2025 June-2 - 119 articles
This study investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics and driving forces governing water quality variationsin the Midstream of the Chishui River, a pivotal area for China’s iconic liquor production, focused on its mainstream and tributaries. Thro...
In the framework of efficient water resources management, the hydrological forecast is the basis of the pertinent management of water resources. Therefore, this study applies the variational quantum regression (VQR), a novel machine learning approach...
With the rapid development of the livestock farming industry, the treatment of livestock farming wastewater has become increasingly important. The microbial-algal biofilm method has gained widespread attention for cattle wastewater treatment owing to...
Sewage sludge, as a by-product of wastewater treatment, poses severe environmental challenges due to its high moisture, ash, and heavy metal content. Thermochemical conversion technologies, including pyrolysis and gasification, offer promising pathwa...
Estuarine ecosystems, characterized by dynamic salinity gradients and complex physicochemical interactions, serve as critical transition zones between freshwater and marine environments. This study investigates the spatial evolution of sediment micro...
A composite photocatalyst of ceria–cadmium supported on mesoporous SBA-15 silica was synthesized and employed for the aqueous methylene blue (MB) degradation. The composites were prepared using an incipient wetness impregnation technique and a...
The rational calculation of groundwater buoyancy directly impacts the safety of underground engineering. However, there is still no consensus on whether the reduction of groundwater buoyancy should be considered, and a theoretical explanation and qua...
The effective management of river networks in coastal plains is crucial to flood control, water quality improvement, and sustainable flow distribution. This study aims to optimize the hydrodynamic performance of a plain river network in eastern China...
Background: This study aimed to assess the feasibility of conducting a prospective study to evaluate histological changes in skin and muscle tissues after two weeks of balneotherapeutic intervention, as described in Romanian medical regulations. Meth...
Headwater streams serve as a crucial link between forest and downstream aquatic ecosystems and also act as crucial agents in carbon (C) and nutrient storage and flux. These aquatic systems play a pivotal role in regulating biogeochemical cycles. Plan...
Access to safe, clean drinking water is a critical challenge across many resource-constrained settings, especially in developing economies. Large-scale water treatment technologies are often available in urban areas, whereas such centralized systems...
The Jurassic aquifer in Northwest China is the key aquifer for mine water filling, which is significant due to its loose structure, large porosity, strong rock permeability, and fracture development characteristics. In addition, the water richness in...
The pollution of water bodies has deteriorated the quality of freshwater and the health of the natural ecosystem. In the present study, the water quality index (WQI) was used to evaluate the spatial and temporal contamination levels in Lake Yuriria,...
To investigate the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of nitrogen and phosphorus in the water and sediment of the Danjiangkou Reservoir, the source of the Middle Route of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project, we designed a ye...
Understanding the impact of climate change on agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is crucial for developing effective adaptation strategies and reducing vulnerabilities where such challenges exist. This study evaluated the impact of precipit...
The Pinglu Canal is a strategic inland restricted waterway under construction in southwest China. Its ship wave superposition characteristics under conditions of high-density shipping and large ships may threaten navigation safety, but little related...
Water distribution is no arguably the most important factor in modern times, and water leak breaks are typically a consequence of failures in water distribution networks. But pipeline leakage breaks have become one of the most frequent consequences a...
Natural wetlands are critical water quality regulators, especially in developing tropical countries. The Lubigi wetland is a large urban wetland in Kampala, the largest city in Uganda in Africa. We studied whether stormwater discharge and wastewater...
Parameterization of SWMM subcatchments is labor-intensive and a major source of model uncertainty. This study presents the Rapid Catchment Generator (RCG), a fuzzy logic framework that derives hydraulic width, average slope, and impervious fraction f...
The vast majority of ocean plastics originate from land and are transported over long distances to their final sink. Yet, our current understanding of transfer mechanisms through rivers and estuaries remains poor due to a lack of consistent methods f...
The ecological assessment of rivers under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires the use of biological quality elements (BQEs) across defined abiotic types of rivers. However, limited evidence exists on how well biological indices perform acros...
With climate warming, the global precipitation patterns have undergone significant changes, which will profoundly impact flood–drought disaster regimes and socioeconomic development in key regions of human activity worldwide. The convergence zo...
Previous studies of transients in existing water distribution networks (WDNs) accounted for only single worst cases in optimizing surge protection measures, considered only pressure at pipe end nodes, and did not examine the effect of regulating the...
Catastrophic floods in monsoon-driven river systems pose significant challenges to flood resilience. In July 2020, China’s Huai River Basin (HRB) encountered an unprecedented basin-wide flood event characterized by anomalous southward displacem...
As hydraulic buildings are constantly subjected to complex interactions with water, particularly variations in hydrostatic pressure and temperature, deformation structural behavior is inherently sensitive to environmental fluctuations. Monitoring dam...
