Water, Volume 15, Issue 3

Increasing the evaporation zone inside the solar distiller (SD) is a pivotal method for augmenting its freshwater production. Hence, in this work, a newly designed prismatic absorber basin covered by linen wicks was utilized instead of the convention...

The pumped storage power station plays a vital role in modern power systems, where the key component is the pump turbine. Variable-speed operation can improve the operating efficiency of the pump turbine and increase the operating efficiency under tu...

Fluorine pollution of wastewater is a global environmental problem. Capacitive deionization has unique advantages in the defluorination of fluorine-containing wastewater; however, the low electrosorption capacity significantly restricts its further d...

It is increasingly important to know the water quality of a reservoir, given the prospect of an environment poor in water reserves, which are based on intense and short-lived precipitation events. In this work, vegetation indices (NDVI, EVI) and bio-...

In the coming years, climate change is predicted to impact irrigation water demand considerably, particularly in semi-arid regions. The aim of this research is to investigate the expected adverse impacts of climate change on water irrigation manageme...

Spatial landslide susceptibility assessment is a fundamental part of landslide risk management and land-use planning. The main objective of this study is to apply the Credal Decision Tree (CDT), adaptive boosting Credal Decision Tree (AdaCDT), and ra...

Flooding is a recurring natural disaster worldwide; developing countries are particularly affected due to poor mitigation and management strategies. Often discharge is used to inform the flood forecast. The discharge is usually inferred from the wate...

Coccolithophores are unicellular marine algae belonging to the haptophyte group, characterized by the production of intricate calcium carbonate plates that adorn their cells and exhibit species-specific morphology. The Adriatic Sea has historically b...

Under climate warming, the frequency and intensity of extreme rainstorms-induced urban pluvial floods are significantly increasing, leading to severe flooding risks in megacities. An integrated model that incorporates rainfall processing, waterloggin...

The continuous intake of contaminated drinking water causes serious issues for human health. In order to estimate the suitability of groundwater for drinking and irrigation, and also conduct human risk assessments of various groups of people, a total...

The Ogallala Aquifer is one of the most productive agricultural regions and is referred to as the “breadbasket of the world”. It covers approximately 225,000 square miles beneath the Great Plains region spanning the states of Texas, New M...

Liquids prepared by sequential multiple dilutions with mechanical action (highly diluted or HD solutions) are able to influence certain properties of adjacent solutions without direct contact, which is mediated by their emission in the infrared (IR)...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and endocrine disruptors (EDCs) are among the most important categories of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), and many advanced technologies have been developed for their elimination from water and...

The proper characteristics of the catchment area of dammed reservoirs is of great importance when managing their capacity in the context of enabling proper functioning, including retention of the planned amount of water and counteracting the effects...

This study considers the integration of multistage flash (MSF) desalination with hydrate-based desalination (HBD) precursor to improve MSF performance in terms of distillate production, longevity, and operational conditions. This is accomplished by a...

In the past decade, the numerical modelling of braided river morphodynamics has experienced a significant advance due to the increasing computer power and the development of numerical techniques. Numerical models are quite efficient in exploring scen...

Agricultural sectors all over the world are facing water deficiencies as a result of various factors. Countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in particular depend on the production of agricultural products; thus, drought has become a critical...

The recharge efficiency during artificial groundwater recharge (AGR) is reduced primarily by clogging that is triggered by suspended particles. However, there are loopholes in the current standards of recharge-water quality for clogging control durin...

The effect of graphene (GN) on the transport of CIP and NOR in porous media is investigated by a combination of batch experiments, column experiments and mathematical models. The results obtained by batch experiments show that GN has great adsorption...

Agriculture is the primary profession in India which relies on several climatic factors such as rainfall, temperature, humidity, etc., for the successful growth of crops. Weather and drought forecasting may help to take preventive measures in an unus...

The restoration of submerged macrophytes is commonly limited by abiotic stress. Here, we isolated PGPR strains from the rhizosphere of submerged macrophytes using ACC deaminase selective medium, and evaluated their growth promoting effects on Vallisn...

Forecasting upstream flow amount based on downstream flow values is a new way of managing flood risk. This kind of prediction of the flow, size, and intensity of rivers in the alluvial aquifers is, in most cases, a challenging task due to climate cha...

Effective water quality management and reliable environmental modeling depend on the availability, size, and quality of water quality (WQ) data. Observed stream water quality data are usually sparse in both time and space. Reconstruction of water qua...

The methods for improving the accuracy of water level prediction were proposed in this study by selecting the Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) model, which is effective for multivariate learning at the Paldang Bridge station in Han River, South Korea, wher...

Zeolite materials are among the relatively cheap and readily available materials for wastewater treatment. However, the performance of zeolite-based systems can be highly affected by the material properties. In this study, the treatment system based...

