08/23/2023
Water quality and pollution
In this Review, Rose and colleagues advocate for building a global microbial water quality database and summarize available databases, discuss methods for producing new data, and identify analytical tools to support decision making.
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08/30/2023
water resources and hydrology
Siegel and colleagues model daily stream temperature across the entire calendar year for a broad geographic region using publicly available climate and landscape covariates in a Generalized Additive Model (GAM) framework.
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08/30/2023
Infrastructure
Rayner and colleagues collate the range of barriers to install fish protection screens identified by water users in New South Wales and present strategies to address them.
Image credit: silver and black fish in water by John Werner, Unsplash
08/30/2023
health impacts and sanitation
Nounkeu and colleagues identify existing WASH-in-school capacities and document gaps in WASH coverage in Northern Cameroon, a region marked by recurrent sanitary emergencies, high prevalence of acute malnutrition, and high rates of food and water insecurity.
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08/30/2023
water use and management
Williams used Idaho 305(b) data to evaluate the relative contribution of assessment progress and restoration to reported Clean Water Act progress and found that it was driven primarily by monitoring previously unassessed waters in good condition and correcting prior assessment errors.
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08/22/2023
health impacts and sanitation
Gething, Ayling, and colleagues apply geospatial analysis to identify different water and sanitation investment scenarios and their impact on reducing cholera risk in Lusaka, Zambia
08/17/2023
water quality and pollution
In this Review, Rusiñol examines the main viral contamination sources in urban groundwater and reviews factors affecting transport, inactivation, and survival of the viral particles.
08/09/2023
social, cultural, and behavioral research
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08/09/2023
environmental impacts and ecosystems management
08/08/2023
weather and climate change
Image credit: Mountains, Valley, Himalayas by sanejprasadsuwal, Pixabay
08/07/2023
Governance, policy, and politics
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