Water ResearchPub Date : 2026-08-17DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.126736
Mingqiu Hong, Lei Li, Yulin Guo, Chaohui Yang, Jing Hu, Ruihao Xiao, Jie Ye, Shungui Zhou
{"title":"Harnessing electromagnetic induction to power nanobiohybrids for efficient degradation of organic pollutants","authors":"Mingqiu Hong, Lei Li, Yulin Guo, Chaohui Yang, Jing Hu, Ruihao Xiao, Jie Ye, Shungui Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.126736","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":443,"journal":{"name":"Water Research","volume":"39 1","pages":"126736"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148756271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Water ResearchPub Date : 2026-08-15Epub Date: 2026-05-12DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.126105
Siyi Wang, Zhaoyang Xiang, Kai Wang, Xingyu Nian, Yuan Song, Jiaying Wang, Kunlun Xin, Hexiang Yan, Tao Tao
{"title":"Spatiotemporal graph learning for detection and localization of external inflows in sustainable urban sewer systems.","authors":"Siyi Wang, Zhaoyang Xiang, Kai Wang, Xingyu Nian, Yuan Song, Jiaying Wang, Kunlun Xin, Hexiang Yan, Tao Tao","doi":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126105","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Urban sewer systems increasingly require intelligent, low-cost monitoring strategies to maintain environmental safety and operational resilience. This study proposes a spatiotemporal graph learning framework for detection and localization of external inflows in urban sewer systems. The framework combines three inputs: (i) the inflow-affected water-level time series from one downstream sensor, (ii) simulated baseline water-level series for all upstream nodes generated using EPA SWMM, and (iii) a weighted graph representation of network topology. An LSTM-GCN regression module first estimates the event-level maximum water-level deviation at each node rather than the full deviation time series, improving robustness to unknown inflow hydrographs. A downstream GCN classifier then converts the inferred spatial response into branch-level probabilities for source localization. The method was evaluated in a synthetic 117-junction test network and a 39-junction real-world sewer subnetwork. In the synthetic single-source case, the true source branch was ranked within the top two candidates in over 90% of test events. In the real-world case, the Top1 branch localization reached 100%. Sensitivity analyses further showed that larger inflow magnitudes and hydraulically coherent branch partitioning improved localization reliability. These results demonstrate the potential of graph-based single-sensor diagnostics for low-cost sewer monitoring and targeted inspection planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":443,"journal":{"name":"Water Research","volume":"301 ","pages":"126105"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147969314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"Acetoclastic methanogenesis associated with arsenic methylation in a reducing aquifer: Pathway-specific patterns and mechanistic insights.","authors":"Yamin Deng, Xiaofang Yuan, Yuxiao Xu, Hongchen Jiang, Jiangkai Xue, Yue Jiang, Yanxin Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126114","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126114","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The distribution of methylated arsenic (MeAs) in reducing groundwater systems remains incompletely understood, in part due to uncertainties regarding how specific methanogenic pathways may influence arsenic biomethylation, a critical issue in arsenic biogeochemistry and risk assessment. To explore this question, we integrated hydrogeochemical characterization, carbon isotopic tracing, metagenomic analysis, and pathway-specific enrichment experiments, focusing on MeAs-rich alluvial-lacustrine aquifers in the central Yangtze River Basin. A strong positive correlation between arsM and mcrA abundances (r = 0.84, p < 0.001) points to a co-occurrence of genetic potential for arsenic methylation and methanogenesis in the studied aquifer. Metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) analysis showed a pathway-specific distribution of arsM gene, a higher proportion of acetoclastic methanogen MAGs harbored complete arsM genes (14.29 %), compared to methylotrophic (9.09 %) and hydrogenotrophic (0.00 %) methanogens. In pathway-specific enrichment assays under controlled laboratory conditions, acetoclastic cultures exhibited the highest capacity for stepwise arsenic methylation (MMA and DMA production), with methylation efficiency reaching approximately 10.2 %, whereas methylotrophic cultures produced only transient MMA and hydrogenotrophic cultures showed minimal methylation. These observations provide insights into pathway-dependent differences in methanogen-associated arsenic methylation, highlighting a possible biogeochemical link between methanogenesis and arsenic cycling in the studied aquifer. These findings contribute to understanding potential controls on MeAs occurrence in reducing groundwater and provide a basis for further investigations in comparable hydrogeological settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":443,"journal":{"name":"Water Research","volume":"301 ","pages":"126114"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147961721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Water ResearchPub Date : 2026-08-15Epub Date: 2026-05-18DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.126095
