All Outputs (9)

Textile dye wastewater characteristics and constituents of synthetic effluents : a critical review (2018)
Journal Article
Yaseen, D., & Scholz, M. (2018). Textile dye wastewater characteristics and constituents of synthetic effluents : a critical review. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 16(2), 1193-1226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-018-2130-z

Textile industries are responsible for one of the major environmental pollution problems in the world, because they release undesirable dye effluents. Textile wastewater contains dyes mixed with various contaminants at a variety of ranges. Therefore,... Read More about Textile dye wastewater characteristics and constituents of synthetic effluents : a critical review.

Climate change and water resources in arid regions : uncertainty of the baseline time period (2018)
Journal Article
Mohammed, R., & Scholz, M. (2019). Climate change and water resources in arid regions : uncertainty of the baseline time period. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 137, 1365-1376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2671-6

Recent climate change studies have given a lot of attention to the uncertainty that stems from general circulation models (GCM), greenhouse gas emission scenarios, hydrological models and downscaling approaches. Yet, the uncertainty that stems from t... Read More about Climate change and water resources in arid regions : uncertainty of the baseline time period.

Flow-duration curve integration into digital filtering algorithms for simulating climate variability based on river baseflow (2018)
Journal Article
Mohammed, R., & Scholz, M. (2018). Flow-duration curve integration into digital filtering algorithms for simulating climate variability based on river baseflow. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 63(10), 1558-1573. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2018.1519318

A baseflow separation methodology combining the outcomes of the flow–duration curve and the digital filtering algorithms to cope with the restrictions of the traditional procedures has been assessed. Using this methodology as well as the monitored an... Read More about Flow-duration curve integration into digital filtering algorithms for simulating climate variability based on river baseflow.

Contaminations of soil and two Capsicum annuum generations irrigated by reused urban wastewater treated by different reed beds (2018)
Journal Article
Almuktar, S., Abed, S., & Scholz, M. (2018). Contaminations of soil and two Capsicum annuum generations irrigated by reused urban wastewater treated by different reed beds. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(8), #1776. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081776

Background: In order to save potable water, this study aims to evaluate the contamination of soil and Capsicum annuum L. (chilli) watered with urban wastewater (sewage) pre-treated by various wetland systems. Methods: The appropriateness of wetlan... Read More about Contaminations of soil and two Capsicum annuum generations irrigated by reused urban wastewater treated by different reed beds.

Wetlands for wastewater treatment and subsequent recycling of treated effluent : a review (2018)
Journal Article
Almuktar, S., Abed, S., & Scholz, M. (2018). Wetlands for wastewater treatment and subsequent recycling of treated effluent : a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(24), 23595-23623. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2629-3

Due to water scarcity challenges around the world, it is essential to think about non-conventional water resources to address the increased demand in clean freshwater. Environmental and public health problems may result from insufficient provision of... Read More about Wetlands for wastewater treatment and subsequent recycling of treated effluent : a review.

Climate change and anthropogenic intervention impact on the hydrologic anomalies in a semi-arid area : lower Zab river basin, Iraq (2018)
Journal Article
Mohammed, R., & Scholz, M. (2018). Climate change and anthropogenic intervention impact on the hydrologic anomalies in a semi-arid area : lower Zab river basin, Iraq. Environmental Earth Sciences, 77(10), #357. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7537-9

Climate change impact, drought phenomena and anthropogenic stress are of increasing apprehension for water resource managers and strategists, particularly in arid regions. The current study proposes a generic methodology to evaluate the potential imp... Read More about Climate change and anthropogenic intervention impact on the hydrologic anomalies in a semi-arid area : lower Zab river basin, Iraq.

Improved isolation of cadmium from paddy soil by novel technology based on pore water drainage with graphite-contained electro-kinetic geosynthetics (2018)
Journal Article
Tang, X., Li, Q., Wang, Z., Hu, Y., Hu, Y., & Scholz, M. (2018). Improved isolation of cadmium from paddy soil by novel technology based on pore water drainage with graphite-contained electro-kinetic geosynthetics. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(14), 14244-14253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-1664-4

Novel soil remediation equipment based on electro-kinetic geosynthetics (EKG) was developed for in situ isolation of metals from paddy soil. Two mutually independent field plot experiments A and B (with and without electric current applied) were cond... Read More about Improved isolation of cadmium from paddy soil by novel technology based on pore water drainage with graphite-contained electro-kinetic geosynthetics.

Enhanced nitrate-nitrogen removal by modified attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron treating simulated groundwater (2018)
Journal Article
Dong, L., Lin, L., Li, Q., Huang, Z., Tang, X., Wu, M., …Scholz, M. (2018). Enhanced nitrate-nitrogen removal by modified attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron treating simulated groundwater. Journal of Environmental Management, 213(May 18), 151-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.073

Attapulgite (or palygorskite) is a magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate. Modified attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) was created by a liquid-phase reduction method and then applied for nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) removal (transformati... Read More about Enhanced nitrate-nitrogen removal by modified attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron treating simulated groundwater.

Impacts of anthropogenic land use changes on nutrient concentrations in surface waterbodies : a review (2018)
Journal Article
Delkash, M., Al-Faraj, F., & Scholz, M. (2018). Impacts of anthropogenic land use changes on nutrient concentrations in surface waterbodies : a review. CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water, 46(5), p.180051. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.201800051

Increased population leads to land use (LU) changes from natural to urban and agricultural LU. These disturbances not only decrease the natural treatment potential but they also worsen surface water quality (SWQ). The aim of this review is to assess... Read More about Impacts of anthropogenic land use changes on nutrient concentrations in surface waterbodies : a review.