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Water, Volume 15, Issue 23

2023 December-1 - 168 articles

Cover Story: Droughts are a complex hazard with multiple, and often dramatic, impacts, depending on the environmental and societal contexts. In order to enhance our understanding of the interdisciplinary dynamics of droughts—an essential step to improve anticipation and crisis management by stakeholders—we develop a innovative cross-disciplinary analysis tool: the chrono-systemic timeline. This instrument provides a comprehensive visual representation of the crisis, simultaneously offering temporal and multi-sectoral perspectives through the integration of environmental, economic, social and political data. When applied to the 2018 drought in Wallonia (Belgium), the chrono-systemic timeline revealed many interdisciplinary connections and enables the management strategies to be criticised and adjusted in order to address future droughts effectively. View this paper
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Articles (168)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,182 Views
28 Pages

Waterborne Disease Risk Assessment and Mapping for a Floating Village by Combining 3D Hydraulic Simulation and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment

  • Takashi Nakamura,
  • Hideto Fujii,
  • Toru Watanabe,
  • Sarann Ly,
  • Sambo Lun,
  • Yoichi Fujihara,
  • Keisuke Hoshikawa,
  • Kazuhiko Miyanaga and
  • Chihiro Yoshimura

4 December 2023

Spatiotemporal changes in waterborne disease risk were evaluated for the Chhnok Tru floating village in the Tonle Sap Lake by combining a hydraulic simulation and quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA). First, a three-dimensional (3D) hydrauli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,815 Views
13 Pages

Study on Calculating Appropriate Impact Assessment for LID Facility Using A-I-R Curve

  • Youngseok Song,
  • Yoonkyung Park,
  • Moojong Park and
  • Jingul Joo

4 December 2023

Low impact development (LID) facilities are designed to maintain water circulation functions on the surface and subsurface. LID facilities can be applied to various areas and are expected to have both short-term and long-term effects, making them wid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,830 Views
15 Pages

4 December 2023

The general practice of rainfall-runoff model development towards physically based and spatially explicit representations of hydrological processes is data-intensive and computationally expensive. Physically based models such as the Soil Water Assess...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,461 Views
20 Pages

Profiling of Antibiotic Residues in Soil and Vegetables Irrigated Using Pharmaceutical-Contaminated Water in the Delhi Stretch of the Yamuna River, India

  • Suriyah Akhter,
  • Mohd Aadil Bhat,
  • Abeer Hashem,
  • Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah,
  • Sirajuddin Ahmed,
  • Weqar Ahmad Siddiqi,
  • Isma Kulsoom and
  • Fahim Un Nisa

4 December 2023

The movement of emerging pollutants, particularly antibiotics, from surface water to crops through the process of plant uptake poses a significant public concern related to the agricultural utilization of untreated water and biosolids. It is essentia...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,805 Views
16 Pages

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Assessing Illicit Drug Usage and Impact through an Innovative Approach

  • Rongnan Yi,
  • Taotao Zeng,
  • Junhao Chen,
  • Dongxian Liu,
  • Xiaojing Yang,
  • Mingming Zhao and
  • Zeyan Zhou

4 December 2023

The abuse of illicit drugs, which is usually associated with violent crimes and public health issues, has evolved into a significant problem that the whole of society must address collectively. With the benefits of high productivity, convenience, obj...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,387 Views
16 Pages

4 December 2023

Although tsunamis occur less frequently compared to some other natural disasters, they can be extremely devastating in the nearshore environment if they occur. An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 Mw occurred on 30 October 2020 at 12:51 p.m. UTC (2:51 p.m....

