Avner Vengosh Research Group
Avner Vengosh Research Group

Global Water Quality Research

North Carolina, USA

India

  • Weinberg, R., Coyte, R.M., Wang, Z., Das, D., Vengosh, A. (2022) Water quality implications of the neutralization of acid mine drainage with coal fly ash from India and the United States. Fuel, 330, 125675. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125675).

China

  • Ni, Y., Yao, L., Sui, J.,  Chen, J., Liu, F., Wang, F., Zhu, G., Vengosh, A. (2022). Shale gas wastewater geochemistry and impact on the quality of surface water in Sichuan Basin. Science of The Total Environment,  158371. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158371).
  • Guo, H.,  Chen, Y., Hu, H., Zhao, K.,  Li, H., Yan, S., Xiu, W.,  Coyte, R.M., Vengosh, A. (2020) High hexavalent chromium in groundwater from a deep aquifer in the Baiyangdian basin of the North China Plain. Environmental Science & Technology, 54, 10068–10077.
  • Gao, J.,  Zou, C.,  Li, W., Ni Y., Liao, F., Yao, L., Suib, J., Vengosh, A. (2020) Hydrochemistry of flowback water from Changning Shale gas field and associated shallow groundwater in Southern Sichuan Basin, China: Implications for the possible impact of shale gas development on groundwater quality. Science of the Total Environment, 713, 136591.
  • Vengosh, A., Chivas, A.R., Starinsky, A. and Kolodny, Y. (1995). Boron isotope geochemistry of non-marine brines from the Qaidam Basin (China).  Chemical Geology,  120, 135-154.

Morocco

  • Bouchaou, L., Warner, N., Tagma, T., Hssaisoune, M., Vengosh, A. (2017) The origin of geothermal waters in Morocco: Multiple isotope tracers for delineating sources of water-rock interactions. Applied Geochemistry, 84, 244-253.Geothermal waters in Morocco
  • Lgourna, Z., Warner, N.R., Bouchaou, L., Boutaleb, S., Hssaisoune, M., Tagma, T., Ettayfi, N. and Vengosh, A. (2015) Elucidating the sources and mechanisms of groundwater salinization in the Ziz Basin of southeastern Morocco. Environmental Earth Sciences, 73, 77-93.
  • Vinson, D.S., Tagma, T., Bouchaou, L., Dwyer, G.S., Nathaniel R. Warner, N.R., and Vengosh, A. (2013) Occurrence and mobilization of radium in brackish to saline groundwater in coastal aquifers as inferred from geochemical and isotopic tracers (Ra, Rn, Sr, S, O, H). Applied Geochemistry, 38, 161-175.Occurrence and mobilization of radium in fresh to saline coastal groundwater
  • Warner, N.R., Lgourna, Z, Bouchaou, L, Boutaleb, S, Tagma, T, Hsaissoune, M, Vengosh, A., (2013). Integration of geochemical and isotopic tracers for elucidating water sources and salinization of shallow aquifers in the sub-Saharan Drâa Basin, Morocco. Applied Geochemistry, 34, 140-151 (on-line).
  • Ettayfi, N., Bouchaou, L., Michelot, J.L., Tagama, T., Warner, N., Boutaleb, S., Massault, M., Lgourna, Z., Vengosh, A. (2012) Geochemical and isotopic (oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, strontium) constraints for the origin, salinity, and residence time of groundwater from a carbonate aquifer in the Western Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Journal of Hydrology, 438-439, 97-111 (Ant-Atlas salinity).
  • Bouchaou, L. , Qurtobi, M., Michelot , J.L., Zine, N., Gaye, C.B., Aggarwal, P.K., Mara, H., Zerouall, A., Taleb, H. and Vengosh, A. (2009). Origin and residence time of groundwater in the Tadla basin (Morocco)next term using multiple isotopic and geochemical tools. Journal of Hydrology, 379, 323-338. (Tadala basin, Morocco)
  • Bouchaou, L. , Michelot , J.L., Vengosh, A., Hsissou, Y. , Qurtobi, M. , Gaye, C.B. , Bullen, T.D.  and Zuppi, G.M. (2008). Application of multiple isotopic and geochemical tracers for investigation of recharge, salinization, and residence time of water in the Souss-Massa aquifer, Southwest of Morocco. Journal of Hydrology, 352, 267-287. (paper: Souss_massa_Morocco)

