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The present study, as the first study of this type in Iran, was carried out with the aim of modeling Water–Energy‐Environment nexus of Jajrood River in northern Iran. The water evaluation and planning and long‐range energy alternative planning software were used as practical tools for water and energy modeling. To this end, after collecting the required input data on water and power supply and demand in Jajrood Basin, with regard to the population increase rate, three scenarios were simulated. By linking the data of the two software, the overlap between supply and demand in the nexus between water and energy, and greenhouse gas emissions were compared. According to the results, “reducing water consumption” (first scenario) and “rising water prices” (second scenario) were the best scenarios for policy‐making in the fields of water, energy, and environmental conservation in the next 20 years. These two scenarios will have four benefits of reducing water consumption (32.9 and 16.52%, respectively, under the first and second scenarios), reducing energy consumption (32 and 14.4%, respectively, under the first and second scenarios), reducing power generation (1.87 and 81.8%, respectively, under the first and second scenarios), and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (25 and 11%, respectively, under the first and second scenarios).

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are widely distributed contaminants which have drawn increasing public health concern because of their mutagenic and carcinogenic. This study was carried out to investigate the potential of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons adsorption on Tehran oil refinery soil. Also, the modeling of the petroleum adsorption process in soil column is among the crucial objectives of this study. So, we prepared a pilot plant, and after packing it with Tehran oil refinery contaminated soil in specific weight and 25 cm height, oily wastewater containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons influence on it. The column pressure head and its conditions have been stable during experiment. The adsorption of PAHs on soil was estimated by measuring the