The increasing use of nano-based products raises concerns regarding potential risks related to their manufacturing, transportation, waste disposal, and management operations. We used the riverine carp, Capoeta capoeta, as an aquatic animal model to d...

There is currently much discussion as to whether probabilistic (top–down) or possibilistic (bottom–up) approaches are the most appropriate to estimate potential future climate impacts. In a context of deep uncertainty, such as future clim...

Human activities have profoundly changed the hydrological regime and trends of rivers and lakes, which, in turn, has affected the utilization of their navigable conditions. However, few studies have focused on the effects of changes in hydrological r...

Diffuse pollution is one type of pollution generated by agricultural, livestock, and urban runoff that is responsible for surface and groundwater pollution. As a result, the exposed population develops different diseases that affect their short, medi...

One of the new methods used to remove the contaminants from effluent is the electrocoagulation method, which is sometimes combined with other methods to increase the removal efficiency of contaminants. To simultaneously remove nickel, cyanide, zinc,...

Rainfall event separation is mainly based on the selection of the minimum inter-event time (MIET). The traditional approach to determining a suitable MIET for estimating the probability density functions is often using the frequency histograms. Howev...

Current challenges, such as climate change or military conflicts, show the great importance of urban supply infrastructures. In this context, an open question is how different scenarios and crises can be studied in silico to assess the interaction be...

As an important tool for the development and utilization of river water conservancy and hydropower resources, cascade reservoirs will directly affect human life and ecological environment. Therefore, how to sustainably and rationally dispatch the wat...

Xinjiang is short on freshwater resources and rich in ones. The unregulated use of brackish water for agriculture leads to the aggravation of secondary salinization in soil; however, magnetization can improve the quality of brackish water. To evaluat...

Water level is an important indicator of lake hydrology characteristics, and its fluctuation significantly affects lake ecosystems. In recent years, deep learning models have shown their superiority in the long-time range prediction of hydrology proc...

Accurate estimation of precipitation is critically important for a variety of fields, such as climatology, meteorology, and water resources. However, the availability of precipitation measurements has proved to be spatially inadequate for many applic...

Coastal environments need continuous environmental risk assessment, especially with increasing coastal development and human activities. The present work evaluates the distribution, contamination, and environmental risk of potentially toxic elements...

River water and sand conditions are important factors affecting river morphology, biogeochemical processes and ecosystems. However, climate change and long-term human activities have changed the water–sediment conditions of rivers. This study c...

Estimating the groundwater recharge rate is essential in all groundwater-related fields, including groundwater development, use, management, modeling, and contamination analysis. In this study, we proposed a combined method of water budget and climat...

Climate change (CC) directly affects crops’ growth stages or level of maturity, solar radiation, humidity, temperature, and wind speed, and thus crop evapotranspiration (ET_c). Increased crop ET_c shifts the fraction of discharge from groundwater...

The stimulated reservoir volume (SRV) technology extends conventional fracturing technology. Understanding how to effectively and accurately determine modified fracture shape and volume is the key point to evaluating the stimulation effect. Using ele...

Recalcitrant groundwater contamination is a common problem at hazardous waste sites worldwide. Groundwater contamination persists despite decades of remediation efforts at many sites because contaminants sorbed or dissolved within low-conductivity zo...

Salinity tolerance is a determinant of a narrow or wide distribution range of organisms. Crayfishes are important key species in many aquatic environments so require a better understanding of their ability to live in different saline regimes. We iden...

Hydrotropism is the movement or growth of a plant towards water. It is a type of tropism, or directional growth response, that is triggered by water. Plants are able to detect water through various stimuli, including changes in moisture levels and ch...

Machine learning (also called data-driven) methods have become popular in modeling flood inundations across river basins. Among data-driven methods, traditional machine learning (ML) approaches are widely used to model flood events, and recently deep...

Wind is generally considered an important factor driving the transport and mixing processes in stratified enclosed systems such as lakes and reservoirs. Lake Abashiri is one of the instances of such a system. For these systems, typically, the tempora...

In order to discuss the problems of the transformation of soil nitrogen and nitrogen leaching in saline farmland, this study carried out a split-plot experiment with returning straw and various nitrogen application rates. The main treatment of the ex...

Estimating the on-site and off-site impacts of soil erosion as a function of land use and climate conditions in semi-arid basins is key for soil and water conservation strategies. However, a research gap exists in the theme, requiring further investi...

Permeable pavement (PP) systems have been shown to provide onsite stormwater management as well as contaminant removal benefits. Therefore, significant research has taken place in recent years to analyse the performance of these structures in terms o...

Intensity, duration and frequency (IDF) curves are necessary tools for the design and construction of hydraulic projects. However, the pluviographic records needed to determine the IDF curves do not exist or are scarce. This research presents the reg...