Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.104876
Chaoqi Wang , Zhi Dou , Ning Chen , Yan Zhu , Zhihan Zou , Jian Song , Shen-Huan Lyu
Pump-and-treat (P&T) remediation is a widely adopted and effective method for groundwater contamination control. It is important to optimize the operation schemes (pumping well locations and pumping rates) to maximize contaminant removal efficiency and minimize operational costs. Recently, surrogate models have been integrated with optimization algorithms to formulate the remediation schemes. However, with various surrogate techniques available, their comparative performance in P&T remediation tasks and potential for combined usage of multiple surrogates require further exploration. In this study, five popular surrogate models—Kriging, Polynomial Interpolation, Support Vector Regression (SVR), Random Forest (RF), and Deep Neural Network (DNN)—were evaluated for their ability to predict contaminant removal efficiency under diverse schemes in a multi-contaminant site. The analysis revealed that, while DNN achieved the highest overall prediction accuracy in the validation stage across the 200 cases, no single surrogate model consistently outperformed the others in all individual cases. A multi-surrogate optimization framework, coupling all five models with a genetic algorithm, was developed to enhance P&T schemes. The usage of multiple surrogates finally brings benefits because the complementary strengths of diverse surrogate models are combined. We identified remediation schemes that achieved superior contaminant removal (17.5% residual contaminant) compared to the other results (19.2–21.7%). The framework offers a robust tool for environmental management and insights for advancing studies related to surrogate-based optimization.
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Ensuring reliable river-water quality assessment is increasingly important in North Africa, where pollution pressures and data limitations complicate monitoring. Therefore, the research developed a principal-component-analysis–based water quality index (WQI_P) that is designed to address eclipsing, multicollinearity, and subjectively assigned weights that affect traditional indices such as the weighted-arithmetic WQI (WA_WQI). The objective of the research is to evaluate whether PCA-derived weights and objective parameter selection improve reliability, uncertainty, and classification stability. A dataset of 159 river-water samples from the Skikda region (Algeria) was analyzed. After screening correlated variables and extracting PCA contributions, WQI_P was constructed from the retained components. Eight machine-learning algorithms and a stacked ensemble were used under 10-fold cross-validation to compare the prediction performance and uncertainty of WQI_P and WA_WQI. Agreement metrics, PREI scores, confidence intervals, and class-transition analysis were used to assess the differences between the two indices, Predictive uncertainty was quantified using a Gaussian Monte Carlo simulation, which propagates variability by repeatedly perturbing model residuals to generate distributions of index predictions. The WQI_P consistently produced lower prediction errors (stacked RMSE = 2.74; MAE = 1.75) than the WA_WQI (RMSE = 3.16; MAE = 2.21), together with narrower 95% confidence intervals and reduced predictive uncertainty. The classification outcomes shifted toward a stricter and more balanced assessment: the proportion of samples classified as “Excellent” decreased (30 to 7), “Good” increased (55 to 88), and “Unsuitable” declined (40 to 12). These results indicated that grounding weights in the multivariate structure enhances stability and reduces dependence on a small set of dominant parameters. The findings demonstrated that the WQI_P can improve transparency, objectivity, and monitoring efficiency by focusing on the most informative variables. The index is applicable to data-scarce regions where objective weighting and uncertainty control are essential. Future work should test WQI_P across larger and more heterogeneous basins, extend validation using spatial–temporal blocking, and explore its integration into operational monitoring frameworks.
