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Water, Volume 17, Issue 8

April-2 2025 - 133 articles

Cover Story: Floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems play an important role in energy transition. Yet, so far, not much is known about the effects of FPV systems on water quality and ecology. A sun-tracking FPV system (24% coverage) was installed on a shallow drinking water reservoir. We observed for the first time that benthic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), which can deteriorate water quality by producing toxins and taste and odour compounds, developed massively under the FPV system, while macrophytes and benthic algae, such as Chara (stonewort), mostly disappeared. Calculations of light availability explain this shift. In addition, the impacts on several other aquatic organisms and water quality parameters were studied. Overall, these new insights can aid water managers and governmental institutions in assessing the risks of FPV systems on water quality and the ecology of inland waters. View this paper
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Articles (133)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,946 Views
24 Pages

21 April 2025

After a series of rainfall-related slope incidents that threatened immediately protected entities, the Taipei City government initiated a slope deformation monitoring and investigation program for potential landslides in its administrative districts...

  • Article
  • Open Access
961 Views
29 Pages

21 April 2025

This study evaluates the potential water availability in Barka Slough and the effects of changing hydrological conditions on the aquatic habitat of five protected species. Barka Slough is a historically perennial wetland at the downstream western end...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,457 Views
21 Pages

Membrane-Based Persulfate Activation for Wastewater Treatment: A Critical Review of Materials, Mechanisms and Expectation

  • Wenye Li,
  • Lin Guo,
  • Binghan Xie,
  • Weijia Gong,
  • Guoyu Zhang,
  • Zhipeng Li,
  • Hong You,
  • Fengwei Jia and
  • Jinlong Wang

21 April 2025

Membrane-based persulfate catalysis technology offers a dual approach to wastewater treatment by facilitating both physical separation and chemical oxidation. This innovative method significantly enhances pollutant removal efficiency while mitigating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,758 Views
20 Pages

Physics-Guided Deep Learning for Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urban Pluvial Flooding

  • Hyuna Woo,
  • Hyeonjin Choi,
  • Minyoung Kim and
  • Seong Jin Noh

21 April 2025

Climate change and rapid urbanization have increased the risk of urban flooding, making timely and accurate flood prediction crucial for disaster response. However, conventional physics-based models are limited in real-time applications due to their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
885 Views
11 Pages

21 April 2025

Excessive phosphorus discharge from fertilizers and detergents has caused severe eutrophication in water bodies, necessitating the upgrading of efficient and cost-effective adsorbents for phosphorus removal. In this study, a novel lanthanum and extra...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,147 Views
35 Pages

21 April 2025

As the key sensory indicators for drinking water quality evaluation, the odor problems caused by geosmin (GSM) and dimethylisobornyl alcohol (2-MIB) have led to several major water supply crises around the world. In this paper, the theoretical framew...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,590 Views
27 Pages

Appraisal of Groundwater Potential Zones at Melur in Madurai District (Tamil Nadu State) in India for Sustainable Water Resource Management

  • Selvam Sekar,
  • Subin Surendran,
  • Priyadarsi D. Roy,
  • Farooq A. Dar,
  • Akhila V. Nath,
  • Muralitharan Jothimani and
  • Muthukumar Perumal

21 April 2025

Overextraction of groundwater, as well as rapidly changing land use patterns, climatic change, and anthropogenic activities, in the densely populated Melur of Tamil Nadu state in India, has led to aquifer degradation. This study maps the groundwater...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
819 Views
15 Pages

21 April 2025

Sediment erosion of hydraulic turbines has gradually become a key factor affecting their long-term stable operation. There are many different factors that can cause erosion in the Francis hydraulic turbine; among them, the vortex occurs in the turbin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,609 Views
26 Pages

21 April 2025

This study quantitatively evaluates Ukraine’s agricultural virtual water footprint over two decades (2001–2021), focusing on ten representative crops with varying water demands. We assess the environmental and economic implications of vir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,482 Views
37 Pages

Integrated Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Water-Saving Irrigation Technology (Western Kazakhstan)

  • Yermek Murtazin,
  • Vitaly Kulagin,
  • Vladimir Mirlas,
  • Yaakov Anker,
  • Timur Rakhimov,
  • Zhyldyzbek Onglassynov and
  • Valentina Rakhimova

21 April 2025

Western Kazakhstan is susceptible to desertification, with surface water resource scarcity constraining agricultural development. Groundwater has substantial potential as a reliable and secure alternative to other water resources, particularly for ir...

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