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,423 Views
16 Pages

Optimized Irrigated Water Management Using Numerical Flow Modeling Coupled with Finite Element Model: A Case Study of Rechna Doab, Pakistan

  • Muhammad Sanaullah,
  • Xiuquan Wang,
  • Sajid Rashid Ahmad,
  • Kamran Mirza,
  • Muhammad Qasim Mahmood and
  • Muhammad Kamran

4 December 2023

The fate of agriculture in Pakistan is predominantly concerned with excessive water mining threats to the subsurface water resources. The current study integrates the Visual MODFLOW-2000 application to estimate the water balance of an aquifer bounded...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,554 Views
19 Pages

4 December 2023

Carbon plays an important role in global climate change. The mechanisms of carbon sources and carbon sinks have also received wide attention from society, and the physical and chemical characteristics of riverine ions can reflect the chemical weather...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,093 Views
18 Pages

Adsorption of Sunscreen Compounds from Wastewater Using Commercial Activated Carbon: Detailed Kinetic and Thermodynamic Analyses

  • Stefania Gheorghe,
  • Vasile Ion Iancu,
  • Ioana Alexandra Ionescu,
  • Florinela Pirvu,
  • Iuliana Claudia Paun,
  • Luoana Florentina Pascu and
  • Florentina Laura Chiriac

4 December 2023

Sunscreen compounds are one of the most toxic substances detected in the aqueous environment. However, these molecules are continuously utilized in a various range of products to provide protection against UV radiation. The removal of three sunscreen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,400 Views
14 Pages

4 December 2023

Concrete-face rockfill dams have gradually become the preferred dam type in the engineering community. This study presents a hydropower station in China as a case study to introduce a new type of embedded concrete-face rockfill dam. The static and dy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,241 Views
18 Pages

Effect of Deficit Irrigation on Growth Parameters of the Salvia splendens L. Plant

  • Işık Sezen,
  • Sevda Yağanoğlu,
  • Elif Akpınar Külekçi and
  • Ayşe Karahan

4 December 2023

This study aims to investigate alterations in the developmental parameters of Salvia splendens L., a commonly utilized seasonal flower associated with excessive water consumption in urban green spaces, through the implementation of deficit irrigation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,902 Views
14 Pages

4 December 2023

Multiphase pumps operate under different flow conditions with different work performance. In order to reveal the energy conversion regulations in multiphase pumps under different flows, this paper presents an analysis of the effects of different flow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,848 Views
18 Pages

Photodegradation of Methylene Blue and Crystal Violet by Zr-Modified Engelhard Titanium Silicate 10

  • Hristina Lazarova,
  • Rusi Rusew,
  • Kostadin Iliev,
  • Liliya Tsvetanova,
  • Borislav Barbov and
  • Boris Shivachev

4 December 2023

The present work focuses on the removal of dyes from polluted water, and, more precisely, the targets are crystal violet (CV) and methylene blue (MB). For this purpose, a series of Zr-modified catalysts based on microporous Engelhard Titanium Silicat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,578 Views
19 Pages

Mitigating Ammonia, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Stored Pig Slurry Using Chemical and Biological Additives

  • Oumaima El bied,
  • Martire Angélica Terrero Turbí,
  • Amalia García-Valero,
  • Ángel Faz Cano and
  • José A. Acosta

4 December 2023

This study addresses the challenge of mitigating ammonia and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stored pig slurry using chemical and biological additives. The research employs dynamic chambers to evaluate the effectiveness of these additives. Chemic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,231 Views
18 Pages

Confining Stress Response to Hydraulic Fracturing Volumetric Opening on the Representative Volume Element (RVE) Scale

  • Shuaifang Guo,
  • Yunxing Cao,
  • Li Wang,
  • Xinsheng Zhang,
  • Wenying Zhang,
  • Haixiao Lin,
  • Zhengzheng Cao and
  • Bingbing Meng

4 December 2023

Confining stress response is considered an accompanying behavior of hydraulic fracturing. Along these lines, an evaluation model of confining stress response was presented in this work. It was established on a rock representative volume element (RVE)...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,207 Views
12 Pages

Managed Aquifer Recharge: A Key to Sustainability

  • Enrique Fernández Escalante,
  • Catalin Stefan,
  • Christopher J. Brown and
  • Adam Hutchinson

