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{"title":"An innovative risk assessment framework for water reuse: The case study of Corleone (Italy).","authors":"Marika Carnesi, Alida Cosenza, Davide Calantoni, Mario Ferrante, Giorgio Mannina","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Water reuse practices still need to be consistently implemented across Europe and globally, primarily due to insufficient social trust and the complexities of governance surrounding water reuse techniques. Additionally, the need for uniformity in water reuse regulations is a significant factor. To address these challenges, the European Parliament recently published Regulation 2020/741, which establishes minimum requirements for water reuse to standardise legal obligations for reclaimed wastewater. This Regulation also mandates the development of Water Reuse Risk Management Plans (WRRMPs) for all Union reclamation facilities. In view of simplifying the risks (both environmental and health) management, this manuscript has the novelty of proposing a new framework based on a semi-quantitative approach. The new framework allows for assessing health and environmental risks according to the EU Regulation 2020/741. The proposed framework, for the first time, connects the severity of risk with water quality. The framework was applied to the case study of Corleone (Sicily, Italy), which considered Class A water according to 2020/741/EU. The obtained results using the proposed framework are very encouraging regarding the future agricultural reuse of water. Indeed, the health risk score and environmental risk score were equal to 4 and 2, respectively, corresponding to low risk. This result aligns with the water quality of ultrafiltration Corleone's plant, which can be classified as Class A/Class B according to 2020/741/EU.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"380 ","pages":"125090"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Where could climate-smart rewilding be located in Europe?","authors":"Judith Kloibhofer, Reinhard Prestele, Georg Leitinger, Mark Rounsevell","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125084","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate-smart rewilding is a promising approach to ecological restoration that combines the benefits of dynamic and process-based restoration with carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation. However, little is known about suitable locations for climate-smart rewilding in Europe as there is a lack of continental scale, spatial assessments of where to rewild. We present an approach to map the potential for climate-smart rewilding in Europe by considering three dimensions: (1) Ecological potential representing the best conditions for restoring key ecological processes, (2) Carbon potential describing the potential for carbon sequestration, and (3) Land potential reflecting the societal (opportunity) costs of dedicating land to rewilding. Using these three dimensions, we map the climate-smart rewilding potential across Europe and analyse synergies and trade-offs between them. Our findings show that the potential for climate-smart rewilding is scattered across Europe with hotspots predominantly found in mountainous regions, such as the Alps and the Scottish Highlands. The Iberian Peninsula, parts of Scandinavia, the North of the UK, and the East of Europe, also show opportunities for climate-smart rewilding. The patterns highlight that high potential is not equally distributed across European countries, adding complexity to the actual implementation of measures to reach restoration targets. Furthermore, high potential areas are often characterised by a high potential for one dimension, with limited synergies between the ecological, carbon and land potential dimensions, emphasising the tension between competing land demands. The approach presented here offers valuable input for planning processes and the exploration of future scenarios.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"380 ","pages":"125084"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Invasion risk of typical invasive alien plants in mountainous areas and their interrelationship with habitat quality: A case study of Badong County in central China.","authors":"Shuya Wu, Junchen Chen, Shuqi Jiang, Ruiqi Zhang, Zhaohua Li, Ling Wang, Kun Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Invasive alien species (IASs) are a key factor in the loss of regional biodiversity, and exploring the risk of IASs and their interrelationships with biodiversity is of great significance for preventing IASs in a region and enhancing ecological quality. In this study, we used Badong County as an example and analyzed the potential distribution areas of invasive alien plants (IAPs) and habitat quality based on field survey data using models, including the MaxEnt and InVEST models. The results of this research were as follows: (1) The distribution of the four typical IAPs in Badong County was similar, and the high and medium suitability areas were basically distributed in the north-central area of Badong County, which was densely populated and had a low elevation and well-developed river and water systems. (2) The average habitat quality index in Badong County was 0.81, indicating a generally high habitat quality. Spatially, habitat quality in northern townships was significantly lower than that in southern townships. (3) Both the invasion risk of individual IAPs and the comprehensive invasion risk were spatially negatively correlated with habitat quality; areas of high habitat quality and low invasion risk had the largest proportion, followed by areas of low habitat quality and high invasion risk. (4) Competition between species may reduce the negative relationship between the comprehensive IAP invasion risk and habitat quality to a certain extent. The findings of this study can be used to anticipate the prevalence of typical IAPs in Badong County, thereby providing a foundation for preventing and controlling IASs in this region and offering a scientific reference for the study of interrelationships between IASs and biodiversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"380 ","pages":"125083"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Short-term water quality prediction of reclaimed water plant effluent and key measurement sections based on a surrogate prediction model.","authors":"Jing Feng, Yu Tian, Peng Li, Zhaolong Xie, Hao Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125147","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reclaimed water serves as the secondary water source for cities. To ensure the sustainable