Water, Volume 17, Issue 22

The Yellow River Basin serves as a critical ecological barrier and economic corridor in China, playing a pivotal role in national ecological security and sustainable development. This study develops a comprehensive evaluation framework grounded in th...

Microplastics (MPs) are increasingly recognized as emerging contaminants in aquatic environments; however, their occurrence and fate in tropical wastewater treatment systems remain poorly understood. This study provides the first inland–island...

Climate change and increasing water scarcity are driving the need for resilient and fit-for-purpose urban water management. This study presents a case from Lisbon, Portugal, where twenty-one groundwater sources were evaluated as potential alternative...

The use of floating wetlands has been receiving increased attention as a minimally invasive method for oil spill remediation, but the species of vegetation incorporated in floating wetlands may influence the success of oil degradation. Therefore, a f...

Urban areas face increasing flood risks due to climate change, intensified rainfall events, and high impervious surface coverage. Blue-Green Roofs (BGR) have emerged as a nature-based solution to retain stormwater, while Smart BGR systems integrate a...

The rapid expansion of the electrode foil industry has led to the generation of large volumes of acidic wastewater containing strong acids (sulfuric and hydrochloric) and metal ions (such as aluminum and copper). The generated wastewater poses seriou...

The Yellow River Basin (YRB) is a vital water source and an essential ecological barrier in northern China. Currently, it faces pressing challenges related to water resource security and displays pronounced disparities in regional economic developmen...

Foundation engineering is an essential preliminary stage in high-rise building construction, as it provides the structural load-bearing capacity of the building. Since foundation structures often extend into the subsurface layers, excavation becomes...

Rapid urban growth and the expansion of impervious surfaces have intensified environmental issues such as flooding, water pollution, and urban heat islands. Permeable pavements have emerged as a green infrastructure solution to mitigate these impacts...

Increasing rainfall intensity and altered temporal patterns due to climate change pose significant threats to pedestrian safety in highly urbanized areas. Reliable pedestrian safety assessment is therefore essential for evacuation planning and flood...

The Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP) represents the total value of goods and services supplied by ecosystems, serving as a key indicator that connects ecological well-being with economic development and supports the achievement of sustainable developmen...

The long-distance transport of wastewater in sewers inevitably leads to the formation of biofilms on the inner wall of sewers. Numerous studies have focused on analyzing the hydrogen sulfide, methane production, and emission patterns associated with...

Background: As a key structure for gully control on the Loess Plateau, check dams are designed to intercept sediment and reduce flood peaks without intentional water storage. However, persistent ponding zones have often formed upstream of dams in the...

Marine plastic pollution represents a critical ecological challenge, exerting long-lasting impacts on ecosystems, biodiversity, and human well-being. This study introduces the DEEP-PLAST project, an integrated AI-based framework designed for the dete...

Digitalization and intelligence have become pivotal in the realm of oil and gas field development, concomitant with a marked increase in the volume of fracturing-related documentation, the majority of which exists in unstructured form. This has given...

The analysis of rainfall-induced landslides, which involve complex interactions between hydrology, soil mechanics, and geometry, is still limited by simplifying assumptions in existing models. We introduced a numerical model that couples soil infiltr...

The systematic regulation of Polish gravel-bed watercourses, notably intensified in the latter half of the 20th century, coupled with extensive gravel extraction, have become one of the main factors leading to severe channel incision and degradation...

In practical engineering geophysics, anomalous bodies are typically three-dimensional (3-D) structures, making it inaccurate to represent the subsurface geoelectric model using a two-dimensional (2-D) assumption. Furthermore, the underlying mechanism...

Africa’s industries have been developing at a pace more rapid than other continents, including Asia, over the past two to three decades. This research investigated the industrial water use in 1987–2017 in twenty major African countries, r...

The extraction of lithium from salt flats such as the Salar de Atacama (SdA) has raised concerns about its potential impact on the local water balance. This study evaluates the possibility of including localized mining impacts on groundwater tables,...

Representatives of the family Moinidae (Crustacea: Cladocera) are well-adapted to life in temporary waters. Different species are characteristic of the Arid Belt of Eurasia. We aimed to compare the moinid species composition and genetic diversity fou...

The barrier lake formed by the high-speed landslide that blocks the river typically faces a high risk of failure due to its loose and fragmented structure, high permeability, and weak erosion resistance. Based on the characteristics of this type of l...

Urban development and intensive human activities have led to increasingly prominent nitrogen pollution issues in the Baiyangdian Lake basin. Accurately identifying the sources of nitrate pollution is a crucial prerequisite for implementing targeted r...

Acid mine drainage (AMD), characterized by low pH and high sulfate concentrations, poses severe environmental risks. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are promising for AMD bioremediation, but their activity is often inhibited in such extreme condition...

Permeability evolution in remolded fault gouge creates critical uncertainties in geotechnical parameterization for dam foundations. However, the underlying multi-scale mechanisms, including mineral migration and pore structure changes, remain insuffi...

