Eawag: Water Resource Quality: Publications

GeoGen 2013 Conference

Eawag and Addis Ababa University are organising a scientific conference on geogenic contaminants (especially arsenic and fluoride) to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 5-7 2013.

For more information, see the GeoGen2013 website.

Water Resource Quality

Publications

Please note that due to copyright reasons, the links to pdf versions of the listed publications only work internally at Eawag. If you would like a pdf version of a certain publication for your personal use, try contacting the author directly.

Water Quality
Water Resources / Water Availability
Food and Water Uptake
Technologies
Behavioural Change
Institutional Support

Water Quality

Amini, M., Abbaspour, K.C., Berg, M., Winkel, L., Hug, S. J., Hoehn, E., Yang, H., Johnson, C.A. (2008) Statistical modeling of global geogenic arsenic contamination in groundwater. Environmental Science and Technology 42(10), 3669-3675. pdf

Amini, M., Mueller, K., Abbaspour, K.C., Rosenberg, T., Afyuni, M., Møller, M., Sarr, M., Johnson, C.A. (2008) Statistical modeling of global geogenic fluoride contamination in groundwaters. Environmental Science and Technology 42(10), 3662-3668 pdf

Winkel, L., Berg, M., Amini, M., Hug, S. J., Johnson, C. A. (2008) Predicting Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Southeast Asia from Surface Parameters. Nature Geoscience 1, 536-542. pdf

Winkel, L., Berg, M., Stengel, C., Rosenberg T. (2008) Hydrogeological Survey Assessing Arsenic and Other Groundwater Contaminants in the Lowlands of Sumatra, Indonesia. Applied Geochemistry 23(11), 3019-28. pdf

Berg, M., Winkel, L., Amini, M., Hug, S. J., Johnson C. A. "Delineating Areas of Groundwater Arsenic Contamination from Surface Parameters and Geology at Depth." In Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Health - As2010, edited by J.S. Jean, J. Bundschuh and J. Bhattacharya, 79-81. Leiden - Netherlands: CRC Press/Balkema, 2010. pdf

Lado, L. R., Amini, M., Johnson, C. A., Berg, M., Sun, G., Zhang, Q., Shi, J., Zhang, K. "Potential Arsenic Hazard Risk in Groundwater in China." In Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Health – As 2010, edited by J.S. Jean, J. Bundschuh and J. Bhattacharya, 154-55. Leiden - Netherlands: CRC Press/Balkema, 2010. pdf

Buschmann, J., Berg, M., Stengel, C., Winkel, L., Sampson, M. L., Trang, P. T. K., Viet, P. H. (2008) Contamination of Drinking Water Resources in the Mekong Delta Floodplains: Arsenic and Other Trace Metals Pose Serious Health Risks to Population. Environment International 34(6), 756-764. pdf

Lado, L. Polya, R., D., Winkel, L., Berg, M., Hegan, A. (2008) Modelling Arsenic Hazard in Cambodia: A Geostatistical Approach Using Ancillary Data. Applied Geochemistry 23, no. 11 (2008): 3009-3018. pdf

Berg M., Trang, P.T.K., Stengel, C., Buschmann, J., Viet, P.H., Giger, W., Stüben D. (2008) Hydrological and Sedimentary Controls Leading to Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in the Hanoi Area, Vietnam: The Impact of Iron-Arsenic Ratios, Peat, River Bank Deposits, and Excessive Groundwater Abstraction. Chemical Geology 249(1-2), 91-112. pdf

Buschmann, J., Berg, M. (2009) Impact of Sulfate Reduction on the Scale of Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater of the Mekong, Bengal and Red River Deltas. Applied Geochemistry 24(7), 1278-1286. pdf

Water Resources / Water Availability

Rostamian, R., Jaleh, A., Afyuni, M., Mousavi, S. F., Heidarpour, M. Jalalian, A., Abbaspour, K. C. (2008) Application of a SWAT Model for Estimating Runoff and Sediment in Two Mountainous Basins in Central Iran. Hydrological Sciences Journal 53(5), 977-988. pdf

Schuol, J., Abbaspour, K. C., Yang, H. Srinivasan, R., Zehnder, A. J. B. (2008) Modeling Blue and Green Water Availability in Africa. Water Resources Research 44(7). pdf

Yang, J., Reichert, P. Abbaspour, K. C., Xia, J., Yang, H. (2008) Comparing Uncertainty Analysis Techniques for a SWAT Application to the Chaohe Basin in China. Journal of Hydrology 358(1-2), 1-23. pdf

Abbaspour, K. C., Faramarzi, M., Ghasemi, S. S., Yang. H. (2009) Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Iran. Water Resources Research 45, no. 10 pdf

Food and Water Uptake

Malde, M. K., Scheidegger, R., Julshamn, K., Bader, H.-P. (2011) Substance Flow Analysis: A Case study of Fluoride Exposure through Food and Beverages in Young Children Living in Ethiopia. Environmental Health Perspectives 119(4), 579-584. pdf

Roberts, L. C., Hug, S. J., Dittmar, J., Voegelin, A., Saha, G. C., Ali, M. A., Badruzzaman, A. B. M., Kretzschmar, R. (2007) Spatial Distribution and Temporal Variability of Arsenic in Irrigated Rice Fields in Bangladesh. 1. Irrigation Water. Environmental Science & Technology 41(17), 5960-5966. pdf