utilization of reclaimed water, it is necessary to establish reliable short-term water quality prediction for pollutant discharge from reclaimed water plants and at key sections along rivers. The MIKE 11 model was constructed to assess the influence of pollutant discharge from each reclaimed water plant on the water quality of the key section along the river, which reveals that the discharge from the XZ I reclaimed water plant had the most significant negative impact on the river water quality of the key section. Based on the simulation data from the MIKE 11 model, an XGBoost surrogate model was developed to map the daily pollutant discharge data from the reclaimed water plants to the concentrations of three pollutants (COD, NH3N, and TP) at the key section. The RMSE values of the predicted pollutant concentrations of each reclaimed water plant were all lower. Given the substantial impact of the XZ I plant's discharges on the key section's water quality, a VMD-CPO-LSTM prediction model was developed using the plant's daily pollutant discharge data to achieve short-term water quality forecasts. This model was then transferred and applied to other reclaimed water plants to validate the applicability of this model in the Nanming River Basin. The RMSE values were less than 1 and the R² values were all higher than 0.8 compared to the measured values. Finally, short-term water quality prediction at key sections downstream was realized by coupling the surrogate model and the VMD-CPO-LSTM prediction model. According to the results of the appraisal, the prediction error of the surrogate model for three pollutants at key sections was lower than 12 % compared to the measured values. In addition, results show that the calculation time of the surrogate prediction model was 2.92 % of that of the MIKE 11 model, and the calculation errors between the MIKE 11 model and the surrogate prediction model differed by less than 3 %. The research results can guarantee the efficient utilization of reclaimed water resources and promote the green development of cities.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"380 ","pages":"125147"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Will terrestrial biomes survive in the face of greenhouse gas emissions spillover: Insights from G20 countries.","authors":"Sharad Nath Bhattacharya, Barsha Saha, Mousumi Bhattacharya, Sankarshan Basu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) presents localized concerns with far-reaching global repercussions, as the impacts of climate change extend beyond geographical boundaries. Despite global efforts, the cumulative effect of these endeavors falls short of the emission reduction benchmarks set by the Paris Agreement. Within this context, the study employs a time-varying parameter vector autoregressive frequency connectedness measure to examine GHG emission spillovers among G20 countries from 1971 to 2020. This method enables the analysis of connectedness intensity across both short and long time horizons. The findings reveal the time-varying nature of GHG emissions, with long-run connectedness contributing significantly more to total connectedness than short-term connectedness. The overall emission landscape remained largely unchanged until the Paris Agreement, with only slight declines observed later, including during the COVID-19 period. GHG spillovers notably impact terrestrial biome protection initiatives in G20 countries, particularly at lower quantiles. At the same time, temperature changes affect these initiatives primarily within the interquartile range, not at the extreme frequencies. Additionally, the spillover effects are asymmetric between large and smaller economies. The findings will be important for redefining GHG emission protocol policies and actionable standards for G20 countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"380 ","pages":"125137"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Microplastics enhance laccase-driven bisphenol A removal in multipollutant wastewater.","authors":"Jie Zhang, Jiongna Liu, Xinyi Liu, Yu Su, Chunyang Yu, Xuemei Tan, Lin Zhuo, Mei Ye, Qinglin Luo, Biao Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125123","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bisphenol A (BPA) is recognized as a significant constituent of environmental pollutants and could be efficiently removed from wastewater by laccase (Lac). Microplastics (MPs) was found to be present in wastewater contained BPA. This work was to realize BPA removal from wastewater in the presence of MPs by Lac and to reveal the possible mechanism for MPs enhancing Lac-driven BPA removal. BPA removal by Lac increased with 96.1 ± 0.3 % when BPA was in the presence of Polyethylene (PE). Lac can improve the adsorption capacity and adsorption rate of BPA by PE, and PE can enhance the degradation of BPA by Lac. Furthermore, K_i and C_i values were 14.237 and 25.091 when BPA removal by Lac in the presence of MPs, indicating that the diffusion rate of BPA was accelerated. The ΔS₀ was increased 0.064 kJ mol^-1·K^-1 by Lac in the presence of PE, indicating that the solid-liquid interface reaction efficiency was also improved. The particle size, dosage, and type of MPs were shown different promoting effects on BPA removal by Lac. The introduction of ultrasound (UL) and micro-nano bubbles (MNB) further promotes BPA removal in the presence of MPs by Lac, and BPA removal were increased by 20.5 ± 0.8 % and 46.6 ± 0.7 %, respectively. The initial BPA concentration, Lac concentration, and pipe length on BPA removal in the presence of PVC were investigated by MNB synergistic Lac. BPA removal with MNB-Lac in the presence of PVC was 91.5 ± 0.8 % under the optimal conditions. This study has the unique advantage of exploring the effect and mechanism for BPA removal by Lac in the presence of MPs, and providing insights for the subsequent treat actual water bodies containing MPs by enzyme.