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{"title":"Risk characterization of organic micropollutants in public wastewater treatment plant effluents in Flanders, Belgium.","authors":"Warich Leekitratanapisan, Karel A C De Schamphelaere","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf012","DOIUrl":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the ecological risks posed by organic micropollutants (OMPs) in wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents in Flanders, Belgium, based on single-compound risk characterization. Utilizing a 5-year monitoring dataset from the Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) and seven ecological threshold values types, this research characterizes the risk of 207 OMPs, including pharmaceuticals, pesticides, industrial chemicals, and other pollutants. Several OMPs persist in effluents at concentrations that pose significant ecological risks after secondary and tertiary treatment processes in the region of Flanders (Belgium). This study identified 32 OMPs with regional risk quotients (RQregion) exceeding 1, with 24 of these showing RQregion values over 10, marking them as high-priority pollutants. Notable high-risk substances include chlorpyrifos, benzo(b)fluorene, and several herbicides. The findings highlight the necessity for investment in advanced treatment processes to enable compliance with the updated Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD), which mandates an 80% reduction in a fixed set of micropollutant indicators in relation to their load in WWTP influent by 2045. Based on our prioritization of high-risk OMPs, the fixed set of indicators mandated by the UWWTD does not fully represent the range of harmful contaminants in WWTP effluents, indicating a need for a broader monitoring framework and a more inclusive indicator set. These results underscore the necessity for an expanded approach to monitoring and regulating OMPs to ensure comprehensive protection of aquatic environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"882-894"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143052547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative assessment of exposure tools to estimate pesticide concentrations in rice paddies: a discussion of the Brazilian context.","authors":"Fábio Casallanovo, Gustavo Souza Santos, Ana Paola Cione, Olivier de Cirugeda Helle, Zhaoqiang Li, Daniela Mejias Simone","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf015","DOIUrl":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Estimating pesticide concentrations in paddy rice systems is challenging due to unique cultivation methods and water management practices. Various models, ranging from simple exposure calculators to complex scenario-dependent tools, have been developed globally to address this issue (Pesticide Paddy Field [PADDY], the European Union Mediterranean working group modelling tool [MED-Rice], Rice Water Quality [RICEWQ], and Pesticides in Flooded Applications [PFAM]). In Brazil, pesticides are used in paddy rice production, and there is a potential risk of these compounds reaching waterbodies. Legislative changes in 2023 made environmental risk assessment (ERA) mandatory for pesticide registration in Brazil. However, Brazil has not officially adopted a specific modeling tool for paddy rice systems. This critical review (a) evaluates the strengths and limitations of pesticide exposure models for paddy rice most commonly used in Europe, North America, Asia, and Latin America; (b) reviews the tools used in a regulatory context outside Brazil; (c) discusses exposure tools used in lower tiers and then proceeds to a discussion of more sophisticated tools used in higher tiers; (d) provides an overview of the paddy rice production system in Brazil; (e) performs a comparative analysis of the features of each exposure tool against the characteristics of the Brazilian paddy rice production system, and finally, (f) discusses which exposure tools may be most appropriate for integration into a prospective regulatory ERA framework in Brazil. The goal of this review is to contribute to the ongoing regulatory changes and discussions by identifying appropriate models that can effectively assess the environmental risks associated with pesticide use in Brazilian paddy rice cultivation.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"751-760"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143059027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of the water quality monitoring program of mountain rivers located in a tropical protected Atlantic forest area (PARNASO, Brazil): are the impacts of the highway really assessed?","authors":"Marcele Abreu Lopes, Marco Antônio Gomes Teixeira, Maurício Lorenzo Cerda Lema, Aguinaldo Nepomuceno","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf007","DOIUrl":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Road activities are recognized sources of pollution that affect the hydrochemistry of nearby water bodies. This study evaluated the Water Quality Monitoring Program in the Soberbo and Iconha rivers in the Guapi-Macacu watershed, which is affected by the BR-116 highway. The Rio-Teresópolis Concessionaire from 2009 to 2016 carried out quarterly sampling. The parameters analyzed were temperature, pH, turbidity, settleable solids, dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), nitrate (NO₃⁻), nitrite (NO₂⁻), ammonium (NH₄⁺), and total phosphorus (PO₄³⁻), total and thermotolerant coliforms, Fe, Ni, Cr, and Zn. Total phosphorus, pH, BOD, and thermotolerant coliforms sometimes exceed the freshwater limits set by the National Environment Council (CONAMA 357/05. [2005]. Classification of water bodies. https://www.siam.mg.gov.br/sla/download.pdf?idNorma=2747). However, these values did not change the classification of \"good\" according to the water quality index used by the Brazilian environmental authorities for river waters. Precipitation was an important factor in understanding the hydrochemistry. Monthly precipitation ranged from 779.8 mm in January 2013 to 2.8 mm in July 2010. Temporal analysis using nonparametric tests showed significant differences (p < .05) in almost all parameters, indicating a strong influence of precipitation patterns on water quality. On a spatial scale, only coliform was found to differ between rivers (p < .01), suggesting an anthropogenic influence. Principal