Ethiopia

  • Godebo, T., Vengosh, A., Jeuland, M., Whitford, G.M., Tekle-Haimanot, D. (2017) Biomarkers of chronic fluoride exposure in groundwater in a highly exposed population. Science of the Total Environment, 596–597, 15, 1–11.
  • Rango. T., Vengosh, A. Jeuland, M., Tekle-Haimanot, Weinthal, E., Kravchenko, Paul, C., McCornick, P. (2014) Fluoride exposure from groundwater as reflected by urinary fluoride and children’s dental fluorosis in the Main Ethiopian Rift Valley. Science of the Total Environment, 496, 188-197.
  • Kravchenko, Y., Rango, T., Akushevich, I., Behailu, A., McCornick, P., Merola, R.B., Paul, C., Weinthal. E., Harrison, C., Vengosh, A., Jeuland, M. (2014). The effect of non-fluoride factors on risk of dental fluorosis: Evidence from rural populations of the Main Ethiopian Rift. Science of the Total Environment, 488-489, 595-606 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j).
  • Merola, R.B., Kravchenko, J., Rango, T., Vengosh, A. (2014) Arsenic exposure of rural populations from the Rift Valley of Ethiopia as monitored by keratin in toenails. Journal Of Exposure Science And Environmental Epidemiology, 24, 121-126 (doi: 10.1038/jes.2013.77).916619
  • Godebo, T.R., Vengosh, A. Dawyer, G., Bianchini, G. (2013) Mobilization of arsenic and other naturally occurring contaminants in groundwater of the Main Ethiopian Rift aquifers. Water Research, 47, 5801–5818.
  • Rango, T., Kravchenko, J., Atlaw, B., McCornick, P.G., Jeuland, M., Merola, M. Vengosh, A., (2012). Groundwater quality and its health impact: an assessment of dental fluorosis in rural inhabitants of the Main Ethiopian Rift. Environment International, 43, 37-47. [Rango et al, 2012]

Vietnam

  • Merola, R.B., Hien, T. T. , Quyen, D.T.T. , Vengosh, A. (2015) Arsenic Exposure to drinking water in the Mekong Delta. Science of the Total Environment, 511, 544–552.  

