition experiments were conducted in a 112 m 3 aquatic mesocosm during summer using 1–5 µm microspher…