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"380 ","pages":"125123"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Agent-based modeling for demand management of reservoirs considering social and hydrological interactions under uncertainty.","authors":"Ali Ehsanitabar, Yousef Hassanzadeh, Mohammadtaghi Aalami, Sina Sadeghfam","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Water demand management is a topical research activity; this study uses agent-based modeling to simulate the impact of water demand management on a reservoir, integrating social and hydrological environments. The social environment incorporates questionnaires to determine participation rates in four demand reduction scenarios, which comprise (i) drought awareness, (ii) price increases, (iii) education/advertising, and (iv) provision of water-saving facilities. The hydrological environment utilizes the balance equation to calculate the water volume in a reservoir. Agents include the reservoir manager and urban, agricultural, and industrial demands. Monte Carlo simulation also conducted an uncertainty analysis to capture the uncertainty in social and hydrological environments. Maragheh, a city in northwestern Iran with a 60 MCM reservoir, was selected as a case study. The results demonstrate that despite population growth, all scenarios maintain higher reservoir volumes than a baseline scenario without demand management. These scenarios meet water demand and produce a 0.4 to 0.7 MCM annual surplus. Providing water-saving facilities maximizes annual reservoir volume and surplus flow and prevents reservoir depletion even under worst-case uncertainty. Annual volume increases from 16 MCM without demand management to 36 MCM under the most effective scenario.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"380 ","pages":"125089"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Research on the synergistic effects of market-oriented environmental regulations on pollution and carbon emission reduction.","authors":"Yan Tang, Yang Hu, Anqi Cui","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125115","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The reduction of greenhouse gases and atmospheric pollutants is a crucial aspect of environmental and climate governance. This paper utilizes pollution rights trading and carbon emissions trading policies as quasi-natural experiments to examine their effects. A difference-in-differences-in-differences (DDD) empirical model is used to analyze the data at the prefecture-level city level. The effectiveness of market-oriented environmental regulations in promoting synergistic reductions of pollutants and carbon emissions is assessed. The findings reveal that (1) carbon emissions trading and pollution rights trading policies significantly reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter. The analysis confirms differentiated synergistic emission reduction effects between these two policy types. (2) Heterogeneity analysis reveals that the synergistic emission reduction effect of market-oriented environmental regulations is more pronounced in regions with environmental courts, in the eastern regions, and in the non-resource-endowed areas. (3) Mechanism analysis further reveals that the synergistic effect of the pollution rights trading policy is achieved through source control, process control, and end-of-pipe control measures. However, the synergistic effect of the carbon emissions trading policy is achieved through source control and process control. (4) Dynamic analysis indicates that the carbon emissions trading policy has shown significant synergistic effects since its early implementation. Conversely, the synergistic effects of the pollution rights trading policy have progressively enhanced with the application of the \"end-of-pipe control\" model. This study elucidates the effectiveness of synergistic governance through market-oriented environmental regulations in reducing both pollutant and carbon emissions. The findings provide valuable guidance for other emerging economies to reduce both greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"380 ","pages":"125115"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Upcycling of post-consumer mixed polyolefin feedstock: An economic and technical evaluation.","authors":"Tyler N Johnson, Jason DesVeaux, Arpit Bhatt, Rishi Sharma, Tanyaradzwa Muzata, Muhammad Rabnawaz","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125069","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study reports techno-economic and life cycle analyses to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of mechanically recycled PE/PP blends in the presence of rheology modifiers. Additionally, fiber-reinforced composites derived from the compatibilized blends were prepared and evaluated for their performance compared with virgin plastics. Results suggest that compatibilized PE/PP blends exhibit a 70 % lower selling price compared to virgin PE. Furthermore, these blends achieved a 74 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions or climate change impact compared to the virgin counterpart. Fiber-reinforced composites from compatibilized PE/PP blends demonstrated improved or comparable mechanical properties relative to composites made from virgin PE/PP blends. Based on their favorable cost and environmental impact, along with performance comparable to virgin composites, compatibilized PP/PE composites made from post-consumer plastics can find applications in large-scale composite manufacturing.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"380 ","pages":"125069"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"An empirical and statistical investigation on decarbonizing groundwater using industrial waste-based biochar: Trading-off zero-waste management and zero-emission target.","authors":"Pelin Soyertaş Yapıcıoğlu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study recommended a trade-off between zero-waste management of a brewery industry and zero-aim target of the drinking water sector. This study mainly aimed to decrease the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions resulting from groundwater treatment using biochar derived from malt sprout (MS) which is a waste by-product of a brewery industry. Also, CO₂ resulting from groundwater treatment was collected and gas adsorption was performed to define the CO₂ adsorption capacity of each biochar. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was performed to determine the effect of groundwater quality on CO₂ emissions. In the result of experimental and computational analysis, a new carbon capture indicator (CCI_B) was derived depending on biochar adsorption process, in this study. The results revealed that averagely 28.98 % of reduction on CO₂ emission from groundwater treatment was reported using the mixture of three malt sprout derived biochar. MS1 had the highest carbon capture capacity which was derived at 300 °C. According to (DEA) results, the optimum total organic carbon (TOC) should be 3.2 mg/L for the minimum CO₂ emission. Also, optimum biochar dose, contact time and gas flow were 8 g, 10 min and 965 mL/d, respectively for the maximum CO₂ adsorption by biochar according to Box-Behnken design method.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"380 ","pages":"125129"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}