确保可靠的河流水质评估在北非日益重要，那里的污染压力和数据限制使监测复杂化。因此，研究开发了一个基于主成分分析的水质指数（WQI_P），该指数旨在解决影响加权算法WQI （WA_WQI）等传统指标的重叠、多重共线性和主观赋予的权重。研究的目的是评估pca衍生的权重和客观参数选择是否提高了可靠性、不确定性和分类稳定性。分析了来自Skikda地区（阿尔及利亚）的159个河水样本的数据集。筛选相关变量并提取主成分贡献后，利用保留分量构建WQI_P。在10倍交叉验证下，使用8种机器学习算法和堆叠集成来比较WQI_P和WA_WQI的预测性能和不确定性。使用一致性指标、PREI分数、置信区间和类别转换分析来评估两个指标之间的差异，预测不确定性使用高斯蒙特卡罗模拟进行量化，该模拟通过反复扰动模型残差来传播可变性，以生成指数预测的分布。WQI_P始终比WA_WQI （RMSE = 3.16; MAE = 2.21）产生更低的预测误差（堆叠RMSE = 2.74; MAE = 1.75），并且具有更窄的95%置信区间和更低的预测不确定性。分类结果转向更严格和更平衡的评估：分类为“优秀”的样本比例减少（30到7），“良好”的样本比例增加（55到88），“不合适”的样本比例下降（40到12）。这些结果表明，多变量结构中的接地权重增强了稳定性，减少了对一小组主导参数的依赖。研究结果表明，WQI_P通过关注信息量最大的变量，可以提高透明度、客观性和监测效率。该指标适用于数据稀缺地区，需要客观加权和不确定性控制。未来的工作应该在更大、更异构的盆地中测试WQI_P，使用时空阻塞扩展验证，并探索将其整合到运营监测框架中。
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.104855
Aronne Dell'Oca , Davide Abu El Khair , Chiara Ferré , Roberto Comolli , Monica Riva
The toxicity and long-term persistence of heavy metals pose a major threat across environmental compartments. Heavy metal contamination of soils poses long-term risks to groundwater resources, particularly in urban environments where rainfall-driven infiltration under unsaturated conditions can promote contaminant migration toward underlying aquifers. The aim of this study is to assess how uncertainty in soil hydraulic and sorption properties affects predictions of heavy metals migration from urban soils to groundwater. To this aim, we cast our work in a stochastic framework that integrates column scale drainage experiments and batch sorption tests to estimate key parameters governing water flow and heavy metal sorption dynamic, along with their associated uncertainty. Monte Carlo simulations are then performed to mimic the rainfall-induced drainage of heavy metals from metal-enriched soils through sewage sludge application. We consider two representative urban soil types and five heavy metals commonly detected in urban environments, i.e. lead (Pb), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) and zinc (Zn). Our results indicate that Cr is highly mobile, while Ni, Zn, Cu exhibit consistently low mobility across both soils. Lead displays a strong soil-dependent behavior, transitioning from high to low mobility depending on the substrate. Outputs of a rigorous global sensitivity analysis reveal that, for highly mobile metals, flow and transport parameters have significant influence on metals migrations, reflecting the strong interplay of unsaturated flow and reactive transport processes. On the other hand, for low mobile heavy metals, parameters defining the initial contamination conditions and soil water content dominate the temporal evolution of metals retention in the soil. These findings indicate that parameter uncertainty and flow-transport processes in the vadose zone should be explicitly considered in groundwater contamination risk assessment protocols for urban environments.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.104872
Gaozhen Wang , Wenxian Guo
Few studies have evaluated variations in riverine Eco-Surpluses and Eco-Deficits (ES and ED) from the perspective of flow processes. Therefore, this study evaluated the river ES (ED) change from multiple time scales through the intra-annual flow process and assessed the synergistic change relationship between ES (ED) and various hydro-meteorological factors by combining the Copula model. The study also constructed a ES (ED) prediction system through the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) and Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM), analyzing each influencing factor's role in the LightGBM simulation through the Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) model. It was found that: the ES (ED) based on the river flow process was more in line with the actual situation of the river after the validation of the Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) and other methods; there were significant discrepancies in the joint return periods among ES (ED) and various hydro-meteorological factors by the two-dimensional and three-dimensional Copula models; the prediction system constructed by coupling the baseflow extracted from the VIC model with the LightGBM algorithm exhibits better performance, and the simulation accuracy (R2) exceeds 0.85; the results of SHAP model showed that base flow variations exert a significant influence on ES and ED dynamics, followed by the role of various hydro-meteorological factors. The study results can provide a reference basis for scheduling river cascade reservoirs and planning regional water resources.
