A H Smith, Elena O. Lingas, Mizanur Rahman
The contamination of groundwater by arsenic in Bangladesh is the largest poisoning of a population in history, with millions of people exposed. This paper describes the history of the discovery of arsenic in drinking-water in Bangladesh and recommends intervention strategies. Tube-wells were install...
Ross T. Nickson, J.M. McArthur, William Burgess, Kazi Matin Ahmed et al.
Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Kawser Ahmed, Mohammad Raknuzzaman, Md. Habibullah‐Al‐Mamun et al.
M. Yousuf A. Mollah, Paul Morkovsky, Jewel A. Gomes, Mehmet Kesmez et al.
Electrocoagulation is an electrochemical wastewater treatment technology that is currently experiencing both increased popularity and considerable technical improvements. There has been relatively little effort to better understand the fundamental mechanisms of the processes, particularly those that...
Abidur Rahman, Omar Farrok, M. Mejbaul Haque
Khan Mamun Reza, Asw Kurny, Fahmida Gulshan
Traditional chemical, physical and biological processes for treating wastewater containing textile dye have such disadvantages as high cost, high energy requirement and generation of secondary pollution during treatment process. The advanced oxidation processes technology has been attracting growing...
Tanveer Saeed, Guangzhi Sun
With the unique advantages of lower operational and maintenance cost, the applications of subsurface flow constructed wetlands for the treatment of wastewater have been increasing rapidly throughout the world. The removal of nitrogen and organics by such systems has gained substantial attention in r...
Md. Rashid Al-Mamun, S.M. Abdul Kader, Md. Shahinoor Islam, Musharib Khan
Treatment of textile wastewater using titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalysis has been started from the last decade and reached attention to the researchers because of its versatile application. The variety of applications of TiO2 as a photocatalyst has been taken place because of low operating tempe...
Shams Forruque Ahmed, M. Mofijur, Samiha Nuzhat, Anika Tasnim Chowdhury et al.
Emerging contaminants (ECs) in wastewater have recently attracted the attention of researchers as they pose significant risks to human health and wildlife. This paper presents the state-of-art technologies used to remove ECs from wastewater through a comprehensive review. It also highlights the chal...
Mohammad Amir Hossain Bhuiyan, Lutfar Parvez, Mohammad Amirul Islam, Samuel B. Dampare et al.
Total concentrations of heavy metals in the soils of mine drainage and surrounding agricultural fields in the northern part of Bangladesh were determined to evaluate the level of contamination. The average concentrations of Ti, Mn, Zn, Pb, As, Fe, Rb, Sr, Nb and Zr exceeded the world normal averages...
Tarekul Islam, Md. Reazuddin Repon, Tarikul Islam, Zahid Sarwar et al.
The rapid growth of population and industrialization have intensified the problem of water pollution globally. To meet the challenge of industrialization, the use of synthetic dyes in the textile industry, dyeing and printing industry, tannery and paint industry, paper and pulp industry, cosmetic an...
Beverley Henry, Kirsi Laitala, Ingun Grimstad Klepp
Textiles release fibres to the environment during production, use, and at end-of-life disposal. Approximately two-thirds of all textile items are now synthetic, dominated by petroleum-based organic polymers such as polyester, polyamide and acrylic. Plastic microfibres (<5 mm) and nanofibres (<100 nm...
Rupa Chakraborty, Anupama Asthana, Ajaya Kumar Singh, Bhawana Jain et al.
Environmental pollution, particularly from heavy metal ions in the wastewater, is one of the most serious concerns of the world. In the pursuit of remedial action, various conventional methods such as ion exchange, chemical precipitation, coagulation, membrane separation, reverse osmosis, and adsorp...
H. M. Solayman, Md. Arif Hossen, Azrina Aziz, Noor Yahida Yahya et al.
Dye wastewater released from several dyes induced industries are harmful towards the living, non-living environment and human. Consequently, existence of dye in water bodies is becoming a rising concern to environmentalists and citizens. Dye wastewater should be treated prior to release in an open w...
Md. Mukhlesur Rahman, Mohamad Amran Mohd Salleh, Umer Rashid, Amimul Ahsan et al.
Nitrogen and phosphorus in wastewaters are a burning environmental issue of the present world. This review covers the studies conducted on the removal and recovery of phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewaters through struvite crystallization. Wastewater which contains a high amount of phosphorus and ...