Editor's Choice Collection

Journal of Environmental Engineering
Editor’s Choice Collection

For each issue of the journal, the Chief Editor may select a paper to be featured on the journal homepage in the ASCE Library. The paper is available for free to registered users for 1 to 4 months, depending on how frequently the journal is published. Below is a list of Editor’s Choice selections.

Volume 150

Issue 5 - May 2024
Assessing the Applicability of Deep-Learning Method for Predicting Cyanobacteria in a Regulated River
ORCID ID iconJungwook Kim; Hongtae Kim; Kyunghyun Kim; and Jung Min Ahn
Published online: February 23, 2024

Issue 4 - April 2024
Unit Operation and Process Modeling with Physics-Informed Machine Learning
ORCID ID icon Haochen Li, Ph.D., M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconDavid Spelman, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and John Sansalone, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Published online: January 25, 2024

Issue 3 - March 2024
Production and Performance of Coal Gasification Slag–Based Denitrification Materials in Cement Kilns
Yanling Gan, Ph.D.; Suping Cui; Wenjing Dai; Pingli Huang; Boge Zhang, Ph.D.; and Haibao Huang
Published online: December 22, 2023

Issue 2 - February 2024
Investigating the Effects of Long-Term Sorption of Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds into Sandy Soils on the Difficulty of Desorption
ORCID ID iconJing Li; and ORCID ID iconTakeshi Kobayashi
Published online: November 22, 2023

Issue 1 - January 2024
Assessing Uncertainties in Mechanistic Modeling of Quality Fluctuations in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
ORCID ID iconGopinathan R. Abhijith, Aff.M.ASCE; and Avi Ostfeld, M.ASCE
Published online: October 26, 2023

Volume 149

Issue 10 - October 2023
Automated Testing Apparatus for Ceramic Membrane Filtration of High-Strength Industrial Wastewater
ORCID ID iconWeiming Qi; and ORCID ID iconDavid A. Ladner
Published online: August 4, 2023

Issue 9 - September 2023
Analytical Model for the Design of Permeable Reactive Barriers Considering Solute Transport in a Dual-Domain System
Haijian Xie; Mengzhen Yu; Huaxiang Yan; Hywel Rhys Thomas; Yunmin Chen; and Yun Chen
Published online: June 19, 2023

Issue 8 - August 2023
Nitrogen Removal Performance and Microbial Community Analysis of Anoxic and Oxic Process in Electrolytic Manganese Residue Leachate
ORCID ID iconFeifeng Jiang; Yu Zhou; Yufang Yue; Zhiwei Long; Langbo Yi; and Wenyong Hu
Published online: May 22, 2023

Issue 7 - July 2023
Improving Antibacterial Performance of Household Water Filters with a Silver-Embedded Ceramic Tablet
ORCID ID iconJamie D. Harris; Julia Davis; Maya Reese; Mukhethwa P. Mannzhi; ORCID ID iconNduvho Milliscent Tshidumo; Rirhandzu Mhlarhi; ORCID ID iconJoshua N. Edokpayi; and James A. Smith, F.ASCE
Published online: April 25, 2023

Issue 6 - June 2023
Rehabilitation Technologies to Abate Infiltration in Sanitary Sewers
ORCID ID iconSteve Youssef, M.ASCE; and Mahmood Nachabe, F.ASCE
Published online: March 27, 2023

Issue 4 - April 2023
Fate of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Postconsumer Products during Waste Management
ORCID ID iconDebra R. Reinhart, F.ASCE; Stephanie C. Bolyard, A.M.ASCE; and Jiannan Chen, A.M.ASCE
Published online: January 19, 2023

Issue 3 - March 2023
Critical Review and Discussion of the Nonlinear Form of Radke–Prausnitz Model in Adsorption Solid–Liquid Phases
ORCID ID iconHai Nguyen Tran; ORCID ID iconJean-Claude Bollinger; ORCID ID iconStefano Salvestrini; ORCID ID iconKhim Hoong Chu; and ORCID ID iconRuey-Shin Juang
Published online: December 21, 2022

