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Small water systems can experience a fluctuating quality of water in the distribution system after disinfection. As chlorine is the most common disinfectant for small systems, the occurrence of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) represents a common...
2018-01-01
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The Sonoma County Water Agency (SWCA) uses six radial collector wells along the Russian River west of Santa Rosa, to provide water for several municipalities and water districts in north-western California. Three collector wells (1, 2, and 6) are...
2018-01-01
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The largest wastewater treatment plant in Jordan was monitored in the summer to determine the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). Grab samples were collected from the influent and effluent of As-Samra Wastewater...
2019-09-26
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Agricultural water management (AWM) is an interdisciplinary concern, cutting across traditional domains such as agronomy, climatology, geology, economics, and sociology. Each of these disciplines has developed numerous process-based and empirical...
2018-12-05
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The impact of commonly-used livestock antibiotics on soil nitrogen transformations under varying redox conditions is largely unknown. Soil column incubations were conducted using three livestock antibiotics (monensin, lincomycin and...
2018-11-30
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There is an increasing need to strategize and plan irrigation systems under varied climatic conditions to support efficient irrigation practices while maintaining and improving the sustainability of groundwater systems. This study was undertaken...
2018-12-05
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2019 Water & Natural Resources Tour Makes Waves in Montana
NWC Takes Road Trips this Summer and Fall
Building Nebraska’s Clean Water Future: A Nitrate Strategy
2019-10-01
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NWC Summer Spotlight: New Research, Events and Impacts
NWC Projects and Programs Are Heating Up
2019-07-01
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Current swine industry practice is to house animals in confinement facilities which capture and store feces and urine as slurry in pits below the production area. Additives and disinfectants may be introduced into the manure pits. This study was...
2020-01-01
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An improved understanding of the occurrence, rate of transport, and breakdown of agrichemicals in the vadose zone allows municipalities to better anticipate and predict groundwater contamination. By sampling previously collected sites, it is...
2020-04-30
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MOD$$AT: Ogallala Water CAP’s Integrated Model
The Lowdown on Soil Moisture Monitoring
Innovations in Forages and Grazing in the High Plains
2020-04-01
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Thirty Years on the Cutting Edge of University of Nebraska Research
Where Are They Now?
Building the Future of Nebraska’s Water Management
2020-07-01
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NWC Convenes August 3 Mini-Conference
Water and Public Safety
University Receives $5 million Gift to Create Program on Water, Climate and Health
2020-10-01
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Recently, antibiotics have been playing an important role in water and wastewater treatment research. Many studies have proved that antibiotics that are transported from the manure via runoff, are capable of reaching to surface and ground water...
2019-05-01
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This study combines empirical predictive and economics models to estimate the cost of remediation for domestic wells exceeding suggested treatment thresholds for nitrates. A multiple logistic regression model predicted the probability of well...
2020-01-01
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During early 2019, a series of events set the stage for devastating floods in eastern Nebraska, western Iowa, and southeastern South Dakota. When the floodwaters hit, dams and levees failed, cutting off towns, while destroying roads, bridges, and...
2020-06-01
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Setbacks are prescribed distances from surface waters within which manure application is not allowed. Little information is available concerning the retention of swine slurry constituents in soil and crop residue materials within setback areas....
2020-06-17
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The environmental spread of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from the land application of livestock wastes can be a potential public health threat. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of setback distance, which...
2020-01-01
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A wide variety of antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals are used in livestock production systems and residues passed to the environment, often unmetabolized, after use and excretion. Antibiotic residuesmay be transported frommanure-treated soils...
2020-01-01
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The growing global food security crisis is complicated by the need for increased crop production with less arable land and limited water resources. Reuse of treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation is becoming more common, often paired with...
2020-01-01
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Abstract: Kabul is one of the most populated cities in Afghanistan and providing resources to support this population in an arid climate presents a serious environmental challenge. The current study evaluated the quality of local Kabul Basin...
2020-10-16
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The objective of this study was to treat feedlot runoff by developing an ecologically sustainable, affordable, and resilient treatment system having a relatively long life span. Three horizontal flow soil biofilters were utilized in this study: 1)...
2020-08-07
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Climate change will impact soil properties such as soil moisture, organic carbon and temperature and changes in these properties will influence the sorption, biodegradation and leaching of trace organic contaminants to groundwater. In this study,...
2020-06-18
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The Syr Darya is one of two major rivers in Central Asia supplying critical fresh water to the Aral Sea. In spite of the river’s importance and agriculturally-intensive history, few studies have provided a modern evaluation of and the occurrence...
2020-07-07
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Nanomaterials (NMs), both natural and synthetic, are produced, transformed, and exported into our environment daily. Natural NMs annual flux to the environment is around 97% of the total and is significantly higher than synthetic NMs. However,...
2021-01-01
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