component analysis showed that chemical weathering and mechanical erosion processes predominated in both rivers (PC1: Soberbo River, 20.3%; Iconha River, 26.7%). Rainfall was identified as a secondary factor associated with coliforms and NH₄⁺, especially in the Iconha River (PC2: Soberbo River, 10.8%; Iconha River, 11.9%), whose altitude indicated the atmospheric contribution of pollution from the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. The reports of the Water Quality Monitoring Program were critically evaluated, resulting in recommendations aimed at optimizing their effectiveness and providing support for decision-making on the management of water resources in environmental protection areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"798-809"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143023295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction to: Guidance for measuring and evaluating biomagnification factors and trophic magnification factors of difficult substances: application to decabromodiphenylethane.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf062","DOIUrl":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"975"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144233919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Books and Other Reviews.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/inteam/vjaf048","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":"21 4","pages":"968-974"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144553424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contaminants in the Richelieu River (Quebec, Canada) and toxicity to early life stage river (Moxostoma carinatum) and copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi).","authors":"Hugo Marchand, Benjamin D Barst, Emily Boulanger, Nathalie Vachon, Magali Houde, Lan Liu, Stéphane Bayen, Jessica A Head","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf039","DOIUrl":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early life stage (ELS) fish developing in agricultural rivers may be affected by exposure to environmental contaminants such as pesticides. We previously reported effects of ELS exposure to contaminated river water in two listed fish that spawn in the Richelieu River (Quebec, Canada): river redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum; special concern) and copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi; endangered). Here, we characterized temporal and spatial trends in contaminants in surface water collected at two redhorse spawning sites in the Richelieu River and two tributaries during the spawning season. We then used a 14-day ELS bioassay to assess the acute toxicity of four prioritized pesticides in copper and river redhorse. A total of 69 compounds, including pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and pharmaceuticals, were detected in river water using passive sampling and daily grab samples. Concentrations and frequencies of detection tended to be highest in the tributaries and lowest at the upstream Richelieu location. Levels detected in daily grab samples varied by up to two orders of magnitude throughout the month of June, peaking after large precipitation events. Two neonicotinoid pesticides, thiamethoxam and clothianidin, were measured at concentrations of up to 607 and 199 ng/L, respectively, exceeding the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment environmental quality guideline of 20 ng/L. Four pesticides were prioritized for ELS laboratory toxicity testing at environmentally relevant concentrations in a 14-day static exposure. No effects on hatching time, deformities, or survival were observed at concentrations as high as 40 µg/L (atrazine), 27 µg/L (metolachlor), 17 µg/L (glyphosate), and 3 µg/L (clothianidin) for both species. Our results suggest that copper and river redhorse are exposed to a complex mixture of contaminants throughout the spawning season and the ELS, but that individually, the four prioritized pesticides are not acutely toxic to these fish at environmental levels during ELS.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"926-942"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143673843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The path of regional value chain transformation and emission reduction: evidence from China's participation in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation value chains.","authors":"Yeying Wu, Zheng Lu","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf054","DOIUrl":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf054","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The shift in value chain trade from globalization to regionalization has provided developing countries with opportunities for value chain upgrading and has influenced trade-related embodied carbon emissions. This study uses panel data on trade and carbon emissions between China and 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies from 1991 to 2021, applying a fixed-effects model to analyze changes in embodied carbon emissions. The focus is on China, the largest developing country, as it participates in the APEC regional value chain (RVC) in different ways. It is confirmed that China is leveraging RVCs to achieve industrial transformation from the perspective of value added. Subsequently, indicators for forward and backward participation in RVCs are constructed, recalculating their impacts on carbon emissions in terms of scale, structure, and technology. The results indicate that China's forward participation exhibits a \"U-shaped\" relationship with trade-related embodied carbon emissions, while backward participation demonstrates a negative correlation. Industrial heterogeneity analysis further highlights distinct impacts across high-tech, low-tech, pollution-intensive, and nonpollution-intensive sectors. Furthermore, scale effects, structural effects, and technological effects represent distinct pathways influencing trade-related carbon emissions. These findings can assist developing countries in advancing sustainable development and achieving carbon peak goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"952-964"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A water footprint inventory for a textile organization: a case study in the denim washing industry based on the integrated reverse osmosis system.","authors":"Hülya