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Geogenic and Pathogenic Contamination: Issues and Innovation in the Post- COVID-Anthropocene https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389421024699

Take state off saline drip https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/take-state-off-saline-drip/articleshow/86020121.cms?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=AmpArticleshowicon

Unveiling the extent of salinization to delineate the potential submarine groundwater discharge zones along the North-western coast of India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X21008079

Potential discharge, attenuation and exposure risk of SARS-CoV-2 in natural water bodies receiving treated wastewater https://www.nature.com/articles/s41545-021-00098-2

Depicting the seasonal and spatial sensitivity of anthropogenic nutrient enrichment on phytoplankton in the Bay of Bengal, India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X21005889?via%3Dihub

Wastewater surveillance-based city zonation for effective COVID-19 pandemic preparedness powered by early warning: A perspectives of temporal variations in SARS-CoV-2-RNA in Ahmedabad, India...

Impact of River fluvial processes on arsenic enrichment in Mid Gangetic Plains: The coining of arsenic confirming pollution markers https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935121010355

First comparison of conventional activated sludge versus root-zone treatment for SARS-CoV-2 RNA removal from wastewaters: Statistical and temporal significance https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138589472102221X?via%3Dihub

Biopurification of dairy farm wastewater through hybrid constructed wetland system: Groundwater quality and health implications https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935121007209?dgcid=author

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Floodplains landforms, clay deposition and irrigation return flow govern arsenic occurrence, prevalence and mobilization: A geochemical and isotopic study of the mid-Gangetic floodplains https://www.journals.elsevier.com/environmental-research

Integrated use of inverse and biotic ligand modelling for lake water quality resilience estimation: A case of Ramsar wetland, (Deepor Beel), Assam, India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935121006915?dgcid=author

Antidrug resistance in the Indian ambient waters of Ahmedabad during the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438942101089X?dgcid=author

Carbon-based adsorbents for fluoroquinolone removal from water and wastewater: A critical review https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935121003856?dgcid=coauthor

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Unravelling the early warning capability of wastewater surveillance for COVID-19: A temporal study on SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection and need for the escalation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935121002401?dgcid=author

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Utilization of sewage sludge derived magnetized geopolymeric adsorbent for geogenic arsenic removal: A sustainable groundwater in-situ treatment perspective https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652621006867

Surveillance of Wastewater for Early Epidemic Prediction (SWEEP): Environmental and health security perspectives in the post COVID-19 Anthropocene https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935121001250?dgcid=coauthor

When we were confused about abbreviations like WBE or wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2, and wished for a sweeping one. We coincidentally end up with the word SWEEP: Surveillance of Wastewater for Early Epidemic Prediction^^ This incident was of May 2020. Paper...

Some works just make you feel accomplished and proud. This is one among them where referee suggested to change the category of work from review to an original work as we proposed valid risk model with reasoning and calculated the exposure risk of SARS-CoV-2 in natural...

Our special issue on "Water Security in the Floodplains: Contamination, Climate, Conflicts, and Stake-holder Connections" has been operating now. Please select "Wat-Sec in the floodplain" from the dropdown menu.

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The final version of article Reduction of excess sludge production by membrane bioreactor coupled with anoxic side-stream reactors is now available online, containing full bibliographic details. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1cMgF14Z6telNg

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On Christmas eve, it is a pleasure sharing our #SARS-#CoV-2 surveillance-based article titled "Unravelling the early warning capability of wastewater surveillance for COVID-19: A temporal study on SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection and need for the escalation". Access link:...

Handling agricultural wastes/residues has been a burning national environmental issue, which lately has become a political issue as evident from the ongoing Farmer's strike. Pollution-focused government ordinance prescribing prison, a fine of up to 10 million rupees...

The EDITORIAL "Seven 21st Century Challenges of Arsenic-Fluoride Contamination and Remediation" can be accessed without subscription using the following personalized share Link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1cKxk_,5MOApABG

The study explored the correlation between the SARS-CoV-2 genetic load in wastewater and the number of cases at the district level. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gandhinagar-study-covid-19-waste-water-plants-7132774/

Press Trust of India (PTI) story on our wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 work which is being published at several media platforms & one among that is the Outlook...

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Congratulations Kaling Taki for being awarded Ph.D. in Civil Engineering. You are the true representative of the innovative ideas floating as the reality at IIT Gandhinagar that made it possible for me (a faculty of Earth Sciences) to supervise this awarded thesis of...

Our work is climbing the chart of the most downloaded articles on HAZMAT (now at no.12; last week it was 11, and it has been there in the list immediately after its publication since October 2020) ...

We invite high-quality work for our virtual special issue on "Water Security in the Floodplains: Contamination, Climate, Conflicts, and Stake-holder Connections" to be published in STOTEN. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/science-of-the-total...Submissions are...