Issue 2 - February 2023
Performance of Copolymerized Organo-Selenium RO Feed Spacers during Fouling
Paula Monaco; Phat Tran; ORCID ID iconJonathan J. Kopel; Ted Reid; James Surles; and Audra Morse
Published online: November 26, 2022

Issue 1 - January 2023
Investigation of Chloramines, Disinfection Byproducts, and Nitrification in Chloraminated Drinking Water Distribution Systems
Gulizhaer Abulikemu; Jatin H. Mistry; ORCID ID iconDavid G. Wahman ORCID ID iconMatthew T. Alexander; ORCID ID iconAlison R. Kennicutt; Jacob D. Bollman; and ORCID ID iconJonathan G. Pressman
Published online: October 27, 2022

Volume 148

Issue 12 - December 2022
Social, Environmental, and Economic Wastewater Decision Support Tool for Small Systems
Dylan Hall; Mayko Aguirre Gutierrez; and ORCID ID iconPablo K. Cornejo, Ph.D.
Published online: September 19, 2022

Issue 11 - November 2022
Effectiveness of Photocatalysis, Radiolysis, and Ultrasonic Irradiation in the Remediation of GenX: Computational Study of the Ultrasonically Induced Mineralization
Danni Cui; ORCID ID iconA. M. Abdullah; Julie R. Peller; ORCID ID iconStephen P. Mezyk; Alexander Mebel; and Kevin O'Shea
Published online: September 13, 2022

Issue 10 - October 2022
Tap-Water Lead Monitoring through Citizen Science: Influence of Socioeconomics and Participation on Environmental Literacy, Behavior, and Communication
Sarah Jakositz; Roozbeh Ghasemi; Bridie McGreavy; Haiying Wang; Scott Greenwood; and ORCID ID iconWeiwei Mo
Published online: August 05, 2022

Issue 9 - September 2022
Advanced Reduction Processes for Degradation of Refractory Organics in Landfill Leachate
ORCID ID iconAli Albalgane; ORCID ID iconJunkui Cui; Weihua Song; and ORCID ID iconYang Deng, M.ASCE
Published online: June 17, 2022

Issue 8 - August 2022
Coordinatively Unsaturated Reduced Iron Sites Enable Hemin-Catalyzed Electrochemical Dechlorination of Trichloroethylene
Jia Deng; Xiaobao Zeng; Feng Wu; Zheng Fang; Yitao Dai; and Li-Zhi Huang
Published online: May 27, 2022

Issue 7 - July 2022
Truck-Wash Wastewater in Three-Stage Sedimentation Basins on Construction Sites: Wastewater Characteristics, Bacterial Communities, and Pathogenic Bacteria Distribution
ORCID ID iconWenkai Li, Ph.D.; Hongwei Lei; Yun Han; Ming Lei; and ORCID ID iconTianlong Zheng, Ph.D.
Published online: April 27, 2022

Issue 6 - June 2022
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Background Information with Focus on Modeling of Fate and Transport of Per- and Polyfluroalkyl Substances in Air Media
ORCID ID iconAdam B. Radi; Kenneth E. Noll; and ORCID ID iconAli K. Oskouie
Published online: March 30, 2022

Issue 5 - May 2022
Treatment of Selenium-Laden Agricultural Drainage Water Using a Full-Scale Bioreactor
ORCID ID iconMiguel Arias-Paić; Ryujiro Tsuchihashi, M.ASCE; Aaron Gress; Daniel Miller; Jeffrey Papendick; and ORCID ID iconAnthony M. Kennedy
Published online: March 09, 2022

Issue 4 - April 2022
Turn up the Dial: System Dynamics Modeling of Resource Allocations toward Rural Water Supply Maintenance in East Africa
ORCID ID iconAnna Libey; ORCID ID iconPranav Chintalapati; Styvers Kathuni; Bernard Amadei, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE; and ORCID ID iconEvan Thomas, Ph.D.
Published online: January 31, 2022

