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Water, Volume 10, Issue 12

December 2018 - 180 articles

Cover Story: Reservoir sedimentation is a major concern in the operational management of dams and its appurtenant structures. This paper presents a methodology to characterize the annual sediment balance of reservoirs and to assess the effects of climate warming on the annual sediment yield. The methodology is tested on a case study, which consists of a cascade of hydropower reservoirs in the Swiss Alps. The results show that at present, the hydropower cascade formed by Oberaar, Grimsel and Räterichsboden retains about 92% of the annual sediment yield, of which only part of the finest suspended fraction reaches the river network downstream. Under a climate warming scenario with glacier retreat, both sediment yield and runoff will increase on annual average. Therefore, managing the likely greater annual inputs of sediments to the cascade is vital for the perennial use of the water storage facilities. View Paper here.
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Articles (180)

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
8,099 Views
18 Pages

Why We Should Include Soil Structural Dynamics of Agricultural Soils in Hydrological Models

  • Parvathy Chandrasekhar,
  • Janis Kreiselmeier,
  • Andreas Schwen,
  • Thomas Weninger,
  • Stefan Julich,
  • Karl-Heinz Feger and
  • Kai Schwärzel

15 December 2018

Surface soil structure is sensitive to natural and anthropogenic impacts that alter soil hydraulic properties (SHP). These alterations have distinct consequences on the water cycle. In this review, we summarized published findings on the quantitative...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,631 Views
17 Pages

15 December 2018

The global warming of 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C proposed in the Paris Agreement has become the iconic threshold of climate change impact research. This study aims to assess the potential impact of 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C global warming on water bal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
5,933 Views
18 Pages

Evapotranspiration of the Brazilian Pampa Biome: Seasonality and Influential Factors

  • Gisele Cristina Rubert,
  • Débora Regina Roberti,
  • Luis Santos Pereira,
  • Fernando L. F. Quadros,
  • Haroldo Fraga de Campos Velho and
  • Osvaldo Luiz Leal de Moraes

15 December 2018

Experimentally characterizing evapotranspiration (ET) in different biomes around the world is an issue of interest for different areas of science. ET in natural areas of the Brazilian Pampa biome has still not been assessed. In this study, the actual...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,605 Views
11 Pages

15 December 2018

Small water systems can experience a fluctuating quality of water in the distribution system after disinfection. As chlorine is the most common disinfectant for small systems, the occurrence of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) represents a common probl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,479 Views
16 Pages

14 December 2018

The increasing pressure on water resources in Europe’s broader area led member states to take measures and adopt a common legislative “umbrella” of directives to protect them. The aim of this research is to investigate practicing de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,145 Views
10 Pages

Combining Chemical Flocculation and Disc Filtration with Managed Aquifer Recharge

  • Kristofer Hägg,
  • Michael Cimbritz and
  • Kenneth M. Persson

14 December 2018

Natural organic matter (NOM) is a growing concern for artificial recharge plants. In the future, it is predicted that warmer climates and more precipitation will cause higher NOM production in lakes and more NOM transport to lakes. This, coupled with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,622 Views
17 Pages

14 December 2018

Sustainable development of saline water irrigation was restricted in HID (Hetao Irrigation District) by serious yield reduction and severe salt accumulation without an effective irrigation schedule. Field experiments were carried out to study the eff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,907 Views
15 Pages

Hydrochemical Changes and Influencing Factors in the Dongkemadi Region, Tanggula Range, China

  • Tianding Han,
  • Yuping Li,
  • Jia Qin,
  • Xiangying Li,
  • Qin Yang and
  • Xiaobo He

14 December 2018

In order to detect the source and controlling factors of hydrochemical ions in glacier meltwater-recharged rivers, the chemical characteristics of the river water, precipitation, and meltwater of the Dongkemadi River Basin, China, in 2014 (from May t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,962 Views
19 Pages

14 December 2018

The coordinated operation for hydropower generation in cascade reservoirs is critical to resolve the conflicts in hydropower needs between upstream and downstream reservoirs. Due to the individual rationality and collective rationality highlighted by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,534 Views
21 Pages

Spatial and Seasonal Distribution and Transportation of Different Forms of Phosphorus in the Middle Reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River

  • Xiaolong Cheng,
  • Yanan Huang,
  • Xunchi Pu,
  • Ruidong An,
  • Wendian Huang,
  • Jia Li,
  • Wei Wang and
  • Ran Li

14 December 2018

The Yarlung Zangbo River basin ecosystem is fragile. The distribution and transportation of phosphorus is of great significance for aquatic environmental protection and ecological security. The sequential extraction method and molybdenum antimony ant...

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