4 December 2023

“Managed Aquifer Recharge: A Key to Sustainability” is the title of the fourth Special Issue presented by the journal Water (MDPI), dedicated to the 11th International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR 11) that was held between...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,035 Views
16 Pages

Acute and Subchronic Exposure of the Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) to Herbicide S-Metolachlor

  • Božidar Rašković,
  • Vesna Poleksić,
  • Gorica Vuković,
  • Bojana Špirović Trifunović,
  • Gavrilo Božić,
  • Dejana Ćupić Miladinović,
  • Zoran Marković and
  • Dragica Brkić

4 December 2023

S-metolachlor is one of the most frequently used herbicides worldwide. However, toxicity studies of this herbicide to aquatic organisms are scarce. In the present study, two experiments were conducted to test the effects of S-metolachlor on common ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,299 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Climatic Factors on the Water Footprint of Dairy Cattle Production in Hungary—A Case Study

  • István Waltner,
  • Attila Ribács,
  • Borbála Gémes and
  • András Székács

4 December 2023

Our study aims to provide a look at how the production of dairy cattle is affecting water resources in Hungary. Utilizing the AquaCrop model and field data from a selected field in Hungary, we focused on the evapotranspiration (ET) and water footprin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,527 Views
18 Pages

The Effect of Soluble Sugar Degradation on the Evaporation of Compacted Clay

  • Yuliang Guo,
  • Liwen Cao,
  • Zihaohan Sang and
  • Rui Zhang

4 December 2023

In arid climates, evaporation and water loss in surface soil can lead to the development of shrinkage cracks in the soil. The crack network in contaminated soil sites can become a rapid pathway for the infiltration and transport of contaminations, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,300 Views
15 Pages

4 December 2023

What exactly is the contribution of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project (SNWTP)? This is a subject of much debate. There are concerns about the possible effects on the macroeconomy. Most previous studies have tried to answer this question. In o...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,011 Views
23 Pages

3 December 2023

This paper aims to systematize a series of statistical methods of analysis and control and proposes some forecast models for surface water pollution both in and near a large city. The monitoring data of heavy metals, nitrites, and phosphates collecte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,340 Views
14 Pages

2 December 2023

The development height and settlement prediction of water-conducting fracture zones caused by coal seam mining play an important role in the stability of overburden aquifers and the safety of roadways. Based on the engineering geological data of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,189 Views
15 Pages

Asset Management of Wastewater Interceptors Adjacent to Bodies of Water

  • Mohammad Damen Bani Fawwaz,
  • Mohammad Najafi and
  • Vinayak Kaushal

2 December 2023

Pipeline asset management derives from pipelines’ physical conditions, condition rating, and serviceability through investigating, monitoring, and analyzing the rupture history. The remaining asset life and structural condition of the pipeline...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,034 Views
13 Pages

Monitoring of the Surface Water Regime of the Sava River Alluvium in Serbia Using Geographic Information System (GIS) Techniques

  • Vesna Nikolić Jokanović,
  • Dušan Jokanović,
  • Radovan Savić,
  • Tijana Vulević,
  • Aleksandar Andjelković,
  • Katarina Lazarević,
  • Ranka Kovačević and
  • Natalija Momirović

2 December 2023

In the spacious inundation area on the left bank of the lower course of the Sava River in Serbia, there is an abandoned meander Special Nature Reserve, “Obedska bara”, which represents a very important floodplain in this part of Europe. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,508 Views
25 Pages

2 December 2023

The Yellow River Basin holds significance as a vital ecological shield and economic hub within China. Adapting land utilization practices and optimizing landscape patterns are of paramount significance in preserving the ecological equilibrium of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,132 Views
16 Pages

2 December 2023

The accurate prediction of the vertical extent of water-conducting fracture (WCF) zones in weakly cemented strata is particularly significant in preventing and controlling water hazards in western coal mines. The evolution of fractures in weakly ceme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,510 Views
17 Pages