Issue 3 - March 2022
Modeling PFAS Removal Using Granular Activated Carbon for Full-Scale System Design
ORCID ID iconJonathan B. Burkhardt; Nick Burns; Dustin Mobley; Jonathan G. Pressman; Matthew L. Magnuson; and Thomas F. Speth, M.ASCE
Published online: December 16, 2021

Issue 2 - February 2022
Predictive Maintenance of Stormwater Infrastructure Using Internet-of-Things Technology
ORCID ID iconMicah Strauss; and Bridget Wadzuk, A.M.ASCE
Published online: December 10, 2021

Issue 1 - January 2022
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Presence, Pathways, and Cycling through Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment
ORCID ID iconLloyd J. Winchell; Martha J. M. Wells; John J. Ross; ORCID ID iconXavier Fonoll; John W. Norton Jr., M.ASCE; Stephen Kuplicki; Majid Khan; and Katherine Y. Bell
Published online: October 28, 2021

Volume 147

Issue 12 – December 2021
Transforming a Global Water Crisis into an Economic Opportunity: Unmet Needs and Lessons Learned during the Last Two Decades
ORCID ID icon Arup K. SenGupta, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE; Michael German, Ph.D., P.E.; and Hao Chen Published online: September 20, 2021

Issue 11 – November 2021
Degradation and Defluorination of Aqueous Perfluorooctane Sulfonate by Silica-Based Granular Media Using Batch Reactors
ORCID ID iconHannah M. McIntyre, S.M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconVidit Minda; William Gutheil, Ph.D.; and ORCID ID icon Megan L. Hart, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE Published online: August 25, 2021

Issue 10 – October 2021
Modeling the Response of Nonchlorinated, Chlorinated, and Chloraminated Water Distribution Systems toward Arsenic Contamination
ORCID ID icon G. R. Abhijith and Avi Ostfeld, F.ASCE Published online: August 12, 2021

Issue 9 – September 2021
Benchmarking Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes Turbulence Models for Water Clarification Systems
ORCID ID icon Haochen Li, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; and John Sansalone, Ph.D., M.ASCE Published online: July 13, 2021

Issue 8 – August 2021
Engineered Bioremediation of NAPL Polluted Sites: Experimental and Simulation-Optimization Approach under Heterogeneous Moisture and Temperature Conditions
ORCID ID icon Pankaj Kumar Gupta; ORCID ID icon Basant Yadav; Brijesh Kumar Yadav; Svetlana Sushkova; and Shreejita Basu
Published online: May 26, 2021

Issue 6 – June 2021
Pilot-Scale Investigation of Floating Treatment Wetlands as Retrofits to Waste-Stabilization Ponds for Efficient Domestic Wastewater Treatment
Roya Pishgar; Christopher L. Banmann; and Angus Chu
Published online: March 19, 2021

Issue 4 – April 2021
Transport and Fate of Virus-Laden Particles in a Supermarket: Recommendations for Risk Reduction of COVID-19 Spreading
ORCID ID icon Fangda Cui, Ph.D.; Xiaolong Geng, Ph.D.; Orthodoxia Zervaki; ORCID ID icon Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Ph.D., M.ASCE; Joseph Katz, Ph.D.; ORCID ID icon Sarah-Jane Haig, Ph.D.; and Michel Boufadel, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Published online: January 21, 2021

Issue 3 – March 2021
Nonaqueous Phase Liquid Removal by Postconventional Techniques
Michel Boufadel, F.ASCE; ORCID ID icon Wen Ji; Meghana Parameswarappa Jayalakshmamma; Charbel Abou Khalil; Lin Zhao; and Ada Wang Published online: December 16, 2020

Issue 2 – February 2021
Partitioning of Mercury into Several Size Fractions in Highway Runoff
Marcia Ferreira, Ph.D., P.E.; Mi-Hyun Park, Ph.D.; Jenny A. Jay, Ph.D.; Peter G. Green, Ph.D.; and ORCID ID icon Michael K. Stenstrom, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE Published online: November 20, 2020

