Water, Volume 15, Issue 19

In surge protection, low-head profiles are deemed a challenge in pump failure events since they are prone to severe negative pressure surges that require an uneconomical surge vessel volume. A hybrid surge vessel with a dipping tube can provide requi...

China is currently facing the significant task of effectively managing its water resources to satisfy the rising needs while grappling with the growing worries of water shortage. In this context, it becomes crucial to comprehend the importance of res...

Reservoir operation optimization is a technical measure for flood control and is beneficial owing to its reasonable and reliable control and application of existing water conservancy and hydropower hubs, while ensuring dam safety and flood control, a...

Suspended sediments have profound impacts on marine primary productivity and the ecological environment. The Yellow River estuary and its vicinity waters, with a high dynamic range of suspended sediment concentration (SSC), have important eco-environ...

Ilam province is located in the southwest of Iran, and the primary motivation for this research is to study different dimensions of rainfall fluctuations in the Ilam province. This study is of great importance for the management of the environment in...

A combined anaerobic–anoxic–oxic moving bed biofilm reactor (A²O-MBBR) constructed wetlands process was used to treat low carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) simulated sewage. The results showed that the removal rates of chemical oxygen demand (COD)...

In agricultural and fishery production, the occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms and the contamination of freshwater systems with microplastics have become increasingly important research focuses. However, the individual and combined toxic mechanisms...

The lithium concentrations in the geothermal waters of the Wumishan Formation carbonate reservoir in China Xiong’an New Area are over 1 mg/L and are even higher than those in the geothermal waters of granite reservoirs in some areas of China. I...

Worldwide, there are great challenges for meteorological monitoring and glacier ablation monitoring in high-altitude mountain areas. It is often difficult to capture fine-scale climate and glacial changes in high-altitude mountainous areas due to the...

This study aimed to explore how community disaster resilience can be enhanced via the utilization of ICT resources. Three social media applications were selected. Taking the 2021 Zhengzhou 7.20 rainstorm as an example, questionnaire responses were co...

The need for reliable, state-of-the-art environmental investigations and pioneering approaches to address pressing ecological dilemmas and to nurture the sustainable development goals (SDGs) cannot be overstated. With the power to revolutionize desal...

Sufficient water is pivotal in maintaining the stability of boundaries in sandy river systems. However the current methodologies employed for computing the water demand for sediment transport in rivers frequently neglect this component. This research...

In this study, a seepage prediction model was established for roller-compacted concrete dams using support vector regression (SVR) with hybrid parameter optimization (HPO). The model includes data processing via HPO and machine learning through SVR....

Groundwater is a natural resource used for drinking, agriculture, and industry, apart from surface water. Its quality should be assessed regularly, and the condition of water resources should be maintained accordingly. The most common analytical meth...

This study examines all of the equations necessary to derive the parameters for seven probability distributions of three parameters typically used in flood frequency research, namely the Pearson III (PE3), the generalized extreme value (GEV), the Wei...

The Canadian Prairies are associated with high natural hydroclimatic variability including the frequent periodic occurrence of droughts and pluvials. These extremes carry various risks including significant damage to the economy, environment and soci...

This study analyzed frost formation data provided by the Harbin Meteorological Bureau and considered geographic factors, temperature, and population density. Various analytical methods, including linear fitting, the Mann–Kendall mutation test,...

In order to ensure a sustainable water resource for residents of the lower reaches of the Changhua River on Hainan Island, it is crucial to understand the chemical characteristics and formation mechanisms of their shallow groundwater. To achieve this...

Underwater creatures play a vital role in maintaining the delicate balance of the ocean ecosystem. In recent years, machine learning methods have been developed to identify underwater biologicals in the complex underwater environment. However, the sc...

Stormwater quality in an urban watershed can be influenced by several factors, including land use patterns, atmospheric deposition, and human activities. The objective of this study was to investigate spatial and temporal changes in stormwater qualit...

The Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) method is a commonly used method for earth dam disease detection. However, the major challenge is that the obtained GPR image data of earth dam disease mainly relies on human judgment, especially in long-distance ea...

Water resources in arid and semi-arid areas are limiting factors for ecosystem health and economic development. Therefore, an accurate and reasonable assessment of ecological water demand is crucial for efficient water resource utilization. In this s...

This study focuses on evaluating the efficacy of biofilm-enhanced natural zeolite for the purification of slaughterhouse wastewater. The investigation encompasses four distinct treatment methods: employing natural zeolite without biofilm, integrating...

Agricultural non-point source (ANPS) pollution has emerged as a significant factor influencing water quality within watersheds. Understanding the spatial distribution and composition of ANPS is crucial for effective river water quality management. Ba...

Previous studies have highlighted the salinization caused by the use of seawater to flush toilets and industrial wastewater entering the urban wastewater systems in coastal areas. Thus, in this study, the effect of salinity on N₂O emissions during th...