Yuanna Zhang, Wenjun Sun, Chang Chen, Guangqing Liu
{"title":"Dual-wavelength LED synergy-tailored charge dynamics and reactive species modulation for a high-performance photocatalytic ceramic membrane reactor in complex water matrices.","authors":"Yuanna Zhang, Wenjun Sun, Chang Chen, Guangqing Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126095","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Photocatalytic ceramic membranes offer a promising route to advanced water treatment, yet their effectiveness is often undermined by inefficient reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and susceptibility to quenching in complex water matrices. This study developed a Fe-TiO<sub>2</sub>-loaded ceramic membrane (Fe-TiO<sub>2</sub>@CM) coupled with a dual-wavelength UV-LED system (265 nm and 365 nm) to investigate wavelength-dependent charge dynamics and ROS formation pathways for the degradation of bezafibrate, a representative recalcitrant pharmaceutical contaminant. Under 265 nm irradiation, the results support substantial involvement of •OH in fast oxidation, driving fast degradation and mineralization. Under 365 nm irradiation, oxygen-vacancy/Fe-related processes preferentially indicate major involvement of <sup>1</sup>O<sub>2</sub>-related nonradical pathways with enhanced resistance to matrix interference. Dual-wavelength synergy achieves complementary photon utilization and spatial separation of charge carriers, while Fe-related processes and oxygen-vacancy-mediated electron transfer collectively enhance anti-quenching performance and fouling control. These findings establish a mechanistic basis for multi-wavelength spectral engineering in photocatalytic membranes, and offer a practical pathway toward efficient, environmentally adaptive water-treatment systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":443,"journal":{"name":"Water Research","volume":"301 ","pages":"126095"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147969327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Water ResearchPub Date : 2026-08-15Epub Date: 2026-05-19DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.126086
Le Min Chen, Sunanda Keisham, Hiroaki Tateno, Gijs Y Kleine, Martin Pabst, Mario Pronk, Mark C M van Loosdrecht, Yuemei Lin
{"title":"Erratum to \"Extracellular polymeric substances in aerobic granular sludge under increasing salinity conditions\" [Water Research (2026) 292/125313].","authors":"Le Min Chen, Sunanda Keisham, Hiroaki Tateno, Gijs Y Kleine, Martin Pabst, Mario Pronk, Mark C M van Loosdrecht, Yuemei Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126086","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126086","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":443,"journal":{"name":"Water Research","volume":" ","pages":"126086"},"PeriodicalIF":12.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147969337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Water ResearchPub Date : 2026-08-15Epub Date: 2026-05-08DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.126085
Egbemimon Daniel Ahlonsou, Claude Kiki, Guangpu Zhao, Qian Sun
{"title":"Polyvinyl chloride microplastic derived dissolved organic matter: A dual-function matrix governing antibiotic sequestration and photochemistry.","authors":"Egbemimon Daniel Ahlonsou, Claude Kiki, Guangpu Zhao, Qian Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126085","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126085","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dissolved organic matter leached from microplastics (MP-DOM) modulates the fate of co-occurring micropollutants, yet its reactivity and ecological implications remain poorly understood. Antibiotics are of particular concern, as their persistence drives antimicrobial resistance, a growing threat to aquatic and human health. This study investigates the dual-function role of DOM leached from polyvinyl chloride -derived (PVC-DOM) in regulating the sequestration, transformation, and toxicity of seven representative antibiotics. Under dark conditions, PVC-DOM sequestered 28.53% of the initial antibiotic mass, nearly three times more than solid PVC particles (10.12%), through hydrogen bonding and π-π interactions. Under sunlight, PVC-DOM enhanced antibiotic photodegradation (up to 88.86%), with ³DOM* as the dominant contributor. Spectroscopy analysis revealed a staged, non-monotonic response: initial complexation, concurrent photochemical attack, and complex destabilization. Molecular characterization identified oxidized, condensed aromatic, and chlorinated compounds, enriched in carboxylated and oxygen-rich functional groups, as key drivers. Toxicity to Microcystis aeruginosa was more severe under sunlight (40.0% growth inhibition, 94.7% chlorophyll loss) than in darkness (71.1% growth inhibition, 84.1% chlorophyll loss), indicating that phototransformation products may amplify ecological risk. Non-target screening tentatively identified interactions products, with in silico predictions confirming their toxicity. These findings demonstrate that MP-DOM acts as a dynamic biogeochemical agent controlling micropollutant sequestration, photochemical transformation, and ecological risk, emphasizing the need to incorporate its reactivity into environmental risk assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":443,"journal":{"name":"Water Research","volume":"301 ","pages":"126085"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147961727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Water ResearchPub Date : 2026-08-15Epub Date: 2026-05-04DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.126007