Issue 1 – January 2021
Cellular Automata-Based Mechanistic Model for Analyzing Microbial Regrowth and Trihalomethanes Formation in Water Distribution Systems
ORCID ID icon G. R. Abhijith and S. Mohan
Published online: October 08, 2020

Volume 146

Issue 12 – December 2020
Environmental Hygiene for COVID-19: It’s All About the Mask
ORCID ID icon Daniel B. Oerther, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, M.ASCE; and Mona Shattell, Ph.D.
Published online: October 08, 2020

Issue 11 – November 2020
Pilot-Scale Treatment of Neutral Pharmaceuticals in Municipal Wastewater Using Reverse Osmosis and Ozonation
Jordan Hollman; Muhammad Faizan Khan; John Albino Dominic, Ph.D.; and Gopal Achari
Published online: August 18, 2020

Issue 10 – October 2020
Investigation of Ultrasonically Induced Degradation of Tris(2-chloroethyl) Phosphate in Water
ORCID ID iconA. M. Abdullah; Natalia Soares Quinete; Piero Gardinali; and Kevin O’Shea
Published online: July 28, 2020

Issue 9 – September 2020
Computational Fluid-Dynamics Modeling of the Flow and Sediment Transport in Stormwater Retention Ponds: A Review
Mina Ahadi; Donald J. Bergstrom; and ORCID ID icon Kerry Anne Mazurek, M.ASCE
Published online: July 08, 2020

Issue 8 – August 2020
Comparison of SELDM Simulated Total-Phosphorus Concentrations with Ecological Impervious-Area Criteria
ORCID ID icon Lillian C. Jeznach, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; and Gregory E. Granato
Published online: June 09, 2020

Issue 7 – July 2020
Urban Water Revolution: Sustainable Water Futures for California Cities
ORCID ID iconRichard G. Luthy, M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconJordyn M. Wolfand; and ORCID ID iconJonathan L. Bradshaw
Published online: May 07, 2020

Issue 6 – June 2020
Membrane and Fluid Contactors for Safe and Efficient Methane Delivery in Methanotrophic Bioreactors
Jorge Luis Meraz; Kristian L. Dubrawski, Ph.D.; ORCID ID iconSahar H. El Abbadi; ORCID ID iconKwang-Ho Choo, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and Craig S. Criddle, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Published online: April 02, 2020

Issue 5 – May 2020
Membrane Bioreactors for Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater: A Review
Xinwei Mao; Pejman Hadi Myavagh; Sarah Lotfikatouli, S.M.ASCE; Benjamin S. Hsiao; and Harold W. Walker, M.ASCE
Published online: February 20, 2020

Issue 4 – April 2020
Prediction of Boundary and Stormwater E. Coli Concentrations Using River Flows and Baseflow Index
ORCID ID iconSarath Chandra K. Jagupilla, M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconVishwa Shah; Venkatsundar Ramaswamy; ORCID ID iconPraneeth Gurumurthy, S.M.ASCE; and David A. Vaccari, F.ASCE
Published online: February 11, 2020

Issue 3 – March 2020
CFD Model of PM Sedimentation and Resuspension in Urban Water Clarification
H. Li and J. Sansalone, M.ASCE
Published online: December 17, 2019

Issue 2 – February 2020
Viral Surrogates in Potable Reuse Applications: Evaluation of a Membrane Bioreactor and Full Advanced Treatment
ORCID ID iconKaterina Papp; Duane Moser; and ORCID ID iconDaniel Gerrity
Published online: November 21, 2019

Issue 1 – January 2020
Fate, Transport, and Bioremediation of Biodiesel and Blended Biodiesel in Subsurface Environment: A Review
Pankaj Kumar Gupta, S.M.ASCE
Published online: October 25, 2019

Volume 145
Issue 12 – December 2019
Minicolumn Test of Remaining GAC Performance for Taste and Odor Removal: Theoretical Analysis
Zhijie Nie; ORCID ID iconYifeng Huang, Ph.D.; Jie Yuan; Audrey Murray, Ph.D.; Yi Li; Gwen Woods-Chabane, Ph.D.; and Ron Hofmann, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Published online: October 30, 2019

