Browsing Waterloo Research by Author "Shahvaran, Ali Reza"
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Direct Wastewater Treatment Plant Inputs of Microplastics to the Laurentian Great Lakes
Alcott, Lewis; Shahvaran, Ali Reza; Rezanezhad, Fereidoun; Van Cappellen, Philippe (University of Waterloo, 2023-05-15)Whilst wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have an inadvertent high microplastics retention capacity (typically >70%), they are also an important point source of pollutants to aquatic environments. This allows WWTPs to ... -
Modeling of Microplastic Emission, Transport, and Retention in Urban Stormwater Ponds
Reshadi, Mir Amir Mohammad; Rezanezhad, Fereidoun; Kaykhosravi, Sarah; Nguyen, Thu Hang; Slowinski, Stephanie; Shahvaran, Ali Reza; Van Cappellen, Philippe (University of Waterloo, 2024)Urban areas are the major sources of microplastics to the environment, given their high concentration of people, road traffic, and mismanaged waste. Stormwater runoff, one of the major carriers of urban-derived MPs to ...