The WINDS (Water-Use, Irrigation, Nitrogen, Drainage, and Salinity) model uses the FAO56 dual crop coefficient and a daily time-step soil–water balance to simulate evapotranspiration and water content in the soil profile. This research calibrat...

Selenium pollution in water is a worldwide issue. Se(IV) and Se(VI) are mainly found in contaminated water due to their high solubility and mobility; their presence poses a serious risk as they can severely harm human health. Although iron oxide and...

The aim of this study was to assess precipitation (P) and actual evapotranspiration (ET) by analyzing data from in situ stations compared with remote sensing products. Climate Hazards Center InfraRed Precipitation (CHIRP) and Climate Prediction Cente...

Environmental nanoparticles are known to be present in various aquatic environments, exerting significant influences on water quality, particularly in water distribution systems. However, there has been a notable dearth of research on the presence an...

The necessity of mining valuable metals must be balanced with the safe and effective disposal or remediation of the resulting waste. Water, one of our most valuable resources, is a major component of the mining process, and its post-operation storage...

In the Zeroud basin, a diverse array of methodologies were employed to assess, simulate, and predict the quality of groundwater intended for irrigation. These methodologies included the irrigation water quality indices (IWQIs); intricate statistical...

The performance of catalytic wet oxidation of excess activated sludge derived from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment over a Cu/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst was investigated. The experiments were performed with a stainless steel autoclave reactor by using...

River channels are regulated in various ways and the fertile soils of valleys are occupied for agricultural purposes, accompanied by human settlements. In many places on the floodplains, gravel or sand is mined and former pits fill with water. The co...

With the rapid development of urbanization and industrialization, human activities have caused marine pollution in three ways: land source, air source, and sea source, leading to the problem of marine environments. Remote sensing, with its wide cover...

Issues such as climate change, water scarcity, population growth, and distribution losses have stimulated the use of new technologies to manage water resources. This is how the concept of smart water management emerged as a subcategory of the concept...

Gammarus plays a central role in the detritus cycle and constitutes an important component in food webs. At the same time, taxonomy and morphological identification to species level is highly challenging in this genus. Thus, the freshwater gammarid d...

The combined use of weather generators (WG) and hydrological models (HM) in what is called synthetic continuous simulation (SCS) has become a common practice for carrying out flood studies. However, flood quantile estimations are far from presenting...

We integrated stomach content analysis (SCA) and stable isotope analysis (SIA) to understand ontogenetic niche shifts in the invasive freshwater fish, bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus, inhabiting the Yedang Reservoir in Korea. Based on the total length...

The concept of using wastewater as a substitute for limited water resources and environmental protection has enabled this sector to make major technological advancements and, as a result, has given us an abundance of physical data, including chemical...

Forests, being the primary repository of terrestrial biodiversity, possess a significant capacity to regulate the phenomenon of climate change. It is additionally crucial to consider how natural disasters affect the state and development of forest bi...

Studying the impact of mainshock–aftershock sequences on dam reliability is crucial for effective disaster prevention measures. With this purpose in mind, a new method for stochastic dynamic response analyses and reliability assessments of dams...

The impact generated by the indiscriminate disposal of heavy metals into the different bodies of water is not only environmental but also social due to the health effects it produces in several organisms, including ourselves. Therefore, treatment sys...

Scouring depends on several factors, including the water flow of artificial obstacles, sections, piers, and foundations, the disturbance of bed materials, and soil permeability. The other factors are the non-parallelism between piers and the water fl...

In today’s intrinsically connected world, the Water–Food–Energy–Climate Nexus (WFEC Nexus) concept provides a starting point for informed and transparent decision-making based on the trade-offs and synergies between different...

Deltaic landscapes go through cycles of birth, growth, decline, and death governed by intertwined geological, biological, and ecological processes. In this study, we tracked deltaic lobes in the Balize Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana, USA, over 28...

This study aimed to assess the concentrations of Pb, Cr, Cd, and Ni in the edible parts of grapefruit and kinnow fruit irrigated with sewage water, tube-well water, and canal water. Preparation of the samples used in the study for metal analysis was...

Resource recovery from wastewater is very important in view of a circular economy approach in the water field. Among the different technologies applied to realize circular economy, an attractive option is the use of nutrient-enriched media that can b...

A series of Yttrium (Y)-doped Bi₂MoO₆ composites with calcined mussel shell powder (CMS) as supports were synthesized using a solvothermal method. The as-prepared samples were analyzed using multiple techniques to investigate their microscopic morpho...

The present work proposes the use of green infrastructure (GI) called sustainable urban agriculture drainage systems with water reuse (SUADS-WR) to manage percolated water sustainably in urban agricultural areas (f.i. golf courses). The substrate of...

Air valves are protective devices often used in pressurised water pipelines, ideally admitting air to limit sub-atmospheric pressures and controlling the release of entrapped air. This work summarises a comprehensive sensitivity analysis of the trans...