很少有研究从流量过程的角度评价河流生态盈余和生态赤字的变化。因此，本研究通过年内流量过程从多个时间尺度评价河流ES （ED）的变化，并结合Copula模型评估ES （ED）与各种水文气象因子之间的协同变化关系。通过变入渗能力（VIC）和光梯度增强机（LightGBM）构建ES （ED）预测系统，通过Shapley加性解释（SHAP）模型分析各影响因子在LightGBM模拟中的作用。结果表明：经过动态时间翘曲（Dynamic Time Warping， DTW）等方法的验证，基于河流水流过程的ES （ED）更符合河流的实际情况；二维和三维Copula模型显示ES （ED）与各水文气象因子的联合回归期存在显著差异；将VIC模型提取的基流与LightGBM算法耦合构建的预测系统表现出较好的性能，仿真精度（R2）超过0.85；SHAP模型结果表明，基流变化对ES和ED的影响显著，其次是各种水文气象因子的作用。研究结果可为河流梯级水库调度和区域水资源规划提供参考依据。
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{"title":"Corrigendum to 'Magnetic biochar prepared by co-pyrolysis of sludge and organic medical solid waste for pH-universal removal of ciprofloxacin' [Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 277 (2026) 104862].","authors":"Junping Meng, Binbin Yao, Jinsheng Liang, Xinhui Duan, Xiangying Wei","doi":"10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.104873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.104873","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of contaminant hydrology","volume":" ","pages":"104873"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146097122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Pub Date : 2026-01-26DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.104866
G.V. Aatral , V. Chitra Devi , S. Mothil , R. Sathish Raam
This study investigates the removal of Eosin Yellow, a xanthene-based synthetic dye with low biodegradability and high aquatic toxicity, from industrial wastewater using a ZnO@SiO₂ sonocatalyst. The effects of ultrasonic frequency, pH, catalyst dosage, initial dye concentration, and electrolytes on dye decolorization and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) reduction were examined. A hybrid modeling framework combining Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was developed to optimize the process. ANN architectures with 2, 4, 10, 16, and 20 hidden layers were evaluated, with hyperparameters tuned via Bayesian optimization. Model performance was assessed using MAE, RMSE, and R2 with 95% confidence intervals, and parity plots with prediction intervals were generated to ensure predictive reliability. Comparative analysis demonstrated the superior predictive accuracy and generalization ability of the 10-layer ANN over RSM. Electrolyte addition influenced reaction kinetics, while optimization of process parameters enabled efficient dye removal and COD reduction. This work establishes a reproducible framework integrating sonocatalysis with computational intelligence, providing a robust approach for modeling, optimization, and mechanistic investigation of complex dye wastewater treatment systems.
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We investigated colloid deposition mechanisms in saturated and unsaturated porous medias, focusing on roles of ionic strength (IS, 1–100 mM) and collector surface roughness. Through a customized column setup, experiments were conducted with smooth and rough (HF-etched) glass beads. Rough collectors featured fractal, multi-scale surface craters. Following colloid application, we evaluated released colloid via flushing with 0.4 mM NaHCO₃ solutions. Finally, column dissection was performed to quantify moderately and tightly attached colloids within the primary minimum. Increasing IS reduced mobile colloid while enhanced released, primary minimum moderately and tightly attached colloid. These trends align with DLVO theory when considering various sizes of positively charged heterogeneity (CH) on collector. As IS increased, colloid retention profiles (CRPs) shifted from nonlinear to linear, signaling a transition from unfavorable to favorable attachment. Under unsaturated conditions, colloid retention increased and exhibited linear CRPs at IS >1 mM, driven by enhanced interception and air-water-solid (AWS) interfaces trapping. Roughness unexpectedly enhanced colloid mobility by reducing colloid delivery via larger hydrodynamic forces and weakening attachment on nanoscale surface roughness. Under saturated conditions, surface roughness minimally affected colloid tight attachment in primary minimum due to a trade-off between the inhibitory effect of nanoscale craters and the promotional effect of HF etching-induced additional CH. Conversely, under unsaturated conditions, collloid tight attachment in primary minimum was enhanced, resulting from additional CH formation and enhanced colloid trapping at AWS. These findings highlight the complex interplay between physical roughness and chemical factors, advancing our understanding of environmental colloid transport.
