Water, Volume 16, Issue 2

The dispersion coefficients are crucial in understanding the spreading of pollutant clouds in river flows, particularly in the context of the depth-averaged two-dimensional (2D) advection–dispersion equation (ADE). Traditionally, the 2D stream-...

River flood routing computes changes in the shape of a flood wave over time as it travels downstream along a river. Conventional flood routing models, especially hydrodynamic models, require a high quality and quantity of input data, such as measured...

Stream corridor erosion can majorly contribute to the overall sediment and phosphorus load in urbanizing watersheds. However, the relative contribution of stream bed and bank erosion, compared with upland watershed sources and the potential for strea...

The spatial-temporal mismatch of water resources and socio-economic development in rapidly urbanized regions has been the focus of water resource management, and is one of the main limitations to sustainable development goals (SDGs). Guangdong Provin...

To reduce the operating costs of conventional membrane bioreactors (MBRs) and improve the stability and quality of the dynamic membrane bioreactor (DMBR) effluent, a homemade inexpensive filter cloth assembly was connected to an up-flow ultra-lightwe...

Whilst numerical modelling is commonly used for simulation to check the design of water conveyance, sluicing and spillway structure design, the numerical modelling has rarely been compared with the physical model tests. The objective of this research...

Recently, the Chinese government has implemented stringent water requirements based on the concept of ‘Basing four aspects on water resources’. However, existing research has inadequately addressed the constraints of water resources on po...

While extant research has predominantly focused on elucidating the mechanisms of fluorine (F⁻) enrichment in groundwater within the North China Plain, the occurrence and formation mechanisms of high-F⁻ groundwater in Xiong’an New Ar...

The uneven spatial and temporal distribution of water resources has consistently been one of the most significant limiting factors for social development in many regions. Furthermore, with the intensification of climate change, this inequality is pro...

Flooding is a natural disaster with extensive impacts. Desert regions face altered flooding patterns owing to climate change, water scarcity, regulations, and rising water demands. This study assessed and predicted flash flood hazards by calculating...

Water scarcity is a global concern and poses significant problems to countries with arid and semi-arid climates, like Iran. Considering financial difficulties, a lack of knowledge about high-tech alternatives, low incomes, a lack of access to high-te...

Groundwater is an important natural resource in the North China Plain (NCP) with high economic benefits and social significance. It fulfills 60% of drinking and 70% of irrigation water requirements. In this review, the information is retrieved from h...

To account for changes in the performance of spillway aerator structures of high-altitude dams, depressurization generalized model experiments and theoretical analyses were conducted in this study. Measurements were taken for ventilation hole air vel...

The Nestos River delta is one of the most important and sensitive basins in Greece and Europe due to its ecosystem functions, combining intensive agricultural production with low-enthalpy geothermal energy and important ecotopes. High water quality i...

In recent decades, there have been significant problems worldwide related to global warming and the intensification of extreme temperature and rainfall events. This research evaluated daily temperature and rainfall indices trends to identify whether...

In Thailand, the populations of a commercially important crab Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) have been decreasing due to overfishing, raising concerns about the conservation efforts of this crab species. The Crab Bank Project has recently been e...

Background: Vegetation roots are considered to play an effective role in controlling soil erosion by benefiting soil hydrology and mechanical properties. However, the correlation between soil hydrology and the mechanical features associated with the...

Plastic debris is a growing threat in freshwater ecosystems and transport models predict that many plastics will sink to the benthos. Among the most common plastics found in the Laurentian Great Lakes sediments are polyethylene terephthalate (especia...

Trash racks installed at hydropower plants cause head losses that reduce energy output. Previous research has thoroughly investigated head losses through both experimental and field studies. However, only a limited number of numerical studies have be...

The Puget Sound Coastal Storm Modeling System (PS-CoSMoS) is a tool designed to dynamically downscale future climate scenarios (i.e., projected changes in wind and pressure fields and temperature) to compute regional water levels, waves, and compound...

Providing water with adequate quality to users is one of the main concerns for water utilities. In most countries, this is ensured through the introduction of disinfectants, such as chlorine, which are subjected to decay over time, with consequent lo...

Metropolitan areas in Indonesia, specifically Jabodetabek, are projected to continue experiencing population growth. This will result in increased water demand, which, if left unchecked, could lead to a water crisis. Additionally, the region faces pe...

Electrochemical oxidation combined with reagents of O₃, H₂O₂ and FeCl₂ was conducted in this study to treat the wastewater from wet fermentation of Yunnan arabica coffee. In addition, the effect of oxidants on the efficiency of wastewater treatment,...

The study of the seepage and heat transfer law of three-dimensional rough fractures is of great significance in improving the heat extraction efficiency of underground thermal reservoirs. However, the phase transition effects of fluids during the the...

This study investigates the decomposition process of algal blooms (ABs) in eutrophic lakes and its impact on the labile endogenous nitrogen (N) cycle. In situ techniques such as diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) and high-resolution dialysis (HR...

The study aims to contribute valuable insights into the potential applications of the photocatalyst, particularly in the realms of sustainable energy and environmental remediation. Here, Zn-doped NiO nanoparticles with different mole percentages of z...

In order to further improve the accuracy of flood routing, this article uses the Variable Exponential Nonlinear Muskingum Model (VEP-NMM), combined with the Artificial Rabbit Optimization (ARO) algorithm for parameter calibration, to construct the AR...

Eutrophication due to aquaculture can cause the decline of seagrasses and impact their carbon storage capacity. This study explored the effects of aquaculture on the sediment organic carbon (SOC) in Thalassia testudinum seagrass beds using enzyme act...

Unsaturated soil covers a significant part of the world, and studying the behavior of deep foundations in this medium is an important step in increasing accuracy and economic efficiency in geotechnical studies. This paper presents an analytical solut...

One of the major geological hazards that can cause harm to long-distance oil and gas pipelines are water-induced disasters. These disasters are quite common and widespread. Pipelines that cross river channels are at a higher risk of facing damage due...

The current work proposes a novel super-resolution convolutional transposed network (SRCTN) deep learning architecture for downscaling daily climatic variables. The algorithm was established based on a super-resolution convolutional neural network wi...

Water reuse, the beneficial use of highly treated municipal wastewater (reclaimed water), is expanding throughout the United States (U.S.); however, there are currently no federal reclaimed water use regulations, only guidelines. As a result, state p...

The complex interplay between land use planning, water resource management, and the effects of global climate change continues to attract global attention. This study assessed the connection between land use planning, water resources, and global clim...

The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of spicule malformations in freshwater sponges in relation to selected environmental parameters of the streams and the presence of river pollutants. A total of 50 sponge samples were collected from te...

This study aims to improve the level of water ecological civilization (WEC) in the urbanization process based on the data of prefecture-level cities in Jiangxi, China, from 2011 to 2020. This paper applies spatial analysis methods such as the natural...

The aim of the study is to discern benchmarks for the indicators L water cow⁻¹ day⁻¹ and L water kg milk⁻¹ day⁻¹ per type of production system and season. A total of 876 commercial dairy farms underwent comprehensive water con...

The poultry industry generates significant volumes of slaughterhouse wastewater, laden with numerous pollutants, thus requiring pretreatment prior to discharge. However, new technologies must be used to re-engineer the existing wastewater treatment e...

The main goal of this article is to elucidate the SDZ and TN removal characteristics and mechanisms of a saline-resistant strain of Acinetobacter sp. RT-6. The SDZ and TN removal characteristics indicated that SDZ and TN removal were significantly af...

The olive mill wastewater (OMW) treatment process is modeled and optimized through new design of experiments (DOE). The first step of the process is coagulation–flocculation using three coagulants (modeled with the mixture design) followed by p...

The Danjiangkou Reservoir supplies drinking water to most residents in northern China. However, signs of eutrophication have been observed in the inlet tributaries of the reservoir, including the Shending River backwater. This research used data from...

Drought is a natural disaster with severe global agricultural and economic impacts. Accurate drought indices are needed for improved assessment and monitoring; however, most existing drought indices poorly represent agricultural drought due to comple...

In order to study the pressure pulsation characteristics and structural dynamic response characteristics of a vertical shaft cross-flow pump, this study used a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical simulation method to analyze the pressure pul...

Deep excavations play an important role in the construction of urban infrastructures such as metro stations and high-rise buildings [...]

This study aimed to treat sewage sludge through microwave irradiation at a laboratory scale. The objective was to investigate the effect of microwave irradiation on microorganisms, water content, organic matter, and agronomic nutrients present in sew...

In order to safeguard the ecological health of Changxinggang River’s water environment, conducting research on ecological discharge, including establishing reasonable ecological discharge control values, is of great importance. This study utili...

The search for better tools for interpreting and understanding wastewater surveillance has continued since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has continued t...

This study attempts to back-calculate Manning’s roughness coefficients by repeating a two-dimensional flow simulation to fit the spatially and temporally dense river water-level data observed in Japan’s Yamatsuki River, a typical mountain...

The Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region in China is experiencing a serious ecological water scarcity problem in the context of climate warming and drying. There is an urgent need for practical adaptation measures to cope with the adverse impacts...

Understanding and modeling water quality in a lake/reservoir is important to the effective management of aquatic ecosystems. The advantages and disadvantages of different water quality models make it challenging to choose the most suitable model; how...

In contrast to fairly good knowledge of dissolved carbon and major elements in great Arctic rivers, seasonally resolved concentrations of many trace elements remain poorly characterized, hindering assessment of the current status and possible future...