1 December 2023

In this study, the surface water salinity of Mentor Marsh, located in Northern Ohio, USA, was monitored for 3 years by establishing 10 monitoring stations, whereas sporadic surface water salinity data were recorded at more than 30 locations in the ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,983 Views
20 Pages

Water Quality Evaluation of Groundwater and Dam Reservoir Water: Application of the Water Quality Index to Study Sites in Greece

  • Kyriaki Kalaitzidou,
  • Maria Margarita Ntona,
  • Eythimia Zavridou,
  • Stefanos Tzeletas,
  • Thomas Patsialis,
  • Andreas Kallioras,
  • Anastasios Zouboulis,
  • Christina Virgiliou,
  • Manassis Mitrakas and
  • Nerantzis Kazakis

1 December 2023

To detect the degradation of clean water, it is necessary to characterize its quality through water quality indices using seasonal water sampling and analysis. In the present study, the initialization of the monitoring by surface and dam water sampli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,606 Views
17 Pages

Hydrochemical Characteristics and Quality Evaluation of Groundwater in Jinta Basin, Northwest China

  • Xiaoyan Wang,
  • Shuangbao Han,
  • Mengnan Zhang,
  • Sai Wang,
  • Dechao Yin,
  • Xi Wu,
  • Huqun Cui and
  • Yonghui An

1 December 2023

The ecological environment of the northwest inland basin is fragile. The groundwater environment is a crucial influencing factor for the harmonious and sustainable development of the local social economy and the ecological environment. It is signific...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,984 Views
14 Pages

Enhanced Adsorption of Cu2+ from Aqueous Solution by Sludge Biochar Compounded with Attapulgite-Modified Fe

  • Ruoan Wang,
  • Jun Ren,
  • Hanru Ren,
  • Ling Tao,
  • Chaohui Wu,
  • Xinni Sun and
  • Mairong Lv

1 December 2023

Three types of modified sludge biochar were produced for the adsorption of copper in aqueous solutions via the calcium-based magnetic (CaCO3, Fen+) treatment (CA–BC), nanozero-valent iron (nZVI) treatment (nZVI–BC), and iron (Fe3+) treatm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,327 Views
28 Pages

Hydrological Balance in the Vistula Catchment under Future Climates

  • Damian Badora,
  • Rafał Wawer,
  • Aleksandra Król-Badziak,
  • Anna Nieróbca,
  • Jerzy Kozyra and
  • Beata Jurga

1 December 2023

The hydrological assessment of the Vistula River basin in the near future will be a key element in the development of strategies to adapt agriculture to climate change. The Vistula River basin covers 61% of Poland’s area (190,062 km2) and is ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,881 Views
24 Pages

Modeling Extreme Water Levels in the Salish Sea: The Importance of Including Remote Sea Level Anomalies for Application in Hydrodynamic Simulations

  • Eric E. Grossman,
  • Babak Tehranirad,
  • Cornelis M. Nederhoff,
  • Sean C. Crosby,
  • Andrew W. Stevens,
  • Nathan R. Van Arendonk,
  • Daniel J. Nowacki,
  • Li H. Erikson and
  • Patrick L. Barnard

1 December 2023

Extreme water-level recurrence estimates for a complex estuary using a high-resolution 2D model and a new method for estimating remotely generated sea level anomalies (SLAs) at the model boundary have been developed. The hydrodynamic model accurately...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,045 Views
24 Pages

1 December 2023

The maintenance of water-retaining structures involves evaluating their performance against current and future operating water levels. Fragility curves are commonly used for this purpose, as they indicate the conditional probability of failure for va...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,468 Views
25 Pages

Network-Scale Analysis of Sea-Level Rise Impact on Flexible Pavements

  • Aditia Rojali,
  • Hector R. Fuentes,
  • Carlos M. Chang and
  • Hesham Ali

1 December 2023

This study investigates the potential damage to flexible pavements caused by rising groundwater tables resulting from sea-level rise. A case study was conducted in Miami-Dade County, Southeast Florida, a low-lying area at high risk of inundation and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,441 Views
17 Pages

Adaptive Evolution of Marine Organisms: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace

  • Ning Mao,
  • Ye Zhu,
  • Junyue Wang,
  • Xin Shen,
  • Jun Hou and
  • Lingzhan Miao

30 November 2023

(1) Background: The increasing complexity of marine organism habitats and the impact of climate change on the marine environment have garnered global attention towards the adaptive evolution of marine organisms. However, there still remains a lack of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,886 Views
20 Pages

Debris Flow Scale Prediction Based on Correlation Analysis and Improved Support Vector Machine

  • Li Li,
  • Zhongxu Zhang,
  • Dongsheng Zhao,
  • Yue Qiang,
  • Bo Ni,
  • Hengbin Wu,
  • Shengchao Hu and
  • Hanjie Lin

30 November 2023

The occurrence of debris flows are a significant threat to human lives and property. Estimating the debris flow scale is a crucial parameter for assessing disaster losses in such events. Currently, the commonly used method for estimating debris flow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,973 Views
17 Pages

30 November 2023

Drought has significant impacts on both society and the environment, but it is a gradual and comprehensive process that affects a region over time. Therefore, non-structural measures are necessary to prepare and respond to the damage caused by drough...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,712 Views
24 Pages

A Bayesian Network Model for Risk Management during Hydraulic Fracturing Process

  • Mohammed Ali Badjadi,
  • Hanhua Zhu,
  • Cunquan Zhang and
  • Muhammad Safdar

30 November 2023

The escalating production of shale gas and oil, witnessed prominently in developed nations over the past decade, has sparked interest in prospective development, even in developing countries like Algeria. However, this growth is accompanied by signif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,768 Views
13 Pages

30 November 2023

Soil water shortage has become a severe issue in ecological restoration and sustainable development in the Loess Plateau, facing the challenges of climate change and vegetation restoration. This study monitored the soil water content in surface soil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,682 Views
16 Pages

30 November 2023

Geotextile tubes have offered a cost-effective and convenient solution for the treatment of dredged slurry in recent years. Despite their benefits, the dewatering process of this method remains cumbersome and time-consuming. The incorporation of floc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,424 Views
18 Pages

Groundwater Detection Using Resistivity at Nubutautau Village in Viti Levu in Fiji

  • Ronald Maharaj,
  • Sushil Kumar,
  • Nicholas Rollings and
  • Andreas Antoniou

30 November 2023

A geophysical method, electrical resistivity tomography, was applied to identify potential groundwater-bearing zones around Nubutautau village on Viti Levu island, Fiji. Apparent resistivity data of the subsurface were collected through an electrode...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,929 Views
16 Pages

30 November 2023

Bridge abutment scour is a complex phenomenon, which significantly affects bridge stability and is responsible for the damage and failures of many bridges over waterways across the world. Given the widespread and devastating human and societal costs,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,135 Views
15 Pages

30 November 2023

The aim of this research was to identify the impacts of land use and subsequent pulse-driven events on water quality across a gradient of urbanization spanning three blackwater rivers in northeast Florida that contribute to a common estuary ecosystem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,703 Views
15 Pages

30 November 2023

With the onset of winter in cold regions, border ice begins to form, impacting sediment transport rate and distribution. Understanding the effect of ice cover is crucial in regions with prolonged sub-freezing temperatures, as water bodies remain froz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,803 Views
20 Pages

30 November 2023

Depth–discharge rating is required at gauged and ungauged locations for hydrologic modeling of alluvial systems to evaluate streamflow and manage regional water resources. Spanning low to high-flow conditions, manual field measurements are used...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,007 Views
18 Pages

29 November 2023

The concentrations of 14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the sediment of the Tatar Trough were studied. Despite the increase in PAH concentrations over recent decades, which is likely the result of the handling and transportation of fossil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,871 Views
18 Pages

29 November 2023

Drought is a complex hazard with multiple and often dramatic impacts, depending on the environmental and societal context of the affected area. In recent years, due to global warming, this phenomenon has been occurring more intensely and frequently,...

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