我们研究了饱和和非饱和多孔介质中的胶体沉积机制，重点研究了离子强度（IS, 1-100 mM）和收集器表面粗糙度的作用。通过定制的色谱柱设置，用光滑和粗糙（hf蚀刻）玻璃微珠进行实验。粗糙集热器具有分形、多尺度表面陨石坑特征。在胶体应用之后，我们用0.4 mM NaHCO₃溶液冲洗来评估释放的胶体。最后，进行柱解剖，定量适度和紧密附着的胶体在初级最小。增加IS减少了可移动的胶体，而增强了释放，初级最小，中等和紧密附着的胶体。这些趋势与DLVO理论一致，当考虑不同大小的正电荷不均一性（CH）在收集器上。随着IS的增加，胶体保留谱（CRPs）从非线性转变为线性，标志着从不利附着到有利附着的转变。在非饱和条件下，由于截留和空气-水-固体（AWS）界面捕获增强，胶体保留率增加，并在IS >； 1mm处表现出线性crp。粗糙度出人意料地增强了胶体的迁移率，通过更大的水动力减少胶体的输送，减弱纳米级表面粗糙度的附着。在饱和条件下，由于在纳米级陨石坑的抑制作用和HF蚀刻诱导的额外CH的促进作用之间的平衡，表面粗糙度最小影响初级最小值的胶体紧密附着。相反，在不饱和条件下，由于额外的CH形成和增强的胶体捕获，初级最小值的胶体紧密附着得到增强。这些发现突出了物理粗糙度和化学因素之间复杂的相互作用，促进了我们对环境胶体运输的理解。
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Pub Date : 2026-01-20DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.104863
Yu-Ying Wang , Juan Yu , Rong-Ting Jiao , Li-Li He , Yao Su , Yun-Long Wang , Hui Lin , Yan Shi , Hao-Hao Lyu
Selenium (Se) is a vital micronutrient for humans health; however, elevated concentrations can result in numerous health problems and negatively impact ecosystems. This study examines the influence of two distinct modification approaches (pre- and post-treatment) on the physicochemical properties of biochar and its efficacy in removing selenite (Se(IV)) from water. A comprehensive characterization of unmodified biochar (BC), pre-treated biochar (Fe/Mn-impregnated biochar, F-Fe/Mn-BC), and post-treated biochar (Fe/Mn-oxide-loaded biochar, A-Fe/Mn-BC) was carried out using a suite of advanced analytical techniques. To determine the optimal parameters, a systematic key parameters affecting adsorption performance was conducted by varying the initial pH, contact time, initial Se(IV) concentration, and the presence of coexisting ions. The findings indicate that A-Fe/Mn-BC has a higher adsorption capacity for Se(IV). A-Fe/Mn-BC achieved a maximum adsorption capacity of 248.8 mg∙g−1, which is roughly threefold higher than that of both BC and F-Fe/Mn-BC. The removal mechanism involves surface adsorption accompanied by the reduction of Se(IV) to elemental selenium (Se(0)), with Fe(II) and Mn(II) species on the biochar surface acting as electron donors. Furthermore, the presence of common coexisting ions in solution had negligible effects on Se(IV) removal efficiency. These findings indicate that post-treatment modification enhances biochar performance more effectively than pre-treatment, and suggest that A-Fe/Mn-BC nanomaterial demonstrated remarkable potential for use in the treatment of Se(IV) contamination.