Aykaç Özen, Ekin Temiz, Semra Çoruh","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf008","DOIUrl":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The consideration of scarcity and overexploitation of freshwater at the organizational level has increased interest in the water footprint (WF). The water footprint measures freshwater use for activities, taking into account water consumption and pollution contamination by classifying consumed water into groundwater and surface water (blue water), rainwater (green water), and polluted water (grey water). This study aims to identify a comprehensive WF inventory analysis for a denim washing company and assess the grey WF based on the effluent concentration of pollution indicators (chemical oxygen demand [COD], suspended solids [SS], ammonium nitrogen [NH4-N], and phenol) measured monthly in 2021. The company used well water for its operations, which constituted 61.79% of the total water use of the facility; water used by the company by reverse osmosis (RO) accounted for 37.60% of total water consumption, and rainwater made up 0.61% of the volume of water used overall. The grey water footprints of COD, SS, NH4-N, and phenol were calculated as 59,981.53 m3, 31,747.21 m3, 10,514 m3, and 48,190 m3, respectively. The results illustrate that the COD, which accounted for 40% of the pollutants, had the highest grey WF in the company, corresponding to the amount of freshwater required to assimilate pollutants to meet water quality standards. In addition, the effect of the RO system on the blue WF of this company was analyzed by considering two different scenarios. Reverse osmosis considerably affected the blue WF, accounting for over 37% of this company's water use. It suggests that a wastewater treatment plant using RO is an ideal option for recovering water. The main contributions of this study are comprehensively assessing the water footprint components of the denim washing company and understanding sector-specific water footprint at the organization level.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"823-832"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143023259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Marine spatial planning as a potential practical approach to manage Setiu Wetland as an ecologically sensitive area.","authors":"Wei Yien Lua, Nazli Aziz, Izwandy Idris, Muhammad Ashraf Abdul Rahman, Farahdilah Ghazali, Wan Izatul Asma Wan Talaat Talaat","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf023","DOIUrl":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) as a management tool for long-term sustainability is relatively new in Malaysia. This article addresses and discusses the potential of MSP to manage Setiu Wetland as an ecologically sensitive area. Setiu Wetland is the largest natural wetland in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The enabling environment for the adoption of MSP in Setiu Wetland is explored to foresee potential in managing the wetland's conflicting uses. Located in Terengganu, the wetland provides various ecosystem services to humans, birds, reptiles, mammals, invertebrates, and bivalves. The Setiu Wetland's coastal and marine natural ecosystems provide various benefits to the well-being of the population there. However, the human population growth in Setiu Wetland and the surrounding areas is increasingly contributing to the natural resource exploitation in this ecologically sensitive area, causing detrimental effects to the wetland ecosystem. This article aims to review the threats to the ecosystems in Setiu Wetland from multiple development activities and existing uses to examine the potential implementation of MSP in managing the wetland as an ecologically sensitive area. In conclusion, this study proposes the adoption of MSP as the best management process to protect the natural habitat and preserve the ecological functions of the wetland without compromising the local communities' livelihood.</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"761-770"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143398322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Wetland ecosystem services and their spatial scales of benefit in an urban environment: a case study of Varanasi, India.","authors":"Prashant Kushwaha, Srabani Sanyal, Shivam Verma","doi":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf034","DOIUrl":"10.1093/inteam/vjaf034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wetlands are valuable terrestrial ecosystems because they perform diverse ecosystem functions and provide significant benefits to humanity. These benefits, collectively termed ecosystem services, are essential for human survival, particularly in densely populated urban areas. However, wetlands often face neglect due to a lack of awareness among citizens and governments regarding their significance. We assessed the ecosystem services offered by the wetlands of Varanasi, one of the oldest living cities, and elucidate the spatial scales wherein these services are delivered. Field visits, personal observations, and interviews based on the rapid assessment of wetland ecosystem services (RAWES) approach were used to evaluate 27 ecosystem services across 12 wetlands. The ecosystem services of water regulation and local climate regulation had high positive count value, inferring highly beneficial contributions to human well-being, whereas pest regulation and regulation of human disease had negative count value indicating an adverse impact on human well-being, primarily due to the polluted state of the city's wetlands. Supporting services with an ecosystem services index (ESI) of 0.55 made a substantial positive impact on human well-being, whereas provisioning services made minimal contributions (ESI = 0.12). The analysis of the spatial scale of ecosystem service benefits indicated that the distribution of ecosystem services is highly Varanasi-centric. To provide a comprehensive representation of both the importance scale and the spatial scale of benefit, the Spatial ESI was developed. Cultural services scored the highest Spatial ESI of 0.17 and provisioning services have the lowest Spatial ESI (0.03).</p>","PeriodicalId":13557,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management","volume":" ","pages":"784-797"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143500840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}