Baili Zheng, Jian Qi, Lan Ma, Cuilan Hao, Xiaofeng Zheng, Yongchao Li, Yaling Cheng, Cheng Yue, Yingyu Liu
{"title":"A risk assessment of the environmental and clinical implications of aquaculture-associated, multidrug-resistant Aeromonas veronii.","authors":"Baili Zheng, Jian Qi, Lan Ma, Cuilan Hao, Xiaofeng Zheng, Yongchao Li, Yaling Cheng, Cheng Yue, Yingyu Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) mediated by mobile genetic elements (MGEs) pose a significant threat to public and environmental health. While aquaculture ecosystems are recognised as critical reservoirs for ARGs, the genomic architecture of MGEs that facilitate resistance dissemination in aquatic pathogens - particularly Aeromonas veronii (A. veronii) - remains underexplored. This study isolated a highly virulent, multidrug-resistant strain of A. veronii (Y6) from diseased largemouth bass, underscoring its potential dual threat to aquaculture and public health. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that strain Y6 harbours a chromosomal genomic island, GI22, containing a integron 1, which encodes 15 ARGs. Embedded within this island is a novel composite transposon, TnY6-1, which carries five of these ARGs and has the potential to facilitate horizontal gene transfer. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that strain Y6 clusters closely with human clinical isolates, underscoring its zoonotic potential. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that the resistance gene cassettes in integron 1 of strain Y6 are highly conserved across fish, human, and environmental isolates, suggesting the possibility of ARG transmission between different ecosystems. To quantify the environmental threat posed by TnY6-1, we applied a multidimensional risk assessment framework adapted from the PIPdb database. This marks the first classification of TnY6-1 as a Level IV high-risk MGE. These findings highlight the importance of implementing risk-based surveillance systems targeting hazardous MGEs in aquaculture to reduce the environmental-to-clinical spillover of antimicrobial resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":443,"journal":{"name":"Water Research","volume":"301 ","pages":"126007"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147961739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Water ResearchPub Date : 2026-08-15Epub Date: 2026-05-17DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.126125
Xin Wang, Chaoyue Tai, Lexuan Wang, Yuanyuan Pei, Zhehao Li, Yiyang He, Suyun Xu, Lin Gu, Hanlin Zhang, Haiping Yuan, Haifeng Wen
{"title":"Oxygen-driven shift from Pb(II) lattice incorporation to reversible surface complexation: Exploiting hydrothermal sludge DOM for high-purity vivianite recovery.","authors":"Xin Wang, Chaoyue Tai, Lexuan Wang, Yuanyuan Pei, Zhehao Li, Yiyang He, Suyun Xu, Lin Gu, Hanlin Zhang, Haiping Yuan, Haifeng Wen","doi":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126125","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126125","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recovering phosphorus from sewage sludge hydrolysate via vivianite crystallization is a promising route for resource recovery, yet Pb(II) enrichment can undermine product purity and stability. Here we reveal a ligand-directed mechanism by which sludge dissolved organic matter (DOM) regulates Pb(II) partitioning between mineral lattices and interfacial complexes. Increasing the hydrothermal temperature to 220 °C promoted the transformation of DOM toward oxygen-rich aromatic components, including highly oxidized carboxyl-rich alicyclic molecules and polyphenolic species, which preferentially bind Pb(II) through O-donor functional groups. FT-ICR MS combined with Pb L3-edge synchrotron XAFS indicates that Pb coordination shifts from Pb-O-P environments associated with Pb-phosphate precipitation/lattice incorporation to predominantly inner-sphere Pb-O-C bonding at the vivianite-solution interface. Density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations further support that these O-ligand complexes provide both energetic stabilization and steric hindrance, thereby suppressing Pb(II) penetration into the vivianite lattice. Leveraging this interfacial confinement, we demonstrate a \"decoupled recovery\" approach in which surface-associated Pb is selectively removed by mild acidification (pH 3.5) while maintaining vivianite lattice integrity. This work links DOM molecular evolution to metal-mineral interfacial chemistry and suggests a feasible strategy to improve vivianite-based phosphorus recovery from Pb-impacted sludge streams.</p>","PeriodicalId":443,"journal":{"name":"Water Research","volume":"301 ","pages":"126125"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147961691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Water ResearchPub Date : 2026-08-14DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.126723
Jinqiang Guo, Tao Liu, Eric P. Achterberg, Yuan Shen
{"title":"Climate-driven local amplifications of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in the Arctic Ocean amid basin-scale stability","authors":"Jinqiang Guo, Tao Liu, Eric P. Achterberg, Yuan Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.watres.2026.126723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.126723","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":443,"journal":{"name":"Water Research","volume":"10 1","pages":"126723"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148755861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}