硒（Se）是对人类健康至关重要的微量营养素；然而，浓度升高会导致许多健康问题，并对生态系统产生负面影响。本研究考察了两种不同的改性方法（预处理和后处理）对生物炭物理化学性质的影响及其去除水中亚硒酸盐（Se(IV)）的功效。采用一系列先进的分析技术，对未改性生物炭（BC）、预处理生物炭（Fe/ mn浸渍生物炭，F-Fe/Mn-BC）和后处理生物炭（Fe/ mn -氧化物生物炭，A-Fe/Mn-BC）进行了综合表征。通过改变初始pH、接触时间、初始Se（IV）浓度和共存离子的存在，对影响吸附性能的关键参数进行了系统研究，确定了最佳吸附参数。结果表明，a - fe /Mn-BC对Se（IV）具有较高的吸附能力。a - fe /Mn-BC的最大吸附容量为248.8 mg∙g−1，约为BC和F-Fe/Mn-BC的3倍。去除机制包括表面吸附，同时Se（IV）还原为元素硒（Se(0)），生物炭表面的Fe（II）和Mn（II）作为电子供体。此外，溶液中共同共存离子的存在对Se（IV）去除效率的影响可以忽略不计。这些发现表明，处理后改性比预处理更有效地提高了生物炭的性能，并表明A-Fe/Mn-BC纳米材料在处理Se（IV）污染方面具有显着的潜力。
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In this study, sludge biochar was prepared via the co-pyrolysis method using the compatibility of sewage sludge (SS) in different seasons with organic medical solid waste (OMSW) and activated by alkali conditions for the removal of ciprofloxacin (CIP) in water with different pH values. The maximum adsorption capacity of the two biochars (KS1MBC and KS2MBC) reached 83.49 mg/g and 86.19 mg/g, respectively. The structure of the biochars was characterized via XRD, BET and SEM, and the adsorption mechanism of the biochars was investigated by FTIR, Raman, and XPS. The adsorption processes of the modified biochar followed pseudo-second-order kinetics and the Langmuir isothermal adsorption model, were dominated by chemical adsorption and monolayer adsorption, and were controlled by both liquid film diffusion and intraparticle diffusion. The adsorption mechanisms included pore adsorption, electrostatic attraction, π-π interactions, hydrogen bonding, and surface complexation. After hydrothermal activation by KOH, the surface of the biochar was etched by alkali to produce a nanothin lamellar structure, which increased the specific surface area to more than 200 m2/g in both cases, thus greatly enhancing the adsorption performance of the biochar. Moreover, due to the iron-containing properties of the sludge, it can be recycled through magnetic separation, thereby reducing treatment costs and enhancing the material's overall sustainability. The alkali-modified biochar demonstrates significant potential for application in antibiotic contamination remediation and provides a theoretical foundation for advancing waste treatment and promoting green environmental protection.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-19DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.104857
Qingxuan Wu , Rang Wang , Jing Yang , Hao Wang , Simin Li , Xin Jin
Non-point source phosphorus (P) transport is characterized by pronounced heterogeneity manifested in spatial clustering, temporal intermittency, and structural coupling, which together pose critical challenges for watershed management. Based on a systematic synthesis of existing studies, this review proposes a three-dimensional identification framework of hotspots-hot moments-critical source areas (H-M-C) and refines it into the concept of high-risk heterogeneous core units to characterize functional units that are co-activated by multidimensional conditions at the event scale and dominate phosphorus flux outputs. Methodologically, we trace the evolution of approaches from threshold-based criteria, distributed modeling, stable isotopes and geochemical fingerprinting, to intelligent data-driven methods, highlighting their complementarities and limitations in dimensional coverage, mechanistic interpretation, and cross-scale applicability. Furthermore, we summarize the “activation-amplification-regulation-feedback” mechanism chain from four perspectives: hydrological disturbances, land-use practices, geomorphic regulation, and multi-source feedbacks. This review emphasizes the necessity of perceiving non-stationary processes, developing scale-adaptive identification granularity, and constructing strategy-oriented feedback loops, thereby providing a structural framework and methodological pathways to bridge the gap between mechanistic understanding of phosphorus transport and practical management responses.
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