Jordan

Israel

  • Sowers. J. Vengosh, A., Weinthal, E.S. (2011) Climate change, water resources, and the politics of adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa. Climatic Change, 104, 599-627 (DOI 10.1007/s10584-010-9835-4).
  • Raanan, H., Vengosh, A., Paytan, A., and Nishri, A. (2009) Quantifying saline groundwater flow into a fresh water lake using the Ra isotope quartet: A case study from the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), Israel. Limnology and Oceanography, 54(1), 119–131.
  • Kloppmann, W., Vengosh, A., Guerrot, K., Millot, R., and Parnkaratov, I. (2008) Isotope and ion selectivity in reverse osmosis desalination: Geochemical tracers for man-made freshwater. Environmental Science and Technology, 42 (13), 4723–4731, 10.1021/es7028894.        (paper:Isotopes in RO desalination)
  • Vengosh, A., Hening, S., Ganor, J., Mayer, B., Weyhenmeyer, C.E., Bullen. T.D. , and Paytan, A. (2007). New isotopic evidence for the origin of groundwater from the Nubian  Sandstone Aquifer in the Negev, Israel. Applied Geochemistry, 22, 1052-1073. (paper: Nubian_AG)
  • Farber, E., Vengosh, A., Gavrieli, I., Marie, A., Bullen, T.D., Mayer, B., Polak, A., and Shavit, U. (2007). The geochemistry of groundwater resources in the Jordan Valley: impact of the Rift Valley brines. Applied Geochemistry, 22, 494-514. (paper: Jordan_Rift-AG
  • Farber, E., Vengosh, A., Gavrieli, I., Marie, A., Bullen, T.D., Mayer, B., Holtzman, R., Segal, M. and Shavit, U. (2005) Management scenarios for the Jordan River salinity crisis. Applied Geochemistry, 20, 2138-2153. (paper: Jordan_management_AG)
  • Holtzman, R., Shavit, U., Segal-Rozenhaimer, M., Gavrieli, I., Marie, A., Farber, E., Vengosh, A. (2005) Quantifying groundwater inputs along the Lower Jordan River. Journal of Environmental Quality, 34,  897-906. (paper: Holtzman_et_al_2005)
  • Kass, A., Gavrieli, I., Yechieli, Y., Vengosh, A. and Starinsky, A. (2005) The impact of freshwater and wastewater irrigation on the chemistry of shallow groundwater: a case study from the  Israeli Coastal Aquifer. Journal of Hydrology, 300, 314-331. (paper: Nitzanim_JHydrol)
  • Segal-Rozenhaimer, M., Shavit, U., Vengosh, A., Gavrieli, I., Farber, E., Holtzman, R., Mayer, B. and Shaviv, A. (2004). Sources and Transformations of Nitrogen Compounds along the Lower Jordan River. Journal of Environmental Quality, 33, 1440-1451. (paper: JR_N)
  • Farber, E., Vengosh, A., Gavrieli, I., Marie, A., Bullen, T.D., Mayer, B., Holtzman, R., Segal, M., and Shavit, U. (2004) The origin and mechanisms of salinization of the Lower Jordan River. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 68, 1989-2006. (paper: JordanRiver
  • Yechieli, Y., Sivan, O., Lazar, B., Vengosh, A., Ronen, D., and Herut, B. (2001). 14C in seawater  intruding into the Israeli Mediterranean coastal aquifer. Radiocarbon, 43 (no. 2B), 773-781.
  • Vengosh, A., Spivack, A.J., Artzi, Y., and Ayalon, A. (1999). Boron, strontium, and oxygen isotopic and geochemical constraints for the origin of salinity in groundwater  from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Water Resources Research, 35, 1877-1894.
  • Vengosh, A. and Pankratov I. (1998). Chloride/bromide and chloride fluoride ratios of domestic sewage effluents and  associated contaminated ground water. Ground Water, 36, 815-824.
  • Vengosh, A. and Keren R. (1996). Chemical modifications of groundwater contaminated by recharge of sewage effluent. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology ,  23, 347-360.
  • Vengosh, A. and Rosenthal, A. (1994). Saline groundwater in Israel: Its bearing on the water crisis in the country. Journal of Hydrology , 156;  389-430.
  • Vengosh, A.and Ben Zvi, A.(1994). Formation of a salt plume in the Coastal Plain Aquifer of Israel: The Be’er Toviyya  region. Journal of Hydrology,  160;  21-52.
  • Vengosh, A., Starinsky A., Kolodny, Y. and Chivas, A.R. (1994). Boron isotope geochemistry of thermal springs from the Northern Rift Valley, Israel. Journal of Hydrology,   162,  155-169.
  • Vengosh, A., Heumann, K.G., Juraske, S., and Kasher R. (1994). Boron  isotope application for tracing sources of contamination in groundwater. Environmental Science & Technology,  28; 1968-1974.
  • Vengosh, A., Starinsky, A., Kolodny, Y. and Chivas, A.R. (1991). Boron-isotope geochemistry as a tracer for the evolution of brines and associated hot springs from the Dead Sea, Israel. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta,  55; 1689-1695 (Dead Sea_boron).

West Bank and Gaza

  • Weinthal, E., Vengosh, A. Marie, A., Gutierrez A, Kloppmann, W. (2005) The Water Crisis in the Gaza Strip: Prospects for remediation. Ground Water, 43, 653-660. (paper:Gaza_GW)
  • Vengosh, A., Kloppmann, W., Marie, A., Livshitz, Y., Gutierrez, A., Banna, M., Guerrot, C., Pankratov, I., Ranan, H., (2005). Sources of salinity and boron in the Gaza Strip: Natural contaminant flow in the southern Mediterranean Coastal aquifer. Water Resources Research, 41, W01013, doi:10.1029/2004WR003344. (paper:Gaza_WRR)
  • Marie, A. and Vengosh, A. (2001). Sources of salinity in groundwater from Jericho area, Jordan valley. GroundWater, 39, 240-248.