Jeju lava (Yongam) seawater, naturally filtered through multi-layered basaltic strata, represents a distinctive marine water type that combines mineral enrichment with isolation from surface contaminants. This study aimed to evaluate its microbial pu...

Microplastics pose significant threats to human health and the environment, and environmentally friendly, efficient, and reliable technologies are needed to remove them from the environment. To explore the potential for metal nanoadsorbents to remove...

The Penman–Monteith formula (P-M) is a well-established indirect method for estimating reference evapotranspiration (ET₀). The key input for this equation is global solar radiation (H). When real data are unavailable, other weather parameters a...

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Sediment connectivity constitutes a valuable metric to assess the most likely areas of sediment transport, providing a preliminary estimate of the areas to be prioritized for sediment control interventions. Assessment spatio-temporal variability in s...

Free water surface constructed wetlands are widely used for phosphorus removal from polluted waters, yet their effectiveness varies across wetland types, designs, and environmental conditions, creating uncertainty about their broader application. Bui...

Soil moisture plays a crucial role in hydrological processes and serves as a key driver of rainfall-induced landslides, especially in regions with steep terrain and intense precipitation. Traditional landslide risk models often oversimplify soil mois...

Global strategies for ensuring access to clean and safe drinking water are increasingly shifting toward a preventive approach based on risk assessment and risk management of the entire water supply and production chain. However, many developing count...

Identifying the causes and mechanisms of heat hazards in mining operations is essential for effective heat hazard prevention and control. In recent years, hydrothermal phenomena have frequently occurred in the eastern part of the Chenghe Mining Area,...

This article provides a comparative analysis of sustainable polymer membranes based on biopolymers and Nafion in the context of proton exchange membrane (PEM) for water electrolyzers. Nafion, a perfluorinated polymer, has been a standard choice for P...

In regions like South Korea, erratic seasonal rainfall creates a dual vulnerability for agricultural reservoirs: rapid storage increases during the rainy season risk flooding and structural damage, while insufficient storage during dry periods leads...

The water quality characteristics of urban stormwater in a small town (La Almunia, 8000 inhabitants) in Northeast Spain with a combined sewer system have been studied. A specific device was designed to collect stormwater just before it enters the dra...

The world is currently facing a dual challenge of water scarcity and pollution, exacerbated by the rapid development of the social economy and continuous improvements in living standards, which have heightened public concern regarding and the demand...

This article presents an analysis of the changes in hydrogeological parameters considering borehole efficiency. The first part presents the initial assumptions and methodology for determining hydraulic and hydrogeological parameters. Then, the result...

In the context of national fitness and ecological construction, urban water, as the core carrier of water sports, is increasingly being explored. Through empirical analysis of urban water bodies in Nanjing and Shanghai, the Spearman model and an XGBo...

Cascade reservoir optimization faces significant challenges due to multi-dimensional, non-convex, and nonlinear characteristics with coupled constraints. As reservoir numbers increase, computational complexity escalates dramatically, limiting convent...

To address the inherent complexities of underwater operating environments and achieve the design of a highly efficient, energy-saving flapping hydrofoil, this paper proposes an intelligent agent-based model for real-time parametric optimization. A no...

Oil and its derivatives affect marine ecosystems due to pollution. Analytical methods for detecting oils and greases in saline water can identify oil-derived pollutants in seas and oceans, supporting the preservation and recovery of water quality. Th...

The French Broad River in eastern Tennessee is a critical water resource for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s hydropower and drought relief, yet its instrumental record spans less than a century. To evaluate new dendrochronological tools and ex...

Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) is a highly toxic and carcinogenic pollutant commonly found in industrial wastewater. To address the challenge of sulfate inhibition on biological methods for treating chromium-containing wastewater, this study investigat...

Accurate estimation of actual crop evapotranspiration ($E{T}_a$) is crucial for effective irrigation management, especially in regions facing growing water scarcity. This study evaluates the performance of the Simple Algorithm for Evapotranspiration Retri...

Laser-induced acoustic (LIA) underwater detection, as a next-generation sensing paradigm, combines high spatial resolution, rapid temporal response, and cross-medium detection capability, positioning it as a strategically significant technology in ma...

In sulfate-rich environments, the mechanisms of ammonia nitrogen removal and the role of potential electron acceptors remain unclear. To investigate this, an upflow spiral bed reactor (USBR) operated for 173 days using batch experiments and microbial...

Unlike most other measures in flood risk management, flood forecasting stands out because it is not designed to address a pre-defined return period. In principle it is applicable to a whole range of possible events and can be operated continuously in...

To assess the applicability of environmental DNA (eDNA) technology in monitoring fish diversity in Dongting Lake, located in Hunan Province within the Yangtze River Basin, China, this study combined eDNA metabarcoding with traditional fishing gear to...