Issue 11 – November 2019
Enhanced Composting Leachate Treatment Using Extracellular Polymeric Substances as Bioflocculant
Rajwinder Kaur, Ph.D.; Dany Roy, Ph.D.; Sravan Kumar Yellapu, Ph.D.; Rajeshwar D. Tyagi, Ph.D., M.ASCE; Patrick Drogui, Ph.D.; and Rao Y. Surampalli, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Published online: August 26, 2019

Issue 10 – October 2019
Progress and Promise Transitioning to the One Water/Resource Recovery Integrated Urban Water Management Systems
Glen T. Daigger, Ph.D., P.E., NAE, Dist.M.ASCE; Sybil Sharvelle, Ph.D., M.ASCE; Mazdak Arabi, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and Nancy G. Love, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Published online: July 24, 2019

Issue 9 – September 2019
Removal of a Pharmaceutical Mix from Urban Wastewater Coupling Membrane Bioreactor with Advanced Oxidation Processes
A. Monteoliva-García; J. Martín-Pascual, Ph.D.; M. M. Muñío, Ph.D.; and ORCID ID iconJ. M. Poyatos, Ph.D.
Published online: July 10, 2019

Issue 8 – August 2019
Toward a New Plant-Wide Experimental and Modeling Approach for Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emission from Wastewater Treatment Plants
Donatella Caniani; Giovanni Esposito; Riccardo Gori; ORCID ID iconCecilia Caretti; Giacomo Bellandi; Ignazio M. Mancini; Marianna Caivano; Raffaella Pascale; Alida Cosenza; Hafed Abouissa; and ORCID ID iconGiorgio Mannina
Published online: May 31, 2019

Issue 7 – July 2019
Numerical Model for Decontamination of Organic Contaminants in Polyethylene Drinking Water Pipes in Premise Plumbing by Flushing
Levi M. Haupert and Matthew L. Magnuson
Published online: April 26, 2019

Issue 6 – June 2019
Biofilms in RBC with Constant Ages and Thicknesses
Rita Maurício, Ph.D.; Marta Rolim; Leonor Amaral, Ph.D.; Pedro Coelho, Ph.D.; Gilda Carvalho, Ph.D.; Maria A. Reis, Ph.D.; and Fernando Santana, Ph.D.
Published online: March 18, 2019

Issue 5 – May 2019
Implementation of Upscaled Microbial Fuel Cells for Optimized Net Energy Benefit in Wastewater Treatment Systems
Aaron Leininger; Wing-Mei Ko; Mark Ramirez; and Birthe V. Kjellerup
Published online: March 12, 2019

Issue 4 – April 2019
Evidence for Resistance of Activated Sludge Flocs to Deflocculative DO Stress
ORCID ID iconAkshaykumar Suresh; Ewa Grygolowicz-Pawlak, Ph.D.; Leong Soon Poh, Ph.D.; Maszenan bin Abdul Majid, Ph.D.; Dominik Dominiak, Ph.D.; Thomas Vistisen Bugge, Ph.D.; Xin Gao, Ph.D.; and Wun Jern Ng
Published online: January 28, 2019

Issue 3 – March 2019
Geochemistry in Sediment Core for Zinc and Nickel Metals and Comparison between Indexes of Environmental References
Felippe Fernandes, Ph.D.; and Cristiano Poleto, Ph.D.
Published online: December 31, 2018

Issue 2 – February 2019
Characterization of Environmental Pollutants in Sediment Collected during Street Sweeping Operations to Evaluate its Potential for Reuse
Lewis N. Lloyd; G. Michael Fitch, Ph.D.; Tony S. Singh, Ph.D., P.E.; and James A. Smith, Ph.D., P.E.
Published online: December 14, 2018

Issue 1 – January 2019
Removal of Tetracycline Resistance and Bacteria Diversity Changes by Advanced Membrane Process
Teng Cai; Manhong Huang; Qi Xu; Gang Chen; Kaiqi Xiao; and Lijun Meng
Published online: November 12, 2018