Dittmar, J., Voegelin, A., Roberts, L. C., Hug, S. J. Saha, G. C., Ali, M. A., Badruzzaman, A. B. M., Kretzschmar, R. (2007) Spatial Distribution and Temporal Variability of Arsenic in Irrigated Rice Fields in Bangladesh. 2. Paddy Soil. Environmental Science & Technology 41(17), 5967-5972. pdf

Roberts, L. C., Hug, S. J., Dittmar, J., Voegelin, A., Kretzschmar, R., Wehrli, B. O. Cirpka, A., Saha, G. C., Ali, M. A., Badruzzaman, A. B. M. (2010) Arsenic Release from Paddy Soils During Monsoon Flooding. Nature Geoscience 3(1), 53-59. pdf

Technologies

Hug, S.J., D. Gaertner, L.C. Roberts, M. Schirmer, T. Ruettimann, T.M. Rosenberg, A.B.M. Badruzzaman and M. A. Ali. (2011) Avoiding high concentrations of arsenic, manganese and salinity in deep tubewells in Munshiganj District, Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry 26(7), 1077-1085
Hug, S. J., Leupin, O. X., Berg, M. (2008) Bangladesh and Vietnam: Different Groundwater Compositions Require Different Approaches to Arsenic Mitigation. Environmental Science & Technology 42(17), 6318-6323. pdf

Katsoyiannis, I. A., Ruettimann, T., Hug, S. J. (2008) Ph Dependence of Fenton Reagent Generation and As(III) Oxidation and Removal by Corrosion of Zero Valent Iron in Aerated Water. Environmental Science & Technology 42(19), 7424-7430. pdf

Katsoyiannis, I. A., Zikoudi, A., Hug, S. J. (2008) Arsenic Removal from Groundwaters Containing Iron, Ammonium, Manganese and Phosphate: A Case Study from a Treatment Unit in Northern Greece. Desalination 224(1-3), 330-339. pdf

Voegelin, A., Kaegi, R., Frommer, J., Vantelon, D., Hug S. J. (2010) Effect of Phosphate, Silicate, and Ca on Fe(II)-Precipitates Formed in Aerated Fe(II)- and As(III)-Containing Water Studied by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 74(1),164-186. pdf

Hug, S. J., Canonica, L., Wegelin, M., Gechter, D., von Gunten, U. (2001) Solar oxidation and removal of arsenic at circumneutral pH in iron containing waters. Environmental Science and Technology 35(10), 2114-2121. pdf

Hug, S.J. (2001) An adapted water treatment option in Bangladesh: solar oxidation and removal of arsenic (SORAS). Environmental Sciences 8, 467-479. pdf

Roberts, L.C., Hug, S.J., Ruettimann, T., Billah, M., Khan, A. W., Rahman, M. T. (2004) Arsenic removal with iron(II) and iron(III) waters with high silicate and phosphate concentrations. Environmental Science and Technology 38, 307-315. pdf

Leupin, O. X, Hug, S. J., Badruzzaman, A. B. M. (2005) Arsenic Removal with Zero Valent Iron from Tubewell Water in Filter Columns with Iron Filings and Sand. Environmental Science & Technology. 39, 8032-8037. pdf

Berg, M., Lutz, S., Trang, P.T.K., Viet, P.H., Giger, W., Stuben, D. (2006) Arsenic removal from groundwater by household sand filters: Comparative field study, model calculations, and health benefits. Environmental Science & Technology. 40, 5567-5573. pdf

Behavioural Change

Huber, A. C., Bhend, S., Mosler, H.-J. (2011) Determinants of exclusive consumption of fluoride-free water: a cross-sectional household study in rural Ethiopia. Journal of Public Health. DOI: 10.1007/s10389-011-0445-z
Tobias, R., Berg, M. (2011) Sustainable use of arsenic-removing sand filters in Vietnam: psychological and social factors. Environmental Science & Technology 45(8), 3260-3267

Mosler, H. J., Blöchliger, O. R., Inauen, J. (2010) Personal, Social, and Situational Factors Influencing the Consumption of Drinking Water from Arsenic-Safe Deep Tubewells in Bangladesh. Journal of Environmental Management 91(6), 1316-1323. pdf
Kraemer, S.M., Mosler, H.-J. (2010) Persuasion factors influencing the decision to use sustainable household water treatment. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 20(1), 61-79. pdf
Tamas, A., Tobias, R., Mosler, H.-J. (2009) Promotion of solar water disinfection: Comparing the effectiveness of different strategies in a longitudinal field study in Bolivia. Health Communication, 24(8), 711-722. pdf
Graf, J., Meierhofer, R., Wegelin M., Mosler H.-J. (2008) Water disinfection and hygiene behaviour in an urban slum in Kenya: impact on childhood diarrhoea and influence of beliefs. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 18 (5), 335-355. pdf
Heri, S., Mosler, H.-J. (2008) Factors Affecting the Diffusion of Solar Water Disinfection: A Field Study in Bolivia. Health Education and Behavior, 35(4), 541-560. pdf
Moser, S., Mosler, H.-J. (2008) Differences in influence patterns between groups predicting the adoption of a solar disinfection technology for drinking water in Bolivia. Social Science and Medicine, 67, 497-504. pdf
Altherr, A.M., Mosler, H.-J., Tobias, R., Butera, F. (2008) Attitudinal and relational factors predicting the use of solar water disinfection: A field study in Nicaragua. Health Education and Behavior, 35, 207-220. pdf

Institutional Analysis

Dogaru. D., Zobrist, J., Balteanu, D., Popescu, C., Sima., M., Amini, M., Yang, H. (2009) Analysis of local community perception of water quality in Cetej, Romania. Environmental Management. 43(6), 1131-1145. pdf