The unprecedented development of coastal cities in West Africa is marked by anarchic urbanization accompanied by ineffective environmental management, leading to water pollution. This study is conducted in the southern districts of Lomé, Togo,...
Flash flood disasters occur frequently under the influence of climate change and human activities, with the characteristics of strong suddenness, a wide range of hazards, and difficult prediction. Obtaining high-spatial- and high-temporal-resolution...
Today, the demand for clean water resources causes the rapid consumption of water and the finding of alternative water resources. The recovery and reuse of wastewater after treatment is important for water sustainability, and in recent years, the use...
Water is one of the necessities for human survival, and clean water is essential for life. As a result, there is an increasing focus on efficient wastewater treatment methods, including advanced oxidation processes using innovative heterogeneous phot...
Aquatic vegetation can influence hydraulic performance in channels, rivers, and floodplains. Most previous studies used cylindrical stems to simulate vegetation, while few studies used shrub-like or sedge structures that exhibited a maximum width nea...
Bias correction of global climate model (GCM) simulations is usually required for hydrological impact studies due to the coarse resolution and systematic biases of these simulations. Commonly used bias correction methods are applied at sites independ...
The flow pattern in a pumping station intake basin has a significant influence on the inlet conditions of the pumping machine. For the purpose of solving the problems of flow disorder and the uneven flow velocity distribution in the intake basin of a...
With the intensification of human activities, the water resource environment in the karst mountainous area of central Shandong has undergone significant changes, directly manifested in the cessation of karst spring flows and the occurrence of karst c...
The feeding characteristics of the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus from Jeju Island waters and the Yellow Sea were compared by analyzing the stomach contents. Large and small purse seines were used to collect 1437 individuals from Jeju Island waters...
Data-driven distributed hydrological models utilizing atmospheric assimilation are crucial for simulating hydrological processes, particularly in regions lacking historical observational data, and for managing and developing local water resources due...
Through sampling and analysis of 20 groundwater monitoring wells from nine oil storage enterprises in the Jiangbei New District of Nanjing, the pollution characteristics and chemical spatial distribution of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in the g...
This study evaluated the pollutant removal efficiency of two decentralized wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) located in the high-altitude southern Andes of Ecuador, Acchayacu and Churuguzo, from 2015 to 2024. Acchayacu previously operated using an...
Climate change has intensified natural hazards, including droughts, which have caused substantial damage in South Korea. Drought, characterized by prolonged moisture deficiency, is typically assessed using drought indices that reflect meteorological...
This study investigates formation homogeneous regions in regional flood frequency analysis (RFFA) and compares two RFFA methods, the quantile regression technique (QRT) and the index flood method (IFM). A total of 201 gauged stations from southeast A...
The accurate prediction of water quality parameters is essential for effective pollution control and resource management. This study presents a hybrid AI-remote sensing framework for forecasting water quality in the Gulf of Thailand, which combines S...
Pangong Tso, a typical plateau lake exhibiting an east-to-west gradient from freshwater to saline conditions, was used to simulate the migration and transformation of nitrogen compounds under different salinity conditions. This study systematically i...
Small and micro wetlands exhibit enduring ecological dynamics that critically inform urban development planning and biodiversity conservation strategies. Focusing on Wuxi City (a representative area under high-intensity anthropogenic pressure in Chin...
This study conducts a comprehensive and systematic literature review, guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol, to investigate the impacts of climate change on closed lake systems in Central A...
Topmouth Gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva), a typical invasive fish worldwide, has successfully invaded various aquatic ecosystems and colonized saline–alkali waters from freshwater due to its broad environmental tolerances. However, the molecular...
High turbidity in raw water poses a major challenge to drinking water quality and requires effective, sustainable treatment solutions. This work investigates the reduction in turbidity in raw water and the enhancement of overall drinking water qualit...
Sulfonamide drugs (SAs) are a class of emerging contaminants widely present in water environments, which has gradually attracted attention from scholars worldwide. Based on the Web of Science core collection database, this study employs bibliometric...
Anthropogenic pollution of watersheds significantly threatens aquatic ecosystems, biodiversity, and human health. The present review examines the primary sources of contamination in river catchments, including industrial effluents, agricultural runof...
Under the global climate change context, the probability of extreme flood events has substantially increased. Nevertheless, our understanding of the post-flood dynamics in wetland ecosystems, particularly regarding soil biogeochemistry and microbiota...
The electric submersible pump (ESP) is a critical component in subsurface resource extraction systems, yet the presence of gas in the working medium significantly affects its performance. To investigate the impact of impeller perforation on gas&ndash...
Reliable coastal and offshore sediment transport data is a requirement for many engineering and environmental projects including port and harbour design, dredging and beach nourishment, sea shoreline